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Identity, whether gender or nationality or any other, is an individual choice; fluid, contingent, and perhaps multiple. This is the only way to live at peace in a Free society, and is therefore a non-negotiable demand on every State, backed by force.
Excellent news to wake up to!
Widening of NJ Turnpike Extension through Jersey City has been scrapped. Major news, a big win for advocates in Jersey City. www.nj.com/news/2025/12...
Murphy scraps controversial Turnpike widening through Hudson County
The most opposed part of the controversial $10.6 billion NJ Turnpike extension widening project will be dropped, Gov. Murphy announced.
www.nj.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Excellent news to wake up to!
Fantastic thread. All the more so for coming from the sitting member for IL-06.
49. The game isn't over by far. But make no mistake: we are winning. That's something to be proud of. It's something to accelerate. It's nothing to take for granted. And it's certainly no time to take Yglesias' advice and fumble the ball so the other team won't feel so sad. /fin
December 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Fantastic thread. All the more so for coming from the sitting member for IL-06.
So much this. And safe pedestrian and cycling infrastructure comes in in the tens of millions.
Rail $395 million
Public transit $753 million
Debt $1.7 billion
Highway upgrades $5.3 billion
someone who is good at transportation planning please help me budget this. my state is dying
Public transit $753 million
Debt $1.7 billion
Highway upgrades $5.3 billion
someone who is good at transportation planning please help me budget this. my state is dying
December 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
So much this. And safe pedestrian and cycling infrastructure comes in in the tens of millions.
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As ETA has discussed, one-person train operation (and increasingly, zero-person train operation via full automation) are the global standard for transit, and for good reason.
ETA is grateful that Gov Hochul has put the needs of NY transit riders first.
www.etany.org/statements/i...
ETA is grateful that Gov Hochul has put the needs of NY transit riders first.
www.etany.org/statements/i...
Impeding Progress, Costing Riders — Effective Transit Alliance New York
Bill Banning One-Person Trains Would Lock NY Transit in the Past
www.etany.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
As ETA has discussed, one-person train operation (and increasingly, zero-person train operation via full automation) are the global standard for transit, and for good reason.
ETA is grateful that Gov Hochul has put the needs of NY transit riders first.
www.etany.org/statements/i...
ETA is grateful that Gov Hochul has put the needs of NY transit riders first.
www.etany.org/statements/i...
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Great news: Gov Hochul has reportedly decided to veto a bill requiring two-person train operation.
This poorly-considered bill would've mmediately impacted services that are currently run with one person, and would've make it impossible to fully automate new lines like the IBX.
This poorly-considered bill would've mmediately impacted services that are currently run with one person, and would've make it impossible to fully automate new lines like the IBX.
Gov Hochul will veto a bill to require both a conductor and a driver on every subway train, according to two sources familiar with the decision. Story to follow. Details on the bill here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
Does the Subway Still Need Train Conductors?
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Great news: Gov Hochul has reportedly decided to veto a bill requiring two-person train operation.
This poorly-considered bill would've mmediately impacted services that are currently run with one person, and would've make it impossible to fully automate new lines like the IBX.
This poorly-considered bill would've mmediately impacted services that are currently run with one person, and would've make it impossible to fully automate new lines like the IBX.
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Philly’s biggest development projects could bring more than 2,500 new homes and apartments; 1,800 parking spaces; and 118,000 square feet of storage space.
🔗 www.inquirer.com/real-estat...
🔗 www.inquirer.com/real-estat...
December 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Philly’s biggest development projects could bring more than 2,500 new homes and apartments; 1,800 parking spaces; and 118,000 square feet of storage space.
🔗 www.inquirer.com/real-estat...
🔗 www.inquirer.com/real-estat...
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The more you study old US transit plans the more you realize that ~everyone was rightfully fixated on travel time savings, noting times right on the map. Philly did a particularly impressive analysis with isochrones in *1914*
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hv...
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hv...
December 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The more you study old US transit plans the more you realize that ~everyone was rightfully fixated on travel time savings, noting times right on the map. Philly did a particularly impressive analysis with isochrones in *1914*
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hv...
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hv...
