transit

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 🙄

#mbta #boston #commute #transit

New MBTA red line train @ fields corner

Maybe it makes this rainy cold day better because it’s just such a rare thing

#mbta #boston #transit #commute

Here's how to make green #transit even greener. Put the tram tracks on a carpet of grass or sedum. 2 kms of track creates 1.5 football fields' worth of green space, reducing air pollution and urban heat island effect.

A tram-on-the-lawn thread: 🚋🌱🧵

1/ Milan #Milano

Ride the historic route of the Seattle-Everett Interurban Railway and hear interesting stories in my latest video: https://youtu.be/ZVvHoDFQsBg
#seattle #everett #seabikes #BikeTooter #history #transit #interurban

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

The NJ senate and assembly are trying to rush a bad bill through that would make all low-speed e-bikes “motorized bicycles”. They want to do away with the class 1/2/3 system and require a drivers license, insurance, and registration for all e-bikes.

I think this is bad for my family and community. If you do too reach out to your legislators.

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/save-low-speed-e-bikes-stop-s4834-a6235/

#NewJersey #cycling #BikeTooter #ebike #transit

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

#introduction

My #Introduction.

I talk about life in #CambridgeMA and #Boston, #engineering, #science, #radios (#SDR, #HAM, #LoRa, #MeshCore), #pinball, #film, retro computers/video games, and more.

I collect #art, #LaserDiscs, study #horology, visit museums (The Met, MFA, Harvard Art #Museum) and support my local #library.

I read #poetry and books on #architecture, #design, and #urbanism.

I walk or take public #transit everywhere.

I practice #permacomputing and self-hosting, running #BSD where I can.

I'm developing a very simple web app that allows someone to track train arrival times, including features:

- all local storage
- add a station to favorites
- indicates new red line trains

There's an app on iOS doing this, but no simple one on android as far as I know. A web app works very well for this simple thing.

I also plan to add a page showing locations of trains for a certain line / direction.

#webdev #app #transit #mbta #dev

My first ever little web app is live!

Trackmbta.app is a web app that can be "installed" on mobile devices.

Features are:

- Live count down
- No permission asked
- No data collected
- Save your favorite stations locally for quick access

If you are a red line commuter and see a ✨ on the app, you probably already know what it means! Those shiny new trains!

The map tab shows where trains are just in case you're curious where that damn train is that you're waiting forever...

#mbta #boston #commute #webdev #dev #transit #devlog

Try it and let me know what you think!

https://trackmbta.app

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.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-09/san-francisco-s-robotaxi-takeover-as-seen-from-city-hall

#sanfrancisco #robotaxi #AVs #transit

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?

#idea #mbta #T #transit

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

New MBTA red line train #1922 this must be like new new

And I really need mud guards on my bike 😑

#mbta #boston #commute #train #transit

🥫🚌🚏🥫
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

ALT

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

Some days I think about how I recently saw a guy in crisis, tweaking out in the bus. He was screaming really loudly. Most people avoided him. A big dude told him to shut TF up. The guy started crying. The big dude asked, do you need a hug? And gave him some money and told him where to go get food.

Buses connect people. Sometimes the inconvenience and grit looks like a lot, but as a forever rider of buses everywhere (I like them more than trains), I have no shortage of amazing human stories I’ve witnessed in buses the world over.

#Bus #Transit #SanFrancisco