Dan Malouff
@beyonddc.bsky.social
Urbanism & transportation, WashDC.
Planner, professor, longtime GGWash.
Not here for the doom & dunks.
Planner, professor, longtime GGWash.
Not here for the doom & dunks.
I kinda think it depends on context.
In gloomy NY subway stations, turning trains into billboards makes it all look cheaper, agreed.
But in monotonous & spacious DC stations, I'm always glad to see the life-imbuing color.
Not sure about buses.
In gloomy NY subway stations, turning trains into billboards makes it all look cheaper, agreed.
But in monotonous & spacious DC stations, I'm always glad to see the life-imbuing color.
Not sure about buses.
January 15, 2026 at 7:05 PM
I kinda think it depends on context.
In gloomy NY subway stations, turning trains into billboards makes it all look cheaper, agreed.
But in monotonous & spacious DC stations, I'm always glad to see the life-imbuing color.
Not sure about buses.
In gloomy NY subway stations, turning trains into billboards makes it all look cheaper, agreed.
But in monotonous & spacious DC stations, I'm always glad to see the life-imbuing color.
Not sure about buses.
Hard to believe the prose from The Memory of Whiteness and Aurora came from the same person.
January 14, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Hard to believe the prose from The Memory of Whiteness and Aurora came from the same person.
Wherever the Hudson crossing lands on the Jersey side. Ft Lee makes more sense than Edgewater.
January 14, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Wherever the Hudson crossing lands on the Jersey side. Ft Lee makes more sense than Edgewater.
Alon has a northern Hudson crossing on that map! Alon's is probably better but these are similar ideas both connecting northern Manhattan. So what's the problem?
January 14, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Alon has a northern Hudson crossing on that map! Alon's is probably better but these are similar ideas both connecting northern Manhattan. So what's the problem?
Not saying this would be anywhere near my NY Transit Top Ten Wishlist, but I do think "NJ/NY demand is CBD centric" is a response to the network moreso than inherent, and if this were coupled with Jersey City-like highrise upzoning and we had normal costs, it would be justified & a great outcome.
January 13, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Not saying this would be anywhere near my NY Transit Top Ten Wishlist, but I do think "NJ/NY demand is CBD centric" is a response to the network moreso than inherent, and if this were coupled with Jersey City-like highrise upzoning and we had normal costs, it would be justified & a great outcome.
These aren't even things from the distant past. These are things we are currently in the middle of canceling, and very recently canceled.
"Spend a decade planning, cancel it at the 11th hour, then start planning again for the same thing" is untrustworthy stuff. We're supposed to fall for it again?
"Spend a decade planning, cancel it at the 11th hour, then start planning again for the same thing" is untrustworthy stuff. We're supposed to fall for it again?
January 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM
These aren't even things from the distant past. These are things we are currently in the middle of canceling, and very recently canceled.
"Spend a decade planning, cancel it at the 11th hour, then start planning again for the same thing" is untrustworthy stuff. We're supposed to fall for it again?
"Spend a decade planning, cancel it at the 11th hour, then start planning again for the same thing" is untrustworthy stuff. We're supposed to fall for it again?
In what universe is this remotely acceptable?
January 7, 2026 at 12:32 PM
In what universe is this remotely acceptable?
The indoor part is actually for the parents, who deserve a comfortable place to sit in a world where road & car bloat have made it unsafe to send little kids out on their own.
January 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
The indoor part is actually for the parents, who deserve a comfortable place to sit in a world where road & car bloat have made it unsafe to send little kids out on their own.
Cost control is hugely important but we were making the fast-lines-through-nowhere mistake long before costs spiraled out of control.
It is a massive historical error to ignore the decades the US spent doing exactly what you're calling for, and the terrible results it produced.
It is a massive historical error to ignore the decades the US spent doing exactly what you're calling for, and the terrible results it produced.
January 2, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Cost control is hugely important but we were making the fast-lines-through-nowhere mistake long before costs spiraled out of control.
It is a massive historical error to ignore the decades the US spent doing exactly what you're calling for, and the terrible results it produced.
It is a massive historical error to ignore the decades the US spent doing exactly what you're calling for, and the terrible results it produced.
This is like saying you can make a case that streets are too complex to all put on the same map when Waze will just tell us where to go.
Sorry but no way. It is completely inexcusable to not at least produce county-by-county local system maps. Not doing it is complete BS.
Sorry but no way. It is completely inexcusable to not at least produce county-by-county local system maps. Not doing it is complete BS.
January 2, 2026 at 7:21 PM
This is like saying you can make a case that streets are too complex to all put on the same map when Waze will just tell us where to go.
Sorry but no way. It is completely inexcusable to not at least produce county-by-county local system maps. Not doing it is complete BS.
Sorry but no way. It is completely inexcusable to not at least produce county-by-county local system maps. Not doing it is complete BS.
"managed decline for existing riders at best"
YES
YES
January 2, 2026 at 7:17 PM
"managed decline for existing riders at best"
YES
YES
You're going to have to go to Morgantown for the PRT, aren't you
(I have gone to Morgantown for the PRT)
(I have gone to Morgantown for the PRT)
January 1, 2026 at 3:15 AM
You're going to have to go to Morgantown for the PRT, aren't you
(I have gone to Morgantown for the PRT)
(I have gone to Morgantown for the PRT)