RT @jessiesingernyc In the 60s and 70s, traffic deaths were higher than at any point in U.S. history.
And to be clear: The reason that fatalities declined [after that] is that we stopped pretending that common sense could make driving safe and regulated the design of automobiles to reduce the harm of inevitable mistakes when common sense inevitably failed to overcome dangerous conditions.
RT @samiliebman By the way, I listened in to my first NJTransit customer service and operations meeting last week (I was too late to comment). But I’d sum it up this way: lots of presentation of mediocre performance #’s and zero discussion on ways to improve.
Wait, not one but TWO "It's the X, Stupid" headlines? You don't know me well enough to call me names.
Yeah, I know, you mean it as a sort of joke, but it wasn't funny, insightful or even particularly helpful when James Carville wrote it, and it's not funny when people repeat it with whatever they want us to pay attention to now.
I'm begging you all: figure out a way to say "I think this is important, please read what I have to say about it" that doesn't involve insulting your readers!
RT @starlinechicago Late trains are loss leaders. Even if most riders have no intention of using a late train, knowing that transit is still available and reliable late-/overnight makes it much easier to choose transit when starting a trip.rock island line last departure at midnight has HONESTLY saved my ass so much
RT @njtransit ICYMI: Work continues at Perth Amboy station! Renovations include two new high-level platforms, and four new elevators, as well as additional ramps and stairs that will improve accessibility to the platforms of the station. The station is expected to be complete in summer 2025!
"And crucially, the new design will add No Standing zones, a design that matches the crosstown lanes on 26th, 29th, 52nd and 55th streets. On the crosstown blocks where the DOT installed No Standing Zones on both sides of the street to provide quick curbside access for drivers who needed it, the agency found that half of the drivers who used them spots stopped for five minutes or less."
RT @loud_socialist This is worse than when we paid McKinsey to study garbage containerization instead of like emailing the mayor of Barcelona or whatever
RT @kduggan16 NEW: Red Hook residents and supporters are launching another campaign for a direct bus to Lower Manhattan via the Hugh Carey Tunnel. The MTA said it's looking into a "variety of transit options" for the subway-less enclave
RT @akashvmehta In the final weeks of each session, a group of NY senators meet to decide the fate of hundreds of bills. It has no public presence, and even many senators don't know of it.
We obtained a list of last year's members and more than 600 bills they considered.
RT @streetsblognyc The family of Zenaido Rosas-Pinzon thinks he'd be alive today if the DOT had finished the Washington Bridge bike lane on schedule instead of six months from now:
RT @bfurnas Very nice to hear BK BP Reynoso call for even more homes around transit in NYC - calls for legalizing 5-8 story apartment buildings in the “transit zone” - the City of Yes proposal currently calls for legalizing 3-5 stories.
RT @PANYNJ boost efficiency and navigational safety at the East Coast’s busiest container port, we have outlined a multifaceted package of significant investments in partnership with the Army Corps.