rohan aras
@rohanaras.bsky.social
Senior Transportation Policy Analyst @niskanencenter.bsky.social
I personally found the extent and general form of Path (the underground pedestrian network) to be fascinating
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I personally found the extent and general form of Path (the underground pedestrian network) to be fascinating
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yeah Canno Design cracked the brick code here and now they sail through design review
www.cannodesign.com
www.cannodesign.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
yeah Canno Design cracked the brick code here and now they sail through design review
www.cannodesign.com
www.cannodesign.com
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This terrible bill would in fact ban any preexisting OPTO. It's such a bad bill (intentionally).
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Toronto converted to OPTO. The G and L already are OPTO. BART and WMATA have always been OPTO. This ain't rocket science, guys.
One thing the mayor-elect could do between now and January 1 is to call on Kathy Hochul to veto the bill on her desk that would ban one-person train operations in the NYC subway. Mamdani was absent the day of the vote, and banning OPTO is incompatible with lower cost (or free) transit.
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This terrible bill would in fact ban any preexisting OPTO. It's such a bad bill (intentionally).
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But more than anything, I think this FAQ shows that there's been a needless proliferation of different transit brands for similar levels of service over the last decade that needs to be reigned back in
November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
But more than anything, I think this FAQ shows that there's been a needless proliferation of different transit brands for similar levels of service over the last decade that needs to be reigned back in
From this faq: www.soundtransit.org/sites/defaul...
tl;dr colors don't scale well in terms of accessibility (and aren't "culturally neutral") and clash with the Swift BRT system in Snohomish County. Letters were taken by RapidRide. Duplicating "normal" bus route numbers was considered acceptable.
tl;dr colors don't scale well in terms of accessibility (and aren't "culturally neutral") and clash with the Swift BRT system in Snohomish County. Letters were taken by RapidRide. Duplicating "normal" bus route numbers was considered acceptable.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
From this faq: www.soundtransit.org/sites/defaul...
tl;dr colors don't scale well in terms of accessibility (and aren't "culturally neutral") and clash with the Swift BRT system in Snohomish County. Letters were taken by RapidRide. Duplicating "normal" bus route numbers was considered acceptable.
tl;dr colors don't scale well in terms of accessibility (and aren't "culturally neutral") and clash with the Swift BRT system in Snohomish County. Letters were taken by RapidRide. Duplicating "normal" bus route numbers was considered acceptable.
Here are the stated reasons:
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Here are the stated reasons:
On the other hand, the parts of Tokyo that I managed to explore (over a 14 hour layover tbf) felt notably different.
If I had to guess, it might be because the pedestrian environment was more continuous? The average severing arterial seemed narrower
If I had to guess, it might be because the pedestrian environment was more continuous? The average severing arterial seemed narrower
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
On the other hand, the parts of Tokyo that I managed to explore (over a 14 hour layover tbf) felt notably different.
If I had to guess, it might be because the pedestrian environment was more continuous? The average severing arterial seemed narrower
If I had to guess, it might be because the pedestrian environment was more continuous? The average severing arterial seemed narrower
I think I might put Seoul in the same universe too (throwback to almost getting run over by a car driving down the sidewalk in Gangnam!).
When I visited Singapore, I remember thinking that it was somewhere in the middle of an axis from Hanoi to Seoul
When I visited Singapore, I remember thinking that it was somewhere in the middle of an axis from Hanoi to Seoul
November 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I think I might put Seoul in the same universe too (throwback to almost getting run over by a car driving down the sidewalk in Gangnam!).
When I visited Singapore, I remember thinking that it was somewhere in the middle of an axis from Hanoi to Seoul
When I visited Singapore, I remember thinking that it was somewhere in the middle of an axis from Hanoi to Seoul
Actually, to be fair to the eagles, I think they could just be riffing off of some New Deal era architecture. These are from the Trenton NJ (1932) and Monroe LA (1933) courthouses respectively.
For more see: www.ikonographia.com/us-bald-eagl...
For more see: www.ikonographia.com/us-bald-eagl...
October 29, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Actually, to be fair to the eagles, I think they could just be riffing off of some New Deal era architecture. These are from the Trenton NJ (1932) and Monroe LA (1933) courthouses respectively.
For more see: www.ikonographia.com/us-bald-eagl...
For more see: www.ikonographia.com/us-bald-eagl...