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The man accused causing a deadly crash involving an Uber while he was fleeing Philly officials turned himself into police on Tuesday. on.nbc10.com/dgLgukr
Man accused of causing deadly Uber crash in Philly turned himself in
The man accused causing a deadly crash involving an Uber while he was fleeing Philly officials turned himself into police on Tuesday.
on.nbc10.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The man accused causing a deadly crash involving an Uber while he was fleeing Philly officials turned himself into police on Tuesday. on.nbc10.com/dgLgukr
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Cars are a lot slower than people think. This driver commutes at 4 MPH. That's barely faster than walking (avg walking pace is around 3.3 MPH)
They could cut their commute to 15 minutes biking at 12 MPH, but they might not have a safe route to do so
We are forcing people into terrible car commutes
They could cut their commute to 15 minutes biking at 12 MPH, but they might not have a safe route to do so
We are forcing people into terrible car commutes
December 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Cars are a lot slower than people think. This driver commutes at 4 MPH. That's barely faster than walking (avg walking pace is around 3.3 MPH)
They could cut their commute to 15 minutes biking at 12 MPH, but they might not have a safe route to do so
We are forcing people into terrible car commutes
They could cut their commute to 15 minutes biking at 12 MPH, but they might not have a safe route to do so
We are forcing people into terrible car commutes
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$8.50 for a one-way ride on the JFK AirTrain is outrageous. That compares to only $5 from Penn to Jamaica in the faster and more comfortable LIRR.
The Port Authority should charge each vehicle entering the terminal complex $8.50 instead and make the AirTrain free.
The Port Authority should charge each vehicle entering the terminal complex $8.50 instead and make the AirTrain free.
December 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
$8.50 for a one-way ride on the JFK AirTrain is outrageous. That compares to only $5 from Penn to Jamaica in the faster and more comfortable LIRR.
The Port Authority should charge each vehicle entering the terminal complex $8.50 instead and make the AirTrain free.
The Port Authority should charge each vehicle entering the terminal complex $8.50 instead and make the AirTrain free.
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New blog by me: Cycle advocates in New Jersey are urging residents to contact their state legislators to save access to low-speed electric bikes. A proposed law would require all e-bike users to hold a license, registration, and insurance. walkableprinceton.com/2025/12/16/n...
NJ State Legislators Advance Bill To Require Licensing, Insurance, Registration Of Low-Speed E-bikes
Class I e-bikes like this REI Coop model are speed-limited to 20 mph Cycling supporters are urging New Jersey state legislators to reconsider a proposed new law that would create the strictest regu…
walkableprinceton.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
New blog by me: Cycle advocates in New Jersey are urging residents to contact their state legislators to save access to low-speed electric bikes. A proposed law would require all e-bike users to hold a license, registration, and insurance. walkableprinceton.com/2025/12/16/n...
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We need a moral panic over car bloat
December 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
We need a moral panic over car bloat
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A blue SUV crashed into the front of a Starbucks store in Wynnewood, Montgomery County, on Monday morning. on.nbc10.com/W5s0xRQ
SUV crashes into Starbucks in Montgomery County on Monday
A blue SUV crashed into the front of a Starbucks store in Wynnewood, Montgomery County, on Monday morning.
on.nbc10.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
A blue SUV crashed into the front of a Starbucks store in Wynnewood, Montgomery County, on Monday morning. on.nbc10.com/W5s0xRQ
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This was the one good thing about SEPTA's G/15 rebuild (only implemented on minor turn blocks too). Meanwhile the total reconstruction of I-95 & Richmond Ave still leaving mixed traffic operations is a scandal
December 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This was the one good thing about SEPTA's G/15 rebuild (only implemented on minor turn blocks too). Meanwhile the total reconstruction of I-95 & Richmond Ave still leaving mixed traffic operations is a scandal
"When you're at his level, you're more like a nation-state than a person." But as the writers of _Billions_ never fully grappled with for Bobby Axelrod, being a nation-state means being subjected to Ultima Ratio Regum by your new peers.
"If you owe the bank $100, that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem" but for sovereign nations and trillionaires
#TSLA Elon Musk becomes first person in history to surpass a $600 billion net worth
December 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"When you're at his level, you're more like a nation-state than a person." But as the writers of _Billions_ never fully grappled with for Bobby Axelrod, being a nation-state means being subjected to Ultima Ratio Regum by your new peers.
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Not only do I have a bottle of champagne, I have separate protocols for if It Happens while I'm in Philly or Toronto.
Philly people: if It Happens when I'm at home, I'm hitting Broad Street as if the Phils just won the World Series and I better not be alone.
Philly people: if It Happens when I'm at home, I'm hitting Broad Street as if the Phils just won the World Series and I better not be alone.
i think we should all commit ourselves to, at minimum, a national 3 day party When It Happens. one bottle of champagne in the back of your closet is no longer adequate. be prepared
December 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Not only do I have a bottle of champagne, I have separate protocols for if It Happens while I'm in Philly or Toronto.
Philly people: if It Happens when I'm at home, I'm hitting Broad Street as if the Phils just won the World Series and I better not be alone.
