Alexander Graydon
@squigglyblue.bsky.social
Transit enthusiast. Car-free. Climate conscious. Interested in science, health, fitness, and geopolitics. Software engineer.
At some point Republicans will start killing Democrats. That is where America is headed and it is becoming increasingly harder to turn back. Take their threats seriously. Have an escape plan for you and your family
February 24, 2025 at 5:29 AM
At some point Republicans will start killing Democrats. That is where America is headed and it is becoming increasingly harder to turn back. Take their threats seriously. Have an escape plan for you and your family
#transit developments coming this January:
🇮🇳 New Delhi-Srinagar sleeper train starts January 26, linking key cities in India.
🇮🇹 Naples Metro Line 1 extends to Centro Direzionale.
🇫🇮 Tampere Light Rail (Jan 7): Extension to Lentävänniemi opens.
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🇮🇳 New Delhi-Srinagar sleeper train starts January 26, linking key cities in India.
🇮🇹 Naples Metro Line 1 extends to Centro Direzionale.
🇫🇮 Tampere Light Rail (Jan 7): Extension to Lentävänniemi opens.
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December 30, 2024 at 3:58 AM
#transit developments coming this January:
🇮🇳 New Delhi-Srinagar sleeper train starts January 26, linking key cities in India.
🇮🇹 Naples Metro Line 1 extends to Centro Direzionale.
🇫🇮 Tampere Light Rail (Jan 7): Extension to Lentävänniemi opens.
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🇮🇳 New Delhi-Srinagar sleeper train starts January 26, linking key cities in India.
🇮🇹 Naples Metro Line 1 extends to Centro Direzionale.
🇫🇮 Tampere Light Rail (Jan 7): Extension to Lentävänniemi opens.
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Great video from RLL. He really does a great job of contextualizing how Russian aggression in Chechnya, Georgia, and Moldova pushed the former soviet countries to join NATO.
NATO expansion is the result of Russian aggression; not the cause. #nato #ukraine 🇺🇦
NATO expansion is the result of Russian aggression; not the cause. #nato #ukraine 🇺🇦
Why NATO Expansion Didn’t Start the War in Ukraine
YouTube video by RealLifeLore
youtu.be
December 20, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Cincinnati before I-75 and after. This was part of the West End, a predominantly black neighborhood. One of many such black communities demolished for highways.
#urbanism #waroncars
#urbanism #waroncars
December 18, 2024 at 2:32 AM
Cincinnati before I-75 and after. This was part of the West End, a predominantly black neighborhood. One of many such black communities demolished for highways.
#urbanism #waroncars
#urbanism #waroncars
Kansas city before cars vs after cars #urbanism #waroncars
December 17, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Kansas city before cars vs after cars #urbanism #waroncars
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Remember this? Paris is getting a whole new Metro network. It’s huge. And built fast.
“The venerable #Paris Métro is about to get its most significant upgrade in decades with the arrival of the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.” www.cnn.com/travel/paris...
“The venerable #Paris Métro is about to get its most significant upgrade in decades with the arrival of the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.” www.cnn.com/travel/paris...
Paris is getting a whole new Metro network. And it’s huge | CNN
The Grand Paris Express will add four lines, 68 stations and 200 kilometers of track to the French capital’s 120-year-old Metro system, providing vital suburban links – just not quite in time for the ...
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December 16, 2024 at 3:26 AM
Remember this? Paris is getting a whole new Metro network. It’s huge. And built fast.
“The venerable #Paris Métro is about to get its most significant upgrade in decades with the arrival of the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.” www.cnn.com/travel/paris...
“The venerable #Paris Métro is about to get its most significant upgrade in decades with the arrival of the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.” www.cnn.com/travel/paris...
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The latest data from NOAA sends a powerful message: November 2024 was the second-warmest month in 175 years of record-keeping, and there is a 99% chance that 2024 will be the hottest year ever recorded. This is a stark reminder of the growing impact of climate change on our planet.
December 15, 2024 at 10:02 PM
The latest data from NOAA sends a powerful message: November 2024 was the second-warmest month in 175 years of record-keeping, and there is a 99% chance that 2024 will be the hottest year ever recorded. This is a stark reminder of the growing impact of climate change on our planet.
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NEW PAPER: The 2022 fossil fuel price jumps caused an oil and gas profit explosion. We show the US reaped the largest profit increase (USD 275bn) of any country. Big Oil claims this benefits the American people. In fact, 51% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A 🧵
December 12, 2024 at 11:51 PM
NEW PAPER: The 2022 fossil fuel price jumps caused an oil and gas profit explosion. We show the US reaped the largest profit increase (USD 275bn) of any country. Big Oil claims this benefits the American people. In fact, 51% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A 🧵
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Rural Cosplay is, Unfortunately, A Thing
YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd
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December 12, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Jason Slaughter was right about America
December 12, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Jason Slaughter was right about America
I went to Chick-fil-A the other day. 15+ cars waiting in the drive-thru. All wasting gas idling their cars and jamming up the parking lot. I went inside and there was only 1 other person in line. #urbanism #fuckcars
Should Cities Ban Drive Thrus?
