Ari Ofsevit
@ofsevit.bsky.social
European train stations:
We print a schedule with train platform assignments months in advance.
American train stations: wait on this overpass in the cold and run down the stairs to whichever track your train shows up on.
We print a schedule with train platform assignments months in advance.
American train stations: wait on this overpass in the cold and run down the stairs to whichever track your train shows up on.
January 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM
European train stations:
We print a schedule with train platform assignments months in advance.
American train stations: wait on this overpass in the cold and run down the stairs to whichever track your train shows up on.
We print a schedule with train platform assignments months in advance.
American train stations: wait on this overpass in the cold and run down the stairs to whichever track your train shows up on.
Oh yeah 35W was through a block of South Mpls bungalows for miles. 35E was near rich white people and got tied up for years.
January 19, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Oh yeah 35W was through a block of South Mpls bungalows for miles. 35E was near rich white people and got tied up for years.
Oh they still found the black neighborhood in Saint Paul.
January 18, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Oh they still found the black neighborhood in Saint Paul.
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I don’t want a humvee, I want a 2020 Honda fit
January 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I don’t want a humvee, I want a 2020 Honda fit
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You cannot find a car that excels in handling, fuel efficiency, passenger space, cargo space, and convenience like this one. I can transport almost anything, park almost anywhere, navigate any road, and most importantly PURSUE ANY FASCIST in this thing
January 18, 2026 at 5:34 AM
You cannot find a car that excels in handling, fuel efficiency, passenger space, cargo space, and convenience like this one. I can transport almost anything, park almost anywhere, navigate any road, and most importantly PURSUE ANY FASCIST in this thing
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Yeah but Perkins Coie didnt have a 2011 Honda Fit
January 17, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Yeah but Perkins Coie didnt have a 2011 Honda Fit
That's the Arrrrchbishop of York
January 18, 2026 at 3:47 AM
That's the Arrrrchbishop of York
Okay but why is the MPD anywhere near these fucks?
January 17, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Okay but why is the MPD anywhere near these fucks?
I'd like to have a decent bike path to the train station. or bus line.
January 17, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I'd like to have a decent bike path to the train station. or bus line.
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Simply updating and codifying this as qualification criteria for grants would help massively: bsky.app/profile/ndha...
Here are the Subway/Metro Station design guidelines that were compiled by UMTA/USDOT in the 1970s in an attempt to prevent WMATA-style cost overruns again.
It got shelved when everyone at UMTA got laid off and we forgot it. But it's prescient about cost drivers -- rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11352
It got shelved when everyone at UMTA got laid off and we forgot it. But it's prescient about cost drivers -- rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11352
DOT ROSA P
ROSA P serves as an archival repository of USDOT-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other information authored or co-authored by USDOT ...
rosap.ntl.bts.gov
January 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Simply updating and codifying this as qualification criteria for grants would help massively: bsky.app/profile/ndha...
It's all quite unpopular too
January 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
It's all quite unpopular too
This is what fake names and numbers are for :)
January 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
This is what fake names and numbers are for :)