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Christof Spieler

@christofspieler.bsky.social

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Director of Transportation, Madison, WI; Author of “Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US and Canadian Transit,” Island Press, 2021. (he/him) PE/AICP/LEED AP

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Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 1h

Munich has more than 120,000 people, though. For a city its size in the US Rochester has very good transit service. (It's the 207th largest metro area in the country.)

Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 1h

I'm seeing two crashes with minor injuries in the last 20 years (though I can't tell if they're merge-related) and no major injury or fatality crashes. This whole area is weird because of multiple diagonal streets -- the developers who platted this in the 1890s didn't quite resolve the street grid.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 1h

Rochester, MN, which thanks to all the jobs at the Mayo Clinic has a surprisingly robust bus network with 30 min service on most local routes, a network of park-and-ride express routes, and a BRT under construction.

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Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 15h

And Denmark, now that I think about it.

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Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 15h

India?

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Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 15h

Also, public vs. private railroads probably plays a role.

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Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 16h

Past WWII, part of the answer is that Canada was building metros and Australia wasn't.

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Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 17h

The C at Schenk's Corners, Madison. The Capital City Trail is on the left.

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Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 19h

My favorite part is they decided that for the right incentives they needed delay penalties, hiring staff to determine whose fault each train delay was, with guidelines like “delay due to hitting a bird smaller than a pheasant is the fault of the train operator, larger the infrastructure operator.”

Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 1d

The other thing that I think is confusing people here is that the section through the existing station at the left is not through the tracks and platform; it's through a side passageway and staircase. The existing station box is probably wide and taller than the station cavern for the new station.

Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 2d

I believe the drawing is showing the new tunnel under 6th crossing the current tunnel under Pine.

Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 2d

And subsurface disruption since it has to go under the existing light rail tunnel.

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Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 4d

In a triumph of good transit planning, Rochester's 203 Heintz comes in only one variety (and runs clockface schedules!)

Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 4d

In Rochester, MN, more butts equal more flights.

Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 5d

At La Crosse, WI, the CPKC Chicago-Milwaukee-Twin Cities line crosses the BNSF Chicago-Twin Cities line.

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Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 7d

Your friendly neighborhood bus. (The C on Willy Street.)

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Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 9d

Yeah — this is not an exhaustive list.

Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 9d

I heard but haven’t seen pictures. That’s really early for bike lanes!

Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 9d

Not BRT — local bus, and it’s been there in some form for 20+ years. I don’t know the history, but it may have been designed as a way to reduce traffic on a residential street while keeping the bus route, which was once a streetcar.

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Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 9d

That one’s really cool. I had more to say on that one than I had time to post.

Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 9d

maps.app.goo.gl/Ca5J3Cfn1GsC...

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Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 9d

There's one on my bike commute in Madison! Turns a street into a cul-de-sac for cars but a through street for buses and bikes.

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Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 10d

I think the Rhaetian Railway still runs mixed trains (using EMUs!)

Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 12d

The D2 heads down the Isthmus towards the airport. Not much traffic to deal with at this time of day...

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