YouTube video by City Beautiful
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December 12, 2024 at 1:46 PM
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December 4, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Vietnam has approved a $67 billion high-speed railway project connecting Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The 1,541 km railway will reduce travel time between the two cities from 30 hours down to just 5. Construction is expected to begin in 2027 and operations starting by 2035. #transit #vietnam
Vietnam approves $67 billion high-speed railway project between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city
Vietnam has approved the construction of a high-speed railway connecting the capital Hanoi in the north with the financial capital of Ho Chi Minh in the south.
apnews.com
November 30, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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NEW STUDY: What matters more for public transit ridership? Frequency or coverage? No surprise— “We find that both factors are strong predictors of transit ridership, with service frequency having a larger impact.”
Plan resources accordingly. #FrequencyIsFreedom www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Plan resources accordingly. #FrequencyIsFreedom www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 28, 2024 at 11:33 PM
NEW STUDY: What matters more for public transit ridership? Frequency or coverage? No surprise— “We find that both factors are strong predictors of transit ridership, with service frequency having a larger impact.”
Plan resources accordingly. #FrequencyIsFreedom www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Plan resources accordingly. #FrequencyIsFreedom www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
CityNerd interviews Pete Buttigieg on the future of US passenger rail. #transit
The Future of US Passenger Rail (with Secretary Pete Buttigieg!)
YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd
youtu.be
November 27, 2024 at 7:49 PM
CityNerd interviews Pete Buttigieg on the future of US passenger rail. #transit
Exercise is the closest thing we have to a panacea. Aerobic exercise has been linked to a decrease in all-cause mortality by 12%. Shockingly, the people with the highest levels of cardiovascular fitness had a 53% lower mortality risk compared to those with the lowest.
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Cardiorespiratory fitness and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease and cancer: dose–response meta-analysis of cohort studies
Objective Current evidence of the associations between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and mortality is limited. We performed a meta-analysis to assess the dose–response association of CRF with mortal...
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November 27, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Exercise is the closest thing we have to a panacea. Aerobic exercise has been linked to a decrease in all-cause mortality by 12%. Shockingly, the people with the highest levels of cardiovascular fitness had a 53% lower mortality risk compared to those with the lowest.
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Alcohol is a poison. It causes cancer. It damages your liver. It interferes with muscle growth in multiple ways. There is no safe dosage.
Society has normalized you poisoning yourself. It is sometimes even considered anti-social to not regularly poison yourself with friends.
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Society has normalized you poisoning yourself. It is sometimes even considered anti-social to not regularly poison yourself with friends.
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November 27, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Alcohol is a poison. It causes cancer. It damages your liver. It interferes with muscle growth in multiple ways. There is no safe dosage.
Society has normalized you poisoning yourself. It is sometimes even considered anti-social to not regularly poison yourself with friends.
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Society has normalized you poisoning yourself. It is sometimes even considered anti-social to not regularly poison yourself with friends.
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🇬🇷 Thessaloniki's new metro will open on November 30th. The inaugural line will showcase the archaeological discoveries made during construction which held up the project for 28 months.
Ancient meets modern as a new subway in Greece showcases archaeological treasures
Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city, is opening a new subway system, blending ancient archaeological treasures with modern transit technology like driverless trains and platform screen doors.
apnews.com
November 27, 2024 at 2:39 AM
🇬🇷 Thessaloniki's new metro will open on November 30th. The inaugural line will showcase the archaeological discoveries made during construction which held up the project for 28 months.
Lines 1, 4, and 6 of the Riyadh Metro are opening November 27th (today in Saudi Arabia). 3 more lines expected to open in December.
The more passenger rail and fewer cars the better, regardless of the country or its politics. Even authoritarian petrostates can make progress.
The more passenger rail and fewer cars the better, regardless of the country or its politics. Even authoritarian petrostates can make progress.
November 27, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Lines 1, 4, and 6 of the Riyadh Metro are opening November 27th (today in Saudi Arabia). 3 more lines expected to open in December.
The more passenger rail and fewer cars the better, regardless of the country or its politics. Even authoritarian petrostates can make progress.
The more passenger rail and fewer cars the better, regardless of the country or its politics. Even authoritarian petrostates can make progress.
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The five flavors of climate denial. Doesn’t matter which one you pick, they all lead to the same conclusion - preventing climate action.
November 25, 2024 at 1:28 PM
The five flavors of climate denial. Doesn’t matter which one you pick, they all lead to the same conclusion - preventing climate action.
Exciting new rail developments coming this December (post 1/3):
1. Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Metro's six new metro lines expected to start operations, transforming transit in SA
2. Vietnam (December 22): HCMC's first metro line connecting District 1 with Thủ Đức expected to open
1. Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Metro's six new metro lines expected to start operations, transforming transit in SA
2. Vietnam (December 22): HCMC's first metro line connecting District 1 with Thủ Đức expected to open
November 25, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Exciting new rail developments coming this December (post 1/3):
1. Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Metro's six new metro lines expected to start operations, transforming transit in SA
2. Vietnam (December 22): HCMC's first metro line connecting District 1 with Thủ Đức expected to open
1. Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Metro's six new metro lines expected to start operations, transforming transit in SA
2. Vietnam (December 22): HCMC's first metro line connecting District 1 with Thủ Đức expected to open