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Alex Wolford

@thetexanrhino.bsky.social

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Writing about Transportation, Cities, and Sometimes Other Stuff Work on Substack & Medium + @dmagazine.bsky.social Dallas, TX | Columbia, MO https://linktr.ee/TheTexanRhino

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Alex Wolford @thetexanrhino.bsky.social · Sep 3

New story about trains and corporate mergers, and why you should never ever stop spending money on the railroads. medium.com/p/c6ab8375d4f0

Who are the Railroads For?

On Mergers, Electrification, and Nationalization

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Alex Wolford @thetexanrhino.bsky.social · 5h

Missed it before, but there is a gap during midday where it drops to an hourly frequency.

Alex Wolford @thetexanrhino.bsky.social · 7h

Due to the new schedules, we now have info on what transfers will be like between the Silver Line and TEXRail. During 30-minute service levels, it's only a 4 min layover eastbound and a 5 min layover westbound between the two services at North DFW Airport Station.

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Alex Wolford @thetexanrhino.bsky.social · 8h

Schedules for the Silver Line have not been publicly announced, but with some new data from DART, we can get a glimpse of what the service will look like. The new line looks to be running every 30 minutes from 5:00am to 9:00pm on weekdays, with hourly service on weekends.

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Alex Wolford @thetexanrhino.bsky.social · 8h

LBJ while creating the Great Society Metros

Patrick Kennedy [Undo Damage] @humanecosystem.bsky.social · 10h

The New Deal shouldve built subways.

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Alex Wolford @thetexanrhino.bsky.social · 1d

We are so back

Miles in Transit @milesintransit.com · 1d

I like it more than Houston tbh

Alex Wolford @thetexanrhino.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah it’s phenomenal, just wish there was a way to more precisely change the years.

Alex Wolford @thetexanrhino.bsky.social · 6d

Missing a bus wouldn't be so bad in this town if they came more than once every NINETY MINUTES.

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: I wrote about Dallas City Hall. Designed by I.M. Pei, it's an incredible feat of architecture that was meant to embody progressivism and a new start after the JFK assassination. At the end of the month, city leaders could vote to tear it down: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

One of Texas' architectural masterpieces could soon face demolition

The building was designed by foundational architect I.M. Pei.

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Alex Wolford @thetexanrhino.bsky.social · 6d

It makes many of the same points you do. Shoot me a DM if you ever want a digital copy

Alex Wolford @thetexanrhino.bsky.social · 6d

Are you familiar with this book?

Alex Wolford @thetexanrhino.bsky.social · 8d

So it turns out people were right about this whole Andor being really, really good thing.

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Alex Wolford @thetexanrhino.bsky.social · 9d

Probably the most underrated rail system worldwide, and it's still undertaking massive projects like HSR and the Dedicated Freight Corridor Project.

From "How Railways Will Fix the Future" by @garethdennis.uk

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Matti has a Boo-ty 👻 @mrbtx.bsky.social · 9d

Indian Railways is a legitimately incredible organization

Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 10d

Not nearly enough is made of the incredibly impressive feat Indian Railways has made to electrify almost 100% of its 135,000km of track, while also growing renewable sourcing. Huge:

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/ind...

Indian Railways to achieve net zero targets in 2025 itself - 5 years ahead of 2030 goal - Times of India

India Business News: Indian Railways is set to achieve net-zero targets by year-end, surpassing its 2030 goal through extensive electrification. Aiming for 95% electric tr

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Alex Wolford @thetexanrhino.bsky.social · 12d

Sent out some emails to transit agencies for a project today, but if anyone has any data on station-by-station ridership for the CapMetro Red Line, the DCTA A-Train, or TexRail, feel free to send it over.

Alex Wolford @thetexanrhino.bsky.social · 13d

A couple of things usually work for me. I keep a big Google Doc for just jotting down stuff – passages, ideas, whatever – for later use. I'll also sometimes just voice record something if it's too much to get down at one time. As always, "get it down first, make it good later" is solid advice.

Alex Wolford @thetexanrhino.bsky.social · 13d

Sorry to hear that. For me it’s always especially bad when that feeling comes just after you had a bunch of stuff on the mind that you know would have been good if it had gotten to paper.