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mamakoid.bsky.social
Meghan
@mamakoid.bsky.social
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NEPA nerd. Transit geek. Environmental Transit Planner. Rosie's mom.
I write big documents and I cannot lie.
❤️:🐕☕️🚲🚏🚍🚃🚊🚇🌻
🏡: RGH ➡️CLT➡️DNC
#TransitNerdHerd #NerdTrain #TransitThursday
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Packed room for the #TRBAM Chair's Plenary!
Picture of a ballroom packed full of people. A stage with two large screens and a podium is in the background, with rows of people seated at long tables.
January 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
mamakoid.bsky.social
NEPA Nerding out on Ted Bolling's NEPA & EJ Law & Policy updates presentation 🤓📝 #TRBAM
Pic of PowerPoint slide with text.
January 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
mamakoid.bsky.social
Really enjoyed listening to the #TRB Minority Student Fellows
present their research. Always one of my favorite poster sessions at #TRBAM

If you attend TRB, consider rounding up at registration or adding on a donation to support this excellent program!
www.nationalacademies.org/news/2024/08...
Picture of a TRB poster session poster. The background is green with white boxes with text, tables, and graphs, explaining the research statement, methodology, findings, conclusion and acknowledgement. The topic is the The Environmental Impact of Light Rail Systems and Their Surrounding Areas Picture of a TRB poster session poster. The background is maroon with a large white box with light blue headers, text, tables, and graphs, explaining the research statement, methodology, findings, conclusion and acknowledgement. The topic is A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Motor Vehicle Theft in and around North Carolina Central University Campus
January 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
mamakoid.bsky.social
In my happy place and ready to nerd out at #TRBAM 🤓🚌🚅🚃
Hope to see y'all this week!
Selfie of me standing in front of large TRB letters at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center
January 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
mamakoid.bsky.social
Metro opens doors 🚇
Four photos in a grid. From top left to bottom right: 1 Union Station Great Hall pillars topped with statues, 2 Photo of two feet standing on the classic Metro brown hexagonal tile, 3 picture of a silver metro rail car pulling into the station, 4) pictures of the inside of the metro rail car, the doors are open and the glass separator between the seat and door has the Metro logo etched into the glass. In the middle right, the text reads Metro opens doors.
January 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
mamakoid.bsky.social
All aboard for #TRBAM!
January 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
mamakoid.bsky.social
Packing for #TRBAM
Forecast: really cold 🥶
Photo of a handwritten blue and red schedule with daily weather forecasts. There is doodle of Washington D.C.'s geographic boundary with the words Washington D.C. along one of the edges and the district flag below the words doodled inside the district boundaries.
January 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
mamakoid.bsky.social
This #TransitThursday, I'm thankful to live near an accessible, clean bus stop with frequent, reliable bus service. What about your transit experience are you thankful for this #TransitThursday?
Picture of me crouching down with my nephew and my husband standing behind us. We're all smiling while we wait at our bus stop. We're all wearing coats. The sun is shining in the top left corner. There is a tree in the top right corner. Picture of a sign attached to the bus stop. The sign says SCAN ME PROVIDE BUS STOP FEEDBACK scam the QR Code and let us know about the condition of this bus stop. There is a square QR code to the right. Picture of a bus approaching an intersection of a busy tree-limes street. The intersection has high visibility cross walks.
November 28, 2024 at 7:47 PM
mamakoid.bsky.social
I'd also visit my great aunt and uncle in King of Prussia. They didn't fly; they took Amtrak. They'd tell such great stories about their adventures riding the rails. I wanted adventures and stories too!

Now, I vacation by rail with my #NerdTrain pals. #MyTransitStory #TransitThursday
Photo of the nerdtrain group standing in front of an Amtrak train underneath the Emeryville San Francisco Connection sign. The group is surrounded by travel bags, and in the middle of the group is a person, Payton Chung, holding a sign that says Welcome Nerd Train!
November 21, 2024 at 4:03 PM
mamakoid.bsky.social
This is my late grandmother, Rose.
She lived 84 years on this earth and never once drove- never even got a driver's license! She rode SEPTA and PATCO. She was strong, opinionated, and wasn't afraid to stand up to injustices and fight City Hall to help other people. #MyTransitStory #TransitThursday
Black and white photo of a couple standing on a train station platform. The couple is my grandmother rose and grandfather Jim. They're both wearing suits and she is holding an overcoat. Her hair is pinned back in a half ponytail, and she has an unimpressed look on her face. My grandfather is standing next to her with a stiff stance and a cigarette in his left hand.
November 21, 2024 at 3:42 PM
mamakoid.bsky.social
In her book, Inclusive Transportation, @veronicaodavis.bsky.social asks:

"Have you ever reflected on your transportation story?"

#TransitThursday
Picture of p.16 from the book, Inclusive Transportation by Veronica O. Davis. A line of text is highlighted: "Have you ever reflected on your transportation story?"
November 21, 2024 at 3:11 PM
mamakoid.bsky.social
Hey, #transitnerdherd & early #TRBAM folks, who wants to hang out Saturday pre- #TRB?

T4America reporting that #TransportationCampDC is taking a pause this January.
t4america.org/2024/11/19/a...
Screenshot of a tweet. The tweet is white text on a black background and reads: "After careful consideration, we're sad to announce that we have decided to pause TransportationCampDC this coming January. You can learn more about our decision in our statement:" below the text is an image with people reading large, colorful post it notes with session ideas on a wall. The alt text below the image reads "A pause for Transportation For America." From t4america.org The tweet timestamp reads 4:00 PM 11/19/24 with 196 views.
November 20, 2024 at 6:28 AM
mamakoid.bsky.social
No more playing frogger 🐸
Current me thanks old me for recommending this bus stop relocation. What was once a mid-block stop on a dangerous high-crash road is now a far side stop at signaled intersection with a high visibility crosswalk and pedestrian signals.
Picture of a GoDurham bus approaching an intersection with a high visibility crosswalk.
November 15, 2024 at 3:24 PM
mamakoid.bsky.social
Seems fitting that my first bluesky post happened on a #TransitThursday
Photo of me standing in front of a GoDurham battery electric bus.
November 15, 2024 at 4:59 AM