William Meehan
@meehan.nyc
Software engineer by day, NYC transit and housing advocate by night
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One of my proudest moments on this site
October 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
One of my proudest moments on this site
Look at how much space there is between the Brooklyn Central Library and its sidewalk shed! There's no way a facade problem could harm someone on that sidewalk.
October 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Look at how much space there is between the Brooklyn Central Library and its sidewalk shed! There's no way a facade problem could harm someone on that sidewalk.
I've been suggesting this reroute to NYCT and @nyc-dot.bsky.social ever since they started the Brooklyn Bus Redesign. Glad to see it might happen!
(source: www.nyc.gov/html/dot/dow...)
(source: www.nyc.gov/html/dot/dow...)
September 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I've been suggesting this reroute to NYCT and @nyc-dot.bsky.social ever since they started the Brooklyn Bus Redesign. Glad to see it might happen!
(source: www.nyc.gov/html/dot/dow...)
(source: www.nyc.gov/html/dot/dow...)
I'm visiting Naples right now, and I'm so confused about their transport network planning. Why do so few lines connect? Why are they making the Line 1 a loop? Why are they prioritizing the Intraflegrea when some of these lines run every 24 or 36 minutes?
August 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I'm visiting Naples right now, and I'm so confused about their transport network planning. Why do so few lines connect? Why are they making the Line 1 a loop? Why are they prioritizing the Intraflegrea when some of these lines run every 24 or 36 minutes?
My guess is DOT asked them to maintain two travel lanes per direction. Separating the headhouses by a block means the travel lanes can slalom around the elevators. On the same block, they'd probably need to remove a travel lane. Here's their slide with potential vehicle lanes drawn on it:
August 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
My guess is DOT asked them to maintain two travel lanes per direction. Separating the headhouses by a block means the travel lanes can slalom around the elevators. On the same block, they'd probably need to remove a travel lane. Here's their slide with potential vehicle lanes drawn on it:
I'm basing my assumptions off this diagram, which shows very little (seemingly no) wiggle room if you wanted to somehow extend the City Hall R/W south into a new tunnel that doesn't block PATH-Lex.
August 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I'm basing my assumptions off this diagram, which shows very little (seemingly no) wiggle room if you wanted to somehow extend the City Hall R/W south into a new tunnel that doesn't block PATH-Lex.
Not necessarily, if the station is under Mission St (two options pictured below) and it connects with Link21 somewhere east of Transbay. But I'm personally ambivalent about mode because, while easier to connect to the East Bay using existing plans, mainline rail would require much longer platforms
July 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Not necessarily, if the station is under Mission St (two options pictured below) and it connects with Link21 somewhere east of Transbay. But I'm personally ambivalent about mode because, while easier to connect to the East Bay using existing plans, mainline rail would require much longer platforms
It's ~850ft from Stockton to Kearny, which could be enough for the Geary tunnels to dive down. Other idea: a diagonal station under the square for the Central Subway transfer and another station at Montgomery for the Market transfer. Would be very close together but the grades would be easier
July 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It's ~850ft from Stockton to Kearny, which could be enough for the Geary tunnels to dive down. Other idea: a diagonal station under the square for the Central Subway transfer and another station at Montgomery for the Market transfer. Would be very close together but the grades would be easier
I can see that the PA-analyzed route would conflict with the sewer, but what about a portal that took over the northbound half of 81st St? It's a very wide road, and it's seemingly fully west of the sewer
June 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I can see that the PA-analyzed route would conflict with the sewer, but what about a portal that took over the northbound half of 81st St? It's a very wide road, and it's seemingly fully west of the sewer
It's harder to schedule the 2/5 each to dedicated terminal tracks than the 2/3 to whatever track is available at the moment. That, plus a faster switch north of Brooklyn College, plus eventually CBTC, almost doubles capacity based on NYCT simluations (source: archive.org/details/irt-...)
June 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It's harder to schedule the 2/5 each to dedicated terminal tracks than the 2/3 to whatever track is available at the moment. That, plus a faster switch north of Brooklyn College, plus eventually CBTC, almost doubles capacity based on NYCT simluations (source: archive.org/details/irt-...)
This is great campaigning, made possible by RCV!
May 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This is great campaigning, made possible by RCV!
I think he misread the rendering. This clearly shows 33rd St demapped, not cantilevered over. The Hotel Pennsylvania lot is 400ft deep, and the current arena is 410ft in diameter (according to a source @progwml6.bsky.social found)
April 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I think he misread the rendering. This clearly shows 33rd St demapped, not cantilevered over. The Hotel Pennsylvania lot is 400ft deep, and the current arena is 410ft in diameter (according to a source @progwml6.bsky.social found)
I'm reading this, and it's really, really good. (Of course it's good, Nolan put his heart and soul into it.) Solid principles, lots of detail, and realistic cost estimates from other US/UK projects.
Fully accessible, electric trains can be 13-29% faster!
Fully accessible, electric trains can be 13-29% faster!
April 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I'm reading this, and it's really, really good. (Of course it's good, Nolan put his heart and soul into it.) Solid principles, lots of detail, and realistic cost estimates from other US/UK projects.
Fully accessible, electric trains can be 13-29% faster!
Fully accessible, electric trains can be 13-29% faster!
It's been a long time coming, but it's finally here 🥹
January 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
It's been a long time coming, but it's finally here 🥹
New York's hottest club is the southwest corner of Lexington Avenue and East 60th Street!
January 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
New York's hottest club is the southwest corner of Lexington Avenue and East 60th Street!
I am not messing around with my decade-long Charli XCX obsession
December 4, 2024 at 2:06 PM
I am not messing around with my decade-long Charli XCX obsession
Back when I lived in Boston, the "Daily Game of 'Big City'" was my favorite Onion article. Now it's the De Blasio one:
December 2, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Back when I lived in Boston, the "Daily Game of 'Big City'" was my favorite Onion article. Now it's the De Blasio one:
If we're proposing crazy crayons, you could separate the Orange Line as part of an I-980 removal that also offers a transfer to RR at Jack London
November 30, 2024 at 7:23 PM
If we're proposing crazy crayons, you could separate the Orange Line as part of an I-980 removal that also offers a transfer to RR at Jack London