Philly people: if It Happens when I'm at home, I'm hitting Broad Street as if the Phils just won the World Series and I better not be alone.
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"yes, he hung out with the world's most famous pedophile. but we want to be clear that their relationship did not motivate him to engage in genocide denial. that was his choice, and reflected his values"
Noam Chomsky’s emails to Jeffrey Epstein display none of the fawning chatter found from, say, Larry Summers. And he does not appear to have been co-opted by whatever access Epstein provided.
https://bit.ly/4s3vx5A
https://bit.ly/4s3vx5A
What the Noam Chomsky–Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Tell Us
Chomsky has often suffered fools, knaves, and criminals too lightly. Epstein was one of them. But that doesn’t mean Chomsky was part of the “Epstein class.”
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"yes, he hung out with the world's most famous pedophile. but we want to be clear that their relationship did not motivate him to engage in genocide denial. that was his choice, and reflected his values"
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Last year, SEPTA promised solar-powered screens at bus stops that would give riders real-time info.
With the initiative stalled, an anonymous street sign artist is filling the void — with their own real-time tracker.
With the initiative stalled, an anonymous street sign artist is filling the void — with their own real-time tracker.
These street sign artists are helping Philadelphia commuters answer an age-old question: Where’s the bus?
www.inquirer.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Last year, SEPTA promised solar-powered screens at bus stops that would give riders real-time info.
With the initiative stalled, an anonymous street sign artist is filling the void — with their own real-time tracker.
With the initiative stalled, an anonymous street sign artist is filling the void — with their own real-time tracker.
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Quebec, notably, is much less afflicted with the Anglo-Saxon pathological relationship with homebuilding
There’s a happiness gap between young people in Quebec and in the rest of Canada - Joshua Bujold, an upbeat psychology student in his first semester at Montreal’s Dawson College, was taken aback to find out that happiness among young Canadians has plunged.
There’s a happiness gap between young people in Quebec and in the rest of Canada
Joshua Bujold, an upbeat psychology student in his first semester at Montreal’s Dawson College, was taken aback to find out that happiness among young Canadians has plunged.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Quebec, notably, is much less afflicted with the Anglo-Saxon pathological relationship with homebuilding
The ribbon at New Wissahickon, waiting to be cut.
December 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The ribbon at New Wissahickon, waiting to be cut.
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old twitter was like a place in interwar berlin, paris, or shanghai people have romantic memories about in spite of witnessing knife fights between prostitutes daily and heroin junkies overdosing
My pleases-nobody sense of Return To Twitter Discourse is that the place can never return to what it was, and can never return to the idealized past version we imagine either, nor can that idealized past version be constructed anywhere else because it was always romantic self-regarding bullshit
December 15, 2025 at 5:16 AM
old twitter was like a place in interwar berlin, paris, or shanghai people have romantic memories about in spite of witnessing knife fights between prostitutes daily and heroin junkies overdosing
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God rest ye merry gentlemen let nothing you dismay / once we #BuildTheTunnel we get eight score trains a day / to save us all from parking lots and expressway delays / oh ridings of comfort and joy / comfort and joy / oh ridings of comfort and joy
December 14, 2025 at 5:10 AM
God rest ye merry gentlemen let nothing you dismay / once we #BuildTheTunnel we get eight score trains a day / to save us all from parking lots and expressway delays / oh ridings of comfort and joy / comfort and joy / oh ridings of comfort and joy
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This basically amounts to Waymo using city workers to provide customer service -- with local taxpayers footing the bill.
If you fall asleep or pass out in a Waymo, their telops will try to rouse you w a 'time to wake up' recording and failing that call police, ie don't expect to be wakened by Waymo person/concierge. You hired a robot not a chauffeur.
Nothing personal, just automated business.
OP: tiktok.such2such
Nothing personal, just automated business.
OP: tiktok.such2such
December 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This basically amounts to Waymo using city workers to provide customer service -- with local taxpayers footing the bill.
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"We don't have that aircraft on TCAS"
"Negative altitude on that aircraft"
Might end up being famous last words one of these days, or maybe not, I mean when was the last time a US military aircraft rammed a civilian airliner.
"Negative altitude on that aircraft"
Might end up being famous last words one of these days, or maybe not, I mean when was the last time a US military aircraft rammed a civilian airliner.
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
"We don't have that aircraft on TCAS"
"Negative altitude on that aircraft"
Might end up being famous last words one of these days, or maybe not, I mean when was the last time a US military aircraft rammed a civilian airliner.
"Negative altitude on that aircraft"
Might end up being famous last words one of these days, or maybe not, I mean when was the last time a US military aircraft rammed a civilian airliner.