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Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 2d

I agree they’re not going to end your research efforts, but they provide the basic outline of every contract, every significant change order, and identify threads to pull on. Talking to people is a big part of how I work (you, too) and those reports help me get a lay of the land before interviews.

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Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 2d

Plug for the English translation: www.sevenstories.com/books/3383-o...

Operation Massacre

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Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 6d

Great to see the @nydailynews.com write an editorial about the importance of releasing monthly overview reports contextualize what is going on in these megaprojects. In my own research these PMOC reports have been invaluable (cc: @zacharyschrag.bsky.social): www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/29/l...

Let the public speak and read: Gateway Development Commission meetings must allow live public comments and FTA’s Marc Molinaro must publish PMOC reports

Tomorrow, the bistate Gateway Development Commission has a formal meeting with the commissioners participating remotely by telephone and the public entirely excluded, only able to watch on video.

www.nydailynews.com

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Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 9d

Copenhagen's deep metro stations have a very lean fire evacuation strategy.

Most egress capacity is provided by the 8 escalators (4 paths x 2 levels) normally used for vertical circulation with a single additional enclosed fixed stair at one end of the platform.

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Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 11d

“I’m looking to be the Scott Boras of the hedge-fund world…”

Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 14d

“The forced technology transfer agreements meant to prop up China’s state-owned automakers instead robbed their need to invest in their own innovative capacities. China’s automative successes come from companies like privately owned BYD, which had no foreign partners…”

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Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 14d

I don’t know. There are a lot of coffee shops.

Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 19d

in 2023, it looks to be ~20% for all light rail

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Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 19d

me, too!

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Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 19d

the good old days: "The Blue Line from San Ysidro
to Old Town is one of the most productive light rail lines in the country with 20 million annual
passengers and a farebox recovery of 64% in FY 2009."

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Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 20d

Picked up Dan Wang’s Breakneck. He does not mince words: “Beijing enthralls not because it is nice but because it isn’t….Really, everything that can go wrong in urban design has gone wrong in Beijing.”

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Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 22d

Today, CER launches our paper “ElectroLink: Modern Passenger Rail Service for Southern California.”

ElectroLink shows how electrification, level boarding and through running can speed up trips, improve access for all riders, and bind together the region. ⚡♿🚴
calelectricrail.org/electrolink-...

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Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 23d

But why is Stephen taking Amtrak instead of metro-north????

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Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 23d

Can’t say I have any useful thoughts, but I also noticed it and commented on it.

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Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 26d

This is an excellent idea!

Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 26d

I’m hoping this will be the first of a number of reports I run by practitioners writing about a specific issue or set of issues they’ve encountered in their work related to building codes and other technical standards. If you’re interested in talking about writing something, please reach out!

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 26d

Today, the Center for Building published “Beyond Zoning” by John Zeanah, Memphis’s Chief of Development and Infrastructure. He chronicles the non-zoning barriers faced by Malone Commons, a low-rise multifam/mixed-use project, and how they worked through them www.centerforbuilding.org/publication/...

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Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 27d

But that’s not really analogous

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Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 27d

Do other things poll like this? We support policy idea x but we also don’t necessarily think we should enact policy x?

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Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 28d

Can someone translate this for me?

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 28d

About half way through @garethdennis.uk “how the railways will fix the future”

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Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 28d

Making it all the more bizarre. The law seems pretty clear on this.

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Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 28d

Do you think Adams is encouraging this? It seems remarkable that someone who has been indicted and is polling under 10% could have any kind of exit.

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Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 28d

He’s managed to secure at least 2 job offers while polling under 10% and being indicted. One job is reported to pay 7 figures. Thats genius level stuff

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Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 28d

Eric Adams is a genius

Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 28d

New: Influential billionaires are again lining up to boost Cuomo's mayoral bid, including by offering Eric Adams lucrative private sector jobs to get him out of the race. That includes a job offer for Adams at Related, the real estate firm, per sources. www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/09/n...

NYC rich and powerful flock to Cuomo with cash — and job offers to lure Adams out of the race

Some of New York’s most powerful billionaires are again lining up behind Andrew Cuomo’s bid to become mayor, with pledges to pump more cash into his campaign and engage in efforts to he…

www.nydailynews.com

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Claudia Balducci @kccclaudia.bsky.social · 29d

So beyond exciting to be out watching this historic moment with a crowd of rail fans!

Bruce Englehardt @sounderbruce.bsky.social · 29d

The first East Link train under its own power on the floating bridge!

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