Josh Martin
@jlmartin.bsky.social
SF based, medicinal chemist by trade, housing and urban transportation enthusiast
Rome always does the thing where they can be incredibly zealous about narrowing roads to an extreme degree, so long as its for parking. In the US this would be considered too narrow for a sidewalk
December 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Rome always does the thing where they can be incredibly zealous about narrowing roads to an extreme degree, so long as its for parking. In the US this would be considered too narrow for a sidewalk
Italy is eternally thankful for the US, for distracting the rest of Europe from how absolutely car brained it is.
December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Italy is eternally thankful for the US, for distracting the rest of Europe from how absolutely car brained it is.
If you're getting lapped by the CA Dems, of all people, you should be doing some soul searching
December 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
If you're getting lapped by the CA Dems, of all people, you should be doing some soul searching
I think any sort of small scale publically funded rail in the bay area is pretty unlikely.
The SSF biotechs couldn't/didn't coordinate a people mover to caltrain, with much higher density of jobs, more wealthy industries and much closer to the urban ore.
The SSF biotechs couldn't/didn't coordinate a people mover to caltrain, with much higher density of jobs, more wealthy industries and much closer to the urban ore.
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I think any sort of small scale publically funded rail in the bay area is pretty unlikely.
The SSF biotechs couldn't/didn't coordinate a people mover to caltrain, with much higher density of jobs, more wealthy industries and much closer to the urban ore.
The SSF biotechs couldn't/didn't coordinate a people mover to caltrain, with much higher density of jobs, more wealthy industries and much closer to the urban ore.
Some sort of public express bus service to Richmond BART, permanently funded by property taxes would be pretty sweet.
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Some sort of public express bus service to Richmond BART, permanently funded by property taxes would be pretty sweet.
I thought it worked pretty well in Melbourne for trams, especially convenient as a tourist
December 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I thought it worked pretty well in Melbourne for trams, especially convenient as a tourist
Seems like it only makes sense if you have lots of excess capacity in the urban core of your system. How many rail systems is that realistically true of?
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Seems like it only makes sense if you have lots of excess capacity in the urban core of your system. How many rail systems is that realistically true of?
Awesome. Thanks for sharing
December 2, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Awesome. Thanks for sharing
Do modern BEB trolleybuses perform well in cold weather?
December 2, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Do modern BEB trolleybuses perform well in cold weather?
Huh, interesting. So are we talking long distances bus travel or city busses with super long routes?
I would guess that batteries are likely to get much better, faster than hydrogen, considering how much of a headache gas as fuel is and how much r&d money is flowing into batteries broadly rn.
I would guess that batteries are likely to get much better, faster than hydrogen, considering how much of a headache gas as fuel is and how much r&d money is flowing into batteries broadly rn.
December 2, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Huh, interesting. So are we talking long distances bus travel or city busses with super long routes?
I would guess that batteries are likely to get much better, faster than hydrogen, considering how much of a headache gas as fuel is and how much r&d money is flowing into batteries broadly rn.
I would guess that batteries are likely to get much better, faster than hydrogen, considering how much of a headache gas as fuel is and how much r&d money is flowing into batteries broadly rn.
Its special because there's two busses in the renderings...duh
December 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Its special because there's two busses in the renderings...duh
You need a certain baseline of human traffic enforcement, at the very least so people dont hide/get rid of their license plates
December 2, 2025 at 3:07 AM
You need a certain baseline of human traffic enforcement, at the very least so people dont hide/get rid of their license plates
Is no one doing their taxes in the sunset or what?
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Is no one doing their taxes in the sunset or what?
I've seen some pretty impressive rail infrastructure here, both metro and intercity, there's some pretty nice intercity bus service too, but man, trying to walk 200 m is pretty grim
November 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I've seen some pretty impressive rail infrastructure here, both metro and intercity, there's some pretty nice intercity bus service too, but man, trying to walk 200 m is pretty grim
Upper middle class area, boogie shopping mall, one thousand people on foot, not even the notion of a sidewalk
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Upper middle class area, boogie shopping mall, one thousand people on foot, not even the notion of a sidewalk
SF is worse for cycling than DC and NYC, by a reasonably large margin too. At least when comparing the three city propers.
November 28, 2025 at 7:15 AM
SF is worse for cycling than DC and NYC, by a reasonably large margin too. At least when comparing the three city propers.
Nah, driverless trains have 50 years of proven safe service moving literally billions of trips
November 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Nah, driverless trains have 50 years of proven safe service moving literally billions of trips
He served less than one year in jail
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
He served less than one year in jail
Funny that he names colma, population 1k, as the residence for his 10k made up workers
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Funny that he names colma, population 1k, as the residence for his 10k made up workers
Mahmood said that he had received tons of constituent support and was working on building SFFD support for a bill, but wouldn't comment on a concrete timeline.
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Mahmood said that he had received tons of constituent support and was working on building SFFD support for a bill, but wouldn't comment on a concrete timeline.
My understanding is that it can be done at the city level but the sup's and the mayor won't do it without fires sign off. So anything that would get enough BOS votes and the mayors signature would be heavily marked up at SFFD and likely ineffectual.
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 AM
My understanding is that it can be done at the city level but the sup's and the mayor won't do it without fires sign off. So anything that would get enough BOS votes and the mayors signature would be heavily marked up at SFFD and likely ineffectual.
Might be better to wait till a clean bill is possible without a bunch of poison pills though
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Might be better to wait till a clean bill is possible without a bunch of poison pills though