Cap'n Transit
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Climate advocate, queer, ranting against bullshit for over a decade. Mostly posting at https://urbanists.social/@capntransit
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Tesla’s Robotaxi is crashing roughly once every 40,000 miles so far in Austin, and that's with a human safety supervisor in vehicle.
For comparison, the average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500,000 miles.
electrek.co/2025/12/15/t...
For comparison, the average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500,000 miles.
electrek.co/2025/12/15/t...
Tesla reports another Robotaxi crash, even with supervisor as it moves to remove them
Tesla has reported yet another crash involving its Robotaxi fleet in Austin to the NHTSA. The new data keeps the...
electrek.co
December 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Tesla’s Robotaxi is crashing roughly once every 40,000 miles so far in Austin, and that's with a human safety supervisor in vehicle.
For comparison, the average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500,000 miles.
electrek.co/2025/12/15/t...
For comparison, the average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500,000 miles.
electrek.co/2025/12/15/t...
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It turns out that people like being in places without a lot of cars and traffic messing things up.
Good data alert coming through! NYCEDC reports that business activity in the congestion relief zone is outpacing the rest of NYC: 4.8% foot-traffic growth in the zone vs. 1% citywide.
www.eenews.net/articles/bus...
www.eenews.net/articles/bus...
Business may have picked up in NY tolling area, economic development report says
According to the study, despite job and business growth in the city, there are still affordability challenges facing city residents.
www.eenews.net
December 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
It turns out that people like being in places without a lot of cars and traffic messing things up.
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We can’t, there is no Twitter anymore…? Weird that everybody over on X is in such denial about this fact. It’s been years. It was cute in the beginning but now it’s just pathetic. You’re so ashamed of the website you hang out on that you can’t bring yourself to say its name?
Dear Bluesky liberals. Come back to Twitter. Please. PLEASE.
December 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
We can’t, there is no Twitter anymore…? Weird that everybody over on X is in such denial about this fact. It’s been years. It was cute in the beginning but now it’s just pathetic. You’re so ashamed of the website you hang out on that you can’t bring yourself to say its name?
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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.
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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.
Carlina Rivera didn't bring up costly parking mandates in this interview, but when Lombardo asked about zoning, she would only say that the (racist) opposition was so strong that her trade association would only advocate zoning changes as part of a broad coalition.
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The pathway to more affordable housing in New York
Dec. 9, 2025- New York State Association for Affordable Housing President & CEO Carlina Rivera makes the case for increased subsidies to preserve and develop affordable housing, considers how to reduc
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December 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Carlina Rivera didn't bring up costly parking mandates in this interview, but when Lombardo asked about zoning, she would only say that the (racist) opposition was so strong that her trade association would only advocate zoning changes as part of a broad coalition.
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I hope you like gridlock!
"[Rivian CEO] Scaringe said he was 'very bullish' on his cars being self-driving in the next couple of years, such that 'you can own a car, but it can drop you at the airport, it can pick your kids up from school, it can go get things from the store for you.'"
"[Rivian CEO] Scaringe said he was 'very bullish' on his cars being self-driving in the next couple of years, such that 'you can own a car, but it can drop you at the airport, it can pick your kids up from school, it can go get things from the store for you.'"
Rivian's CEO said self-driving cars shouldn't just be able to drive, but also run errands for you like a secretary
CEO RJ Scaringe said he wants his AI-powered cars to be able to coordinate their own servicing, so their owners don't have to.
www.businessinsider.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I hope you like gridlock!
"[Rivian CEO] Scaringe said he was 'very bullish' on his cars being self-driving in the next couple of years, such that 'you can own a car, but it can drop you at the airport, it can pick your kids up from school, it can go get things from the store for you.'"
"[Rivian CEO] Scaringe said he was 'very bullish' on his cars being self-driving in the next couple of years, such that 'you can own a car, but it can drop you at the airport, it can pick your kids up from school, it can go get things from the store for you.'"
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someone tell the California ACLU who is disproportionately more likely to be killed in traffic accidents including those involving people under the influence
The California ACLU is staunchly opposed to the ignition interlock device program and is a big reason that it has not been expanded. Despite the fact that California heavily subsidizes the cost for low-income drunk drivers, the ACLU says that the program is a form of "racialized wealth extraction."
December 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
someone tell the California ACLU who is disproportionately more likely to be killed in traffic accidents including those involving people under the influence
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More than anything else, it’s just sad that people start with an impression that NYC isn’t safe for humans, impressed upon them by the nastiest lying humans to ever walk the earth
December 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
More than anything else, it’s just sad that people start with an impression that NYC isn’t safe for humans, impressed upon them by the nastiest lying humans to ever walk the earth
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Now might be a good time for the Port Authority to finally get that freight rail tunnel EIS done.
