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Darrell Owens
@idothethinking.bsky.social
Housing and transit data guy. Against fascism. My "bluesky posts" represent myself and do not represent my employer or any affiliated groups and organizations.
But the zoning isn't there? They would need a variance.
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Lots of 1-2 bedroom developments resulted in a town of many young workers but few families. Emery high school is a class of 40 people.
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Berkeley politics is still good though. We have our own little Zohran: @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Like Owens is clearly schizophrenic and Kanye was, on record, bipolar. Now there's nothing wrong with this. But media (including video hosting companies like Google/Youtube and Spotify) probably shouldn't enable clearly destructive behavior.
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
No its served by just a bus
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Big issue with San Jose is lack of an Aiport line (and Sprawl). Whats a good airport route for a VTA tram?
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The initial results.
pic 3 : Ridership by going to work
pic 4 : Ridership by going home
Good ridership w/ the R-line under 19th Ave to Daly City and E-line along 580 in East Oakland!
Poor results for San Jose (no VTA yet) and low ridership for E-line under San Pablo Ave
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
With exception to the N-Judah, the other Muni cars are kicked out of the subway and a Muni Metro line goes from Embarcadero to Daly City via Twin Peaks Tunnel and SFSU. N should probably be a 5-car Sunset Rapid train but I havent worked it out yet.
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
In SF, the R-line from Tube 2 goes down Geary to UCSF and SFSU (40,000 riders at both combined). A fanciful Marin BART does the 1967 plan, but links with SMART in San Rafael like eBART does in Antioch. The rest of Geary has a 5-car BART (ideal for 1 track) or metro from Lands End to Mission Bay.
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
On the upper level of San Pablo Ave is a 5-car BART line (or AC Metro line) that loops from West Berkeley (University Av) to Elmhurst (98th Av) via a 580 MacArthur freeway line. Intra-East Bay line. A station is built beneath 19th St BART where passengers transfer for transbay service.
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Salesforce Transit Center will have a lot of rail. Turnback tracks for Caltrain Local and Marin (M) Line trains. Through track for R-Line trains and Caltrain's Capital Corridor Express Service and HSR.
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Link21 wants to use HSR funding so If HSR uses 980 ROW from Tube 2 for a Oakland HSR station, it would tunnel under San Pablo Av and bring Caltrain/CC and BART with it. Caltrain Local goes between Diridon - Salesforce. Express Caltrain goes to Sacramento via San Pablo Ave on HSR track
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I made the current BART/Caltrain system, added the planned or studied extensions and infill stops (except I changed Santa Clara BART to Cupertino BART). Unified CC and Caltrain into one through Tube 2 with a BART line. Dublin/Livermore is now a Bayfair shuttle. Added urban lines in Oakland & SF
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Right if it wasnt a scheduled stop i wouldnt be that mad. But when like my 27 bus is scheduled to leave at 4:10 at a major transit hub and the driver takes off early cause nobody is there yet its unacceptable. As well as starting stops like the one in the OP
November 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
@warrenjwells.bsky.social just click on the bus icon on the gps. It usually tells you what vehicle id the bus is. Then file a complaint saying the bus took off early and that the driver must not do that
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Some drivers just leave early. The 27 driver kept doing this at downtown Berkeley stranding a dozen BART transfers that come 2 mins before departure. Get the bus number and report it to @rideact.bsky.social. after i did this the 27 driver now waits at the station until departure.
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Outside of crying about upzoning during the 2020 election, i havent heard Trump in recent years even say the word zoning. I have a feeling Zohran simply said these things in their convo and it stuck on his brain.
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
And yeah Zohran obviously wasnt going to jepordize life and death federal funding for a city of millions to tell off a president with absolite control of the courts when its been proven if you stroke his ego and be nice he gets distracted. Not a shocker.
November 23, 2025 at 4:24 AM