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QueensLink Saves You 27 Minutes & Grants Elbow Room
Is Bus Rapid Transit enough? I make the case for QueensLink by comparing the potential subway with existing buses, specifically capacity and travel times.
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It Took 2+ Hours to Get Home. It Should’ve Taken 40 Minutes
On the evening of the 16th of July, 2024, I was ready go home after figuring out next steps on the congestion pricing fight with Riders Alliance and touring Downtown Brooklyn for a bit. Turns out that a power outage ruined everything. So I can’t quite blame this on my…
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fare integration
Some transit systems operate, for example, commuter rail and buses as two entirely different systems, charging different fares even if they run along the same general path or make helpful connections with each other. Fare integration is when fares are the same across all modes of public transport in a…
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congestion pricing
City centers, central business districts, downtowns, whatever you wanna call them — people normally get to drive their private cars into and through them for free. Congestion pricing is a toll that drivers must pay in order to be allowed to drive into or through the city center. Why? City…
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Effective Transit Alliance: Modernizing New York Commuter Rail (2023)
“Modernizing New York Commuter Rail” is a self-explanatory title. The report begins by talking about conventional commuter rail, which was really only designed to serve a narrow demographic of working commuters. Further sections lay out their vision for a radically different operating philosophy. This, of course, will require new infrastructure…
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through-running
Commuter railroads were historically built to run to the center of the city, and then turn back and head to the same suburb they came from. Through-running is where trains no longer make their last stop at the center of the city and then turn back. Instead, they continue through…
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Sharing Works & Content: A Temporary Action Plan for Me (+ Some Updates)
For the foreseeable future, new posts will be a curated collection of published works and content (reports, studies, editorials, videos, etc.) that I’d like to share and open discussion about. It has always been a secondary goal of mines to support the primary goal of the blog (sharing my infrastructural…
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Are the Tides Turning? Mid-April 2024 Good News Roundup
The month of April is almost over with a round of good news that I’d like to share — and mixed news regarding what ended up in the overdue but now finalized state budget. I don’t normally do posts like this, but good things are worth celebrating, especially when they…
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QueensLink, Sammy’s Law, Affordable LIRR: My Wishlist for the 2024 New York State Budget
The deadline for the finalized state budget was April 1. But the deadline has since been extended at least once. So I figured I’d whip up this post, now that I have a handle on many transportation-related things that various organizations want in the state budget. In this post: I…
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Amtrak to Better Buses: Second Trip to Albany was Wonderful
On the 20th of March in 2024, Riders Alliance took me to Albany with them to rally for funding for better buses before congestion pricing begins. They offered to cover all costs, especially food and transportation. I’d be lying if I said that Amtrak wasn’t a major reason I accepted.…
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Bus Riders Need Six-Minute Service Too: Here Are 2022’s Top 100 Bus Routes Citywide
Riders Alliance has made it clear that they want every subway to run every 6 minutes — and most bus lines to do the same. “Most” is not “all”, which disappointed me, so I sought some extra clarification. There is one report from the Riders Alliance and one report from…
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E-scooters are nice, but what I need is more secure bicycle parking
The time is now for New York’s leaders to keep their promise on secure bike parking.
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First Time Out of the City since Quarantine: The Morning Commute
February 17, 2024. If you’re told when your chartered bus is “promptly” going to leave, you don’t wanna miss it. I got to go to Albany — but this was my experience getting to Manhattan.
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Congestion Pricing: Here’s My Comment. You Should Submit One Too
This article was retweeted by Riders Alliance and the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA, or PCAC, urging supporters to submit a comment in favor of congestion pricing. The article also explains how to do so (in every way possible — even fax and in person!), and why people…
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