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Patrick Scalise @patrickscalise.bsky.social · 20d

Turnstiles were installed there this year.

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Patrick Scalise @patrickscalise.bsky.social · 22d

By not going to real Planning school, I’m only just learning that Lewis Mumford was colossally annoying.

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Patrick Scalise @patrickscalise.bsky.social · 24d

@egoldwyn.bsky.social

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Patrick Scalise @patrickscalise.bsky.social · 28d

“You should have to earn your cars,” Mr. Simon said, adding that the city owes him and other drivers nothing. “I’m able to store a 5,000-pound hunk of metal on public property.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/n...

In New York, Free Street Parking Comes at a Cost

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Dolan's Knicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · Oct 1

“Gas explosion causes partial collapse of Bronx NYCHA building”
— www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/01/m...

Gas explosion causes partial collapse of Mott Haven Bronx NYCHA building

The explosion occurred at about 8:15 a.m. on Alexander Ave. near E. 138th St., which is part of NYCHA’s Mitchel Houses in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx.

www.nydailynews.com

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Rachel Cole @rmartincole.bsky.social · Sep 12

Book cover of Transportation for Cities by Wilfred Owen. Illustration features an arrow branching into three directions; inside the arrow is a densely packed crowd of people in black & white.

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Patrick Scalise @patrickscalise.bsky.social · Aug 24

When I lived in Santiago, they were building a line 6 station near my host family’s apartment. When my host mom told me it would be finished next year I said “well sure, but these things never finish in time, right?” She proudly told me that in Chile, they actually do.

Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · Aug 24

Santiago de Chile has an ongoing expansion program for its metro that will add 75 (seventy-five!!) km to its network by 2033 for 7.3 billion USD.

It's like adding more than a second métro of Montréal-worth for 50% more of the projected cost of adding 6km to the blue line.

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Dana Rubinstein @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social · Aug 22

He says "sorry" to New Yorkers for having to talk about something other than his accomplishments.

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Patrick Scalise @patrickscalise.bsky.social · Aug 21

This would be extremely VEEP-coded.

Sen. Lemon Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · Aug 21

can't wait to ultimately learn that winnie greco was told that someone from the city was coming by to pick up some cash and the name of @katiehonan.bsky.social's publication threw her off

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · Jul 25

The Trump administration has taken its anti-diversity agenda to such extremes that it's killing good infrastructure projects - including roadway safety improvements that I worked on with congressional Republicans - just because they went to disadvantaged areas.

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Patrick Scalise @patrickscalise.bsky.social · Jul 25

I’m perpetually mad that NYC land values are too high that it’s not viable to put a 20k-30k soccer stadium anywhere appealing.

Birds or Trains? @birdsortrains.bsky.social · Jul 25

If they did, great spot for a 30,000 seat soccer stadium.

Patrick Scalise @patrickscalise.bsky.social · Jul 16

I am not a lawyer, but someone should do a CEQR case over this.

Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · Jul 11

“Before, I had confidence that I could move out of the way in an emergency. Now I feel a lot [less confident] — I think that will be unsafe for riders.”

Citi Bike Riders Are Pissed About Eric Adams's 15 MPH Speed Limit - Streetsblog New York City

Citi Bike's new 15 mph max speed limit is a bad deal for riders and a potential threat to safety, riders said.

buff.ly

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Patrick Scalise @patrickscalise.bsky.social · Jul 14

I guess it reveals they were using the historical definition of “South Brooklyn” all along.

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Patrick Scalise @patrickscalise.bsky.social · Jul 14

And he wasn’t done yet!

Rachel Cole @rmartincole.bsky.social · Mar 20

#NewAcquisition for #NUTL: "The Land of Moses," 1938 map of New York City and Long Island.

Map of New York City and Long Island focused on the works of Robert Moses. Titled "The Land of Moses."

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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · Jun 30

This is my burden. My raison d'etre.

I must write about the fake pool in the East River. I will do it today, tomorrow, and until I myself am just particles floating through the tidal strait itself, between the narrows, and into the great endless deep beyond.

hellgatenyc.com/the-plus-poo...

The Plus Pool Is Delayed to 2027, Also Is Now Shaped Like a Minus Sign

Plus Pool adds 2 years to opening date, subtracts 3 Pools.

hellgatenyc.com

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Metro @wmata.com · Jun 26

Automatic Train Operation (ATO) is making trips up to 3 min 45 sec FASTER. This safer, more reliable technology is now running on all rail lines. Metro operators are still in the cab of every train to respond to emergencies and monitor conditions.

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · Jun 24

Nobody is sad about building shadow on a day like today

Main Square in the morning shadow of an apartment tower. Being outside in the shade is bearable, the heat is not.

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Patrick Scalise @patrickscalise.bsky.social · Jun 17

Surely the only point of an editorial board is to imbue takes with an air of stoic credibility. Does nobody at @nytopinion.nytimes.com worry this unexplained waffling makes the whole project look unserious?

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Patrick Scalise @patrickscalise.bsky.social · May 30

Oldest traffic sign in the world:

“Anno 1686. His Majesty orders that coaches, carriages, and sedan chairs that come from the entrance of Salvador to retreat to the same part”

Patrick Scalise @patrickscalise.bsky.social · May 29

Also, don’t design your cities to fit fire hoses either.

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Patrick Scalise @patrickscalise.bsky.social · May 23

Paul Rudolph could never.

Patrick Scalise @patrickscalise.bsky.social · May 23

Art Deco Parking Garage!

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Patrick Scalise @patrickscalise.bsky.social · May 21

Three bridges over the Douro at Régua

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · May 7

Just asked a California transit manager if the state's Zero Emission Bus mandate is causing them to run less service than they otherwise would.

He said: "Yes, definitely."

A diesel bus only has to get 4 ppl out of cars to be better for the planet than an electric bus.

Hmm.

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Daniel Trubman @danieltrubman.bsky.social · May 5

It's funny how NYC has a zoning code of a couple thousand pages describing in meticulous detail what buildings can and can't look like, and how they can and cannot be used...but also an unwritten rule that certain businesses can just store cars on the sidewalk.

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