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April Fools -not.
DOT advisory panel recomnd dedicated truck tunnel from NJ to Manhat, w/1K new prkng spots for trucks.
Coincidentally, chair of panel is founder/CEO of Centerpark, a NYC based parking mgmt co.
www.freightwaves.com/news/dot-adv...
April Fools -not.
DOT advisory panel recomnd dedicated truck tunnel from NJ to Manhat, w/1K new prkng spots for trucks.
Coincidentally, chair of panel is founder/CEO of Centerpark, a NYC based parking mgmt co.
www.freightwaves.com/news/dot-adv...
DOT advisors push massive freight tunnel, truck-parking projects
A U.S. DOT advisory panel recommended a dedicated truck tunnel under the Hudson River and the creation of 40,000 new truck parking spaces nationwide to be funded by public-private partnerships.
www.freightwaves.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Now might be a good time for the Port Authority to finally get that freight rail tunnel EIS done.
"When the cult-favorite grocery chain opened in the hard-to-reach Brooklyn Navy Yard, Instacart came to the rescue"
I've been predicting disaster from this fucking supermarket for 16 years. This is what Tish James needs to answer for.
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I've been predicting disaster from this fucking supermarket for 16 years. This is what Tish James needs to answer for.
capntransit.blogspot.com/2009/05/dest...
December 12, 2025 at 4:18 AM
"When the cult-favorite grocery chain opened in the hard-to-reach Brooklyn Navy Yard, Instacart came to the rescue"
I've been predicting disaster from this fucking supermarket for 16 years. This is what Tish James needs to answer for.
capntransit.blogspot.com/2009/05/dest...
I've been predicting disaster from this fucking supermarket for 16 years. This is what Tish James needs to answer for.
capntransit.blogspot.com/2009/05/dest...
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Everything the experts and people knowledgeable about congestion pricing said would happen has happened, and nothing the ignorant doomers whined about for years on X and in community meetings has happened.
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Good data alert coming through! NYCEDC reports that business activity in the congestion relief zone is outpacing the rest of NYC: 4.8% foot-traffic growth in the zone vs. 1% citywide.
www.eenews.net/articles/bus...
www.eenews.net/articles/bus...
Business may have picked up in NY tolling area, economic development report says
According to the study, despite job and business growth in the city, there are still affordability challenges facing city residents.
www.eenews.net
December 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Everything the experts and people knowledgeable about congestion pricing said would happen has happened, and nothing the ignorant doomers whined about for years on X and in community meetings has happened.
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Short of disbanding the Port Authority, I'm trying to think of what Garcia could do to make it serve the people better.
We're thrilled that Kathryn Garcia has been named the next head of the Port Authority!
She has a proven track record of working regionally, advancing big infrastructure, and collaboration across all levels.
(We're also lucky she's a friend — here she is at our 2025 Assembly with our board)
She has a proven track record of working regionally, advancing big infrastructure, and collaboration across all levels.
(We're also lucky she's a friend — here she is at our 2025 Assembly with our board)
December 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Short of disbanding the Port Authority, I'm trying to think of what Garcia could do to make it serve the people better.
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Here's your periodic reminder that there are more than 230 reported crashes every day in NYC.
December 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Here's your periodic reminder that there are more than 230 reported crashes every day in NYC.
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So I think it's safe to assume at this point that the MTA isn't offering a 30-day unlimited with OMNY because they wanted their most frequent riders to pay more. The technology is clearly there, as evidenced by Cubic's system for PATH announcing they'll offer 30-day unlimiteds.
December 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
So I think it's safe to assume at this point that the MTA isn't offering a 30-day unlimited with OMNY because they wanted their most frequent riders to pay more. The technology is clearly there, as evidenced by Cubic's system for PATH announcing they'll offer 30-day unlimiteds.
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The car was parked in front of a fire hydrant just 600 feet from the 90th Precinct stationhouse. Had the NYPD enforced basic parking rules near its own command post, it might not have taken a week to find the dead man inside. buff.ly/UzQM0P4
NYPD Finds Mysterious Corpse in Car With Illegal Tints Parked at a Hydrant Near Stationhouse - Streetsblog New York City
Williamsburg cops on Sunday discovered the corpse of a 61-year-old man in a car that had been parked at a fire hydrant for a week roughly 600 feet from the front door of the 90th Precinct — a…
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December 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The car was parked in front of a fire hydrant just 600 feet from the 90th Precinct stationhouse. Had the NYPD enforced basic parking rules near its own command post, it might not have taken a week to find the dead man inside. buff.ly/UzQM0P4
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Planners have floated projects to curb motor vehicles from the Financial District's narrow roads for at least half a century, but a lack of city leadership and pushback from big businesses have stymied the dream for an area that continues to favor a minority of drivers.
