On a snow day the MBTA just failed miserably (for commuters) two rapid transit lines had to shut down with shuttle buses just because of electrical problems at one station.
Single point failure!!!
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Brutal morning commute with MBTA red line: delay of 25 mins due to medical emergency at Park St and then a disabled train at Broadway when my train is at Andrew 🙄
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Guy lit up a cigarette in the train and this woman starts yelling at him. “You don’t even look bold enough to hold a baked bean. Now you want to smoke in the train? Were you raised by wolves?”
Guy starts shrinking into a corner (and puts out his cigarette)
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On this #TransDayOfVisiblity, I want to specifically highlight Bernie Wagenblast.
She is one of the famous announcer voices for New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority! (See video for demonstration)
From her wikipedia page: Bernie Wagenblast is a transportation journalist, radio personality and voice-over artist. She is the founder and editor of the Transportation Communications Newsletter. She also edits The AASHTO Daily Transportation Update, published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and hosts AASHTO's ETAP Podcast and the ITE Talks Transportation podcast for the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
Trans folks putting the 'trans' in public transit!
#transdayofvisibility #transit #publicTransit #publicTransportation #trans #transJoy #bernieWagenblast #MTA #NYC #solarPunk
I just read a story about banning turn right on red in many parts of SF (good. I almost get run over very often by exactly this). But the story interviewed someone who said ‘but I think now with people walking around with noise cancelation, I can't tell you how many times I've seen people almost get run over’
People who blame pedestrians and victims. Why do you do this? What is wrong with you?
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A century ago, this photo was taken in Haubstadt, #Indiana. This town had both a #train station and #electric #interurban service, with a population of less than 700.
Now it has over 1,600 people, but has no service of any kind. The station and several of the buildings in this photo are now gone or empty.
Even major cities with populations in the hundreds of thousands sometimes lack basic #rail service. It's painful how much we've lost.
Do y'all know about the North-South Rail Link, proposed to go through #Boston?
#Trains #Transit #Massachusetts #NSRL #Maine #NewHampshire #NewEngland #Amtrak #MAPoli #MBTA #Poll
Options: (choose one)
Official Introduction Post:
#GenX #actor, #writer, and #transit advocate. I believe in #cities and #urbanism. Live in #WeHo in #California.
Hablo español. Aprendo português.
Minister of the Science of Mind and Spirit for #csl #newthought #ACIM #sober
#Gay #leather #drag #pride #LGBTQ
Also on Threads at @danwentzel@threads.net
I have ridden my bicycle 9 times from S.F. to L.A. with #AIDSLifeCycle
https://giving.aidslifecycle.org/participant/44198
Thanks to (?) Braintree branch shutdown we on Ashmont branch can actually enjoy leaving-my-house-without-checking-where-the-damn-train-is 🤪
Hello World, allow me to reintroduce myself.
I am the admin of Weird.Autos 
By day I do quantitative research to
Improve the lives of disabled people and their families.
By night I run a small statistical programming tutoring company
I drive an ND #miata 
but also love enjoying #walkable cities and taking #transit
I am an #audiophile that loves traditional #hifi & #headphones
I also post a lot about #Meshtastic and Honda Fits #FitPosting
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Perfect example today why better transit benefits everyone, including those who don’t take it regularly.
I regret to my gut that I drove to work today. The rain and red line shut down made a lot of more people drive instead of taking train / biking. It’s not simple as just sitting in traffic listening to music on freeway. I had to literally squeeze my way through thanks to Boston’s historic street layout and planning and the collective terrible driving behaviors.
I’d rather bike in the rain!
I spoke with outgoing SFMTA head Jeffrey Tumlin about robotaxis' impact on San Francisco – and the threat they pose to multimodal cities worldwide.
Tumlin: “I am very worried that so much of the joy of the remaining walkable cities in the world could be at risk from self-driving cars.”
Thanks to regenerative braking, Caltrain's fuel bill post-electrification is projected to be less than their last year of Diesel trains, despite running even more trains at higher speeds.
The more you know!
The T should use some space of large stations (for example the concourse at DTX) to hold T(ea) ☕️dance once a month or so and sell tickets and booze to raise more money 💰
Or is Tea dance only a gay thing?
Someone was asking if the Monterey transit plaza was safe after sunset and I said ‘yeah there aren’t enough buses’
People really need to stop conflating homeless people with lack of safety.
Oh damn there are three (3)!! new red line trains running today!! I've never seen more than 2!
Oh The Urbanity! makes videos about cycling, public transport and urban planning. It's based in Canada, but it often looks at examples in other countries too. You can follow at:
There are already over 150 videos uploaded. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at https://video.canadiancivil.com/a/ohtheurbanity/videos
#FeaturedPeerTube #Urbanism #Cycling #Transit #PublicTransport #UrbanPlanning #Canada #Canadian #PeerTube #PeerTubers
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Urban Infrastructure in Barcelona, Spain.
Video credit: beteve.cat
#solarPunk #transit #publicTransit #publicTransportation #trains
Ashmont branch came back online today after a month of work. And the train frequency was such a nice surprise. Probably just a one time thing LOL. But regardless...
#mbta #train #transit #dorchester #boston
Reece Martin (also known as RM Transit) creates in-depth videos about public transport, trains, buses, urban planning and related topics. You can follow at:
➡️ @reece
There are already over 700 videos uploaded, if these haven't federated to your server yet you can browse them all at https://video.canadiancivil.com/a/reece/videos
You can also follow Martin's general non-video account at @reece@canadiancivil.com
#FeaturedPeerTube #Trains #PublicTransport #Transit #Transport #Urbanism #PeerTube #PeerTubers
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The Ride On #fooddrive starts TODAY❗ Just drop off any non-perishable food item in the donation bag as you board the bus and ride for #FREE❗
🚌Free rides are available on ALL Ride On buses - including the extRa, Flex and Flash buses❗
🚌For details about the program and other locations around Montgomery County, MD where you can make a donation🥫 ▶️ https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DOT-Transit/food-drive.html #montgomerycountymd #freebusrides #donations #fooddonations #transit #transportation #mdcommuters
