Adrian Brandt
@no-bull.bsky.social
Longtime Caltrain advocate/wonk. Acting Caltrain CAC chair.
Evidence- & fact-based skeptic. Question everything. No belief is sacred.
I ❤️ politics, public policy, transit/trains, travel, SCUBA, baking & eating good bread, and keeping my German fluent.
Evidence- & fact-based skeptic. Question everything. No belief is sacred.
I ❤️ politics, public policy, transit/trains, travel, SCUBA, baking & eating good bread, and keeping my German fluent.
New “fare evasion button” lets MARTA bus drivers discreetly alert police to remotely review video & choose to contact fare evaders while the bus continues on its route. www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/06/18/m...
MARTA bus drivers now have ‘fare evasion’ buttons
For MARTA bus drivers, catching passengers who don’t pay their fare is now as simple as hitting a button.
www.atlantanewsfirst.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
New “fare evasion button” lets MARTA bus drivers discreetly alert police to remotely review video & choose to contact fare evaders while the bus continues on its route. www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/06/18/m...
Trump just literally wasted 2.2 billion gallons of summer farming water, but Trumpy farmers have nothing bad to say:
“But, he said, ‘I’m a farmer. I have a conservative mindset. I encourage the trigger-pulling attitude, like, ‘Hey, let’s just get stuff done.’”
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
“But, he said, ‘I’m a farmer. I have a conservative mindset. I encourage the trigger-pulling attitude, like, ‘Hey, let’s just get stuff done.’”
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Trump dumped these farmers’ water. They’d rather not talk about it.
President Donald Trump followed through on his promise to unleash California’s water — only the water he released belonged to the very farmers he’d promised to help.
www.politico.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Trump just literally wasted 2.2 billion gallons of summer farming water, but Trumpy farmers have nothing bad to say:
“But, he said, ‘I’m a farmer. I have a conservative mindset. I encourage the trigger-pulling attitude, like, ‘Hey, let’s just get stuff done.’”
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
“But, he said, ‘I’m a farmer. I have a conservative mindset. I encourage the trigger-pulling attitude, like, ‘Hey, let’s just get stuff done.’”
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Devastating economic analysis on H2 vs. battery bus O&M cost and total cost of ownership:
Hydrogen Buses Hurt The People They Are Meant To Help
cleantechnica.com/2025/02/04/h...
Hydrogen Buses Hurt The People They Are Meant To Help
cleantechnica.com/2025/02/04/h...
Hydrogen Buses Hurt The People They Are Meant To Help - CleanTechnica
Hydrogen buses more expensive to buy, very expensive to fuel, more expensive to maintain and higher GHGs, so poorer people will suffer if they are bought.
cleantechnica.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Devastating economic analysis on H2 vs. battery bus O&M cost and total cost of ownership:
Hydrogen Buses Hurt The People They Are Meant To Help
cleantechnica.com/2025/02/04/h...
Hydrogen Buses Hurt The People They Are Meant To Help
cleantechnica.com/2025/02/04/h...
Germany’s hydrogen train woes & buyer’s remorse sparks shift to Battery EMUs:
www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...
Since the initial gov’t funding was exhausted, no further hydrogen-train orders have been received from German operators … while some have switched their planned HEMU purchases to BEMUs.
www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...
Since the initial gov’t funding was exhausted, no further hydrogen-train orders have been received from German operators … while some have switched their planned HEMU purchases to BEMUs.
German hydrogen trains experience problems - Trains
Germany has more hydrogen-powered trains in use than any other country, but regular operation has been hit by snags leading to the temporary replacement of the largest fleet by older diesel trains.
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www.trains.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Germany’s hydrogen train woes & buyer’s remorse sparks shift to Battery EMUs:
www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...
Since the initial gov’t funding was exhausted, no further hydrogen-train orders have been received from German operators … while some have switched their planned HEMU purchases to BEMUs.
www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...
Since the initial gov’t funding was exhausted, no further hydrogen-train orders have been received from German operators … while some have switched their planned HEMU purchases to BEMUs.
Exposed & proven: pseudo-scientific traffic-modeling fraud is used to justify never-ending road- & highway-widening projects, wasting billions, failing to cure congestion & auto-dependency, while inducing more driving (VMT), pollution & warming-emissions. www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Highway Robbery - Dissent Magazine
Government highway agencies have enabled the blatant falsification of traffic model results. Consequently, the United States wastes billions on road expansions that fail to cure congestion and make it...
www.dissentmagazine.org
January 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Exposed & proven: pseudo-scientific traffic-modeling fraud is used to justify never-ending road- & highway-widening projects, wasting billions, failing to cure congestion & auto-dependency, while inducing more driving (VMT), pollution & warming-emissions. www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
@Caltrain reports its new⚡️trains are drawing much less ⚡️ (100% carbon-free!) from the grid than projected. And that ~40% of ⚡️ drawn is being regenerated into the catenary during braking. About half of that is being used by other trains and half is pushed back into the grid.
December 18, 2024 at 1:56 AM
@Caltrain reports its new⚡️trains are drawing much less ⚡️ (100% carbon-free!) from the grid than projected. And that ~40% of ⚡️ drawn is being regenerated into the catenary during braking. About half of that is being used by other trains and half is pushed back into the grid.
Trump’s nominee to head DOT is die-hard Trump backer, Fox News pundit, and reality TV contestant Sean Duffy, who recently lobbied DOT on behalf of a large oil & gas pipeline company.
This unquestionably bodes well for transit & rail policy & funding. 😭
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This unquestionably bodes well for transit & rail policy & funding. 😭
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Taps Former 'Real World' Cast Member as Transportation Secretary
Donald Trump has nominated Sean Duffy to be the next secretary of the Department of Transportation and serve in the next White House administration.
www.rollingstone.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Trump’s nominee to head DOT is die-hard Trump backer, Fox News pundit, and reality TV contestant Sean Duffy, who recently lobbied DOT on behalf of a large oil & gas pipeline company.
This unquestionably bodes well for transit & rail policy & funding. 😭
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This unquestionably bodes well for transit & rail policy & funding. 😭
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...