'No Better Place': Mamdani Must Pedestrianize Financial District - Streetsblog New York City
Residents of Lower Manhattan have been demanding pedestrianized streets for decades, but the city and Big Business keep thwarting them. Sounds like a job for Mayor Mamdani.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Planners have floated projects to curb motor vehicles from the Financial District's narrow roads for at least half a century, but a lack of city leadership and pushback from big businesses have stymied the dream for an area that continues to favor a minority of drivers.
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Remarkable.
In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
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Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Remarkable.
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This morning, the MTA swapped the F/M trains at 8 stations in Manhattan & Queens. This is an example of "deinterlining," a technique which improves the frequency & reliability of subway service.
Read ETA on why deinterlining is so valuable & where else it can be used:
www.etany.org/statements/d...
Read ETA on why deinterlining is so valuable & where else it can be used:
www.etany.org/statements/d...
Deinterlining: Simpler Service, Fewer Delays — Effective Transit Alliance New York
Deinterlining simplifies subway operations, allowing for more trains to travel more quickly, and prevents delays from spreading. It's the correct solution for both riders and operations.
www.etany.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This morning, the MTA swapped the F/M trains at 8 stations in Manhattan & Queens. This is an example of "deinterlining," a technique which improves the frequency & reliability of subway service.
Read ETA on why deinterlining is so valuable & where else it can be used:
www.etany.org/statements/d...
Read ETA on why deinterlining is so valuable & where else it can be used:
www.etany.org/statements/d...
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It's ridiculous for a judge to demand that the city rip out a critical street safety project. 31st Street is one of the most dangerous streets in Queens, and this unprecedented decision puts all our neighbors at risk.
We must prioritize the safety of Astoria families over cars.
We must prioritize the safety of Astoria families over cars.
BREAKING: A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up the partially installed protected bike lane on 31st Street in Astoria, defying years of legal precedent that empowers the DOT to redesign city streets as it sees fit. buff.ly/02lWfWs
Queens Judge Orders City to Nix Half-Installed Astoria Bike Lane - Streetsblog New York City
A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up Astoria's partially installed 31st Street bike lane.
nyc.streetsblog.org
December 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
It's ridiculous for a judge to demand that the city rip out a critical street safety project. 31st Street is one of the most dangerous streets in Queens, and this unprecedented decision puts all our neighbors at risk.
We must prioritize the safety of Astoria families over cars.
We must prioritize the safety of Astoria families over cars.
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Water is indeed wet: A dirty NYPD cop parked his Benz at his Staten Island home and commuted to Manhattan in a department vehicle on job time, stealing $20,000 in tolls.
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Exclusive | Cop Out: NYPD bosses evade tolls with department cars, lawsuit claims
NYPD brass are using department cars to evade tolls while driving to work — even as thousands of furious commuters are forced to pay steep congestion-pricing fees, according to a whistleblower laws…
nypost.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Water is indeed wet: A dirty NYPD cop parked his Benz at his Staten Island home and commuted to Manhattan in a department vehicle on job time, stealing $20,000 in tolls.
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nypost.com/2025/12/06/u...
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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A reminder that gas-powered leafblowers are nightmare devices that are bad for you, bad for your lawn, and very bad for the environment. They fume and scream and kill the world all so you can messily and ineffectively move leaves around, leaves which are generally supposed to stay where they fell.
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A reminder that gas-powered leafblowers are nightmare devices that are bad for you, bad for your lawn, and very bad for the environment. They fume and scream and kill the world all so you can messily and ineffectively move leaves around, leaves which are generally supposed to stay where they fell.
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Five roads in New York City made INRIX’s list of the top 25 busiest corridors in 2024, but only one remained on this year’s list. “The congestion pricing program, no doubt, played a role,” Pishue said.
www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/inrix-t...
www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/inrix-t...
Traffic congestion grew this year in U.S. cities, but NYC saw no increase
Baltimore and Philadelphia saw the largest increases in traffic delays. Congestion pricing may have helped keep New York City traffic in check.
www.smartcitiesdive.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Five roads in New York City made INRIX’s list of the top 25 busiest corridors in 2024, but only one remained on this year’s list. “The congestion pricing program, no doubt, played a role,” Pishue said.
www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/inrix-t...
www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/inrix-t...
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Some bullshit I noticed today on Broadway at the Woodside Houses - natural, compelling pedestrian crossing but ..
December 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Some bullshit I noticed today on Broadway at the Woodside Houses - natural, compelling pedestrian crossing but ..