Sean Christiansen
@seanchristiansen.bsky.social
Southerner and aspiring cook, bartender, reader, cinephile, linguist, and optimist.
My theoretical plan to explore Brooklyn neighborhoods via e-bike for the day (as a non-member) could easily end up costing over $100 under these prices. Hoping the city reworks the fare and subsidy structure soon. D.C.’s Capital Bikeshare can be a model.
Highway robbery:
For non-members, less than seven minutes on an e-bike is more expensive than the subway. And even for Citi Bike members, a ten-minute e-bike ride is as expensive as the subway.
It's time for New York City to subsidize bike share and cap runaway Citi Bike prices
For non-members, less than seven minutes on an e-bike is more expensive than the subway. And even for Citi Bike members, a ten-minute e-bike ride is as expensive as the subway.
It's time for New York City to subsidize bike share and cap runaway Citi Bike prices
December 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
My theoretical plan to explore Brooklyn neighborhoods via e-bike for the day (as a non-member) could easily end up costing over $100 under these prices. Hoping the city reworks the fare and subsidy structure soon. D.C.’s Capital Bikeshare can be a model.
I do think that checked-bag weight limits should be 55 pounds, not 50 pounds. The size of modern checked luggage practically invites overage.
December 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I do think that checked-bag weight limits should be 55 pounds, not 50 pounds. The size of modern checked luggage practically invites overage.
Good to see some momentum on office-to-residential conversions, but man is it frustrating to read complaints about homelessness in a non-Medicaid-expansion state, and about dead neighborhoods surrounded by urban highways that the state DOT refuses to reimagine (I-345).
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Dallas Is Booming—Except for Its Downtown
Texas city’s central business district faces a crisis as companies look for snazzy suburban alternatives to aging office towers.
www.wsj.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Good to see some momentum on office-to-residential conversions, but man is it frustrating to read complaints about homelessness in a non-Medicaid-expansion state, and about dead neighborhoods surrounded by urban highways that the state DOT refuses to reimagine (I-345).
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Seizing the week between Christmas and New Year's to relax and disassociate (watch Ric Burns' New York: A Documentary Film)
December 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Seizing the week between Christmas and New Year's to relax and disassociate (watch Ric Burns' New York: A Documentary Film)
Another year, another futile journey to try to watch all the shortlisted best international feature films before the Academy Awards. Not sure who bears the blame, but it should not be impossible to (legally) stream or see in theaters half of these movies.
December 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Another year, another futile journey to try to watch all the shortlisted best international feature films before the Academy Awards. Not sure who bears the blame, but it should not be impossible to (legally) stream or see in theaters half of these movies.
I appreciate Metro-North’s 3–2 seating for density purposes (especially to accommodate groups of 5–6 efficiently), but when your ~9pm trains still have ~30 people in *each* car standing for the full hour to Stamford, even with some empty middle seats, you need to run more/longer trains.
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I appreciate Metro-North’s 3–2 seating for density purposes (especially to accommodate groups of 5–6 efficiently), but when your ~9pm trains still have ~30 people in *each* car standing for the full hour to Stamford, even with some empty middle seats, you need to run more/longer trains.
An ideal place to spend a cold day (even if my favorite seascapes are relegated to visual storage).
December 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
An ideal place to spend a cold day (even if my favorite seascapes are relegated to visual storage).
Fingers crossed I’ll be able to take these sleek new open-gangway CQ400 trains to/from ATL later this month. What a great upgrade for MARTA and Atlanta. Also, couldn’t have picked a more ruggedly beautiful station to film this in (Source: XgGamergX via Reddit).
December 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Fingers crossed I’ll be able to take these sleek new open-gangway CQ400 trains to/from ATL later this month. What a great upgrade for MARTA and Atlanta. Also, couldn’t have picked a more ruggedly beautiful station to film this in (Source: XgGamergX via Reddit).
With its 10 Monets, Gallery #81 at the National Gallery of Art is the most beautiful room in D.C., and for a moment this morning I had it all to myself.
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 AM
With its 10 Monets, Gallery #81 at the National Gallery of Art is the most beautiful room in D.C., and for a moment this morning I had it all to myself.
First I’ve been on a Northeast Regional train that had to switch engines from diesel to electric at New Haven. I hadn’t realized the Hartford Line to Springfield isn’t electrified, despite carrying ~1.