Conrad Poppenhusen
@poppenhusen.bsky.social
President of the Long Island Rail Road in 1876 (the Glory Year). Founder of the first free kindergarten in the United States, and College Point.
man's ability to continuously fall for the arguments of stupid people while thinking he is smart is a modern wonder
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
man's ability to continuously fall for the arguments of stupid people while thinking he is smart is a modern wonder
Turnout tonight was 733 9/11s. New York has fallen. and mamdami is celebrating it. Seven hundred thirty three nine elevens.
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Turnout tonight was 733 9/11s. New York has fallen. and mamdami is celebrating it. Seven hundred thirty three nine elevens.
Seeing some really gigabrained takes today. Even if you think we ought to be partying and screaming from the rooftops, most people don't, and Zohran actually wants to win because he isn't a LARPer.
September 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Seeing some really gigabrained takes today. Even if you think we ought to be partying and screaming from the rooftops, most people don't, and Zohran actually wants to win because he isn't a LARPer.
About to ride the Lake Shore Limited
August 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
About to ride the Lake Shore Limited
I can think of something else that might have been most New Yorkers’ first EV ride…
August 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I can think of something else that might have been most New Yorkers’ first EV ride…
“Urbanism” update: imagine a burger
August 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
“Urbanism” update: imagine a burger
August 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This post is dedicated to Alon Levy
August 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This post is dedicated to Alon Levy
Politics understander is back with a banger
August 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Politics understander is back with a banger
Andrew Cuomo is the Eric Adams of America
August 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Andrew Cuomo is the Eric Adams of America
How CBTC works according to this oft-cited MTA video from 2015
August 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
How CBTC works according to this oft-cited MTA video from 2015
Fuck, they've still got it
August 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Fuck, they've still got it
Today on Alon Levy is wrong about everything and also has no value for human life: genocide denial!
August 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Today on Alon Levy is wrong about everything and also has no value for human life: genocide denial!
Many such cases
August 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Many such cases
White boys used to have swag. They used to make subways. Now all they do is menace people on their e-bikes outside of Whole Foods and vote for Trump.
August 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
White boys used to have swag. They used to make subways. Now all they do is menace people on their e-bikes outside of Whole Foods and vote for Trump.
These orgs could learn at the national level from this Florida station.
August 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
These orgs could learn at the national level from this Florida station.
We can fix this terribleness by telling Metro-North that adopting Amtrak-style temporary platform flatcars will improve OTP by 2%.
August 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
We can fix this terribleness by telling Metro-North that adopting Amtrak-style temporary platform flatcars will improve OTP by 2%.
The dumbest person you know will look at a station and make an inference about service quality.
August 2, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The dumbest person you know will look at a station and make an inference about service quality.
The governor’s office has graced us with the ugliest renders ever of IBX. It has dual cabs, but where are the doors??
August 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The governor’s office has graced us with the ugliest renders ever of IBX. It has dual cabs, but where are the doors??
CP24 is awesome. 20 talking heads, almost offensively Canadian cultural outlook, 300 widgets and scrolling text all over the screens. It’s their world and we’re lucky to be in it.
August 1, 2025 at 6:44 AM
CP24 is awesome. 20 talking heads, almost offensively Canadian cultural outlook, 300 widgets and scrolling text all over the screens. It’s their world and we’re lucky to be in it.
🚨 Amtrak is using extremely cute tiny excavators and dump trucks on the Line 2 renewal project!
July 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
🚨 Amtrak is using extremely cute tiny excavators and dump trucks on the Line 2 renewal project!
OMNY isn’t anything new. When I was young, we had open loop payment for the subway, where the system stores no captive value. It was called “the single ride metrocard.” One transaction = one ride. Seems we’ve lost out way.
July 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
OMNY isn’t anything new. When I was young, we had open loop payment for the subway, where the system stores no captive value. It was called “the single ride metrocard.” One transaction = one ride. Seems we’ve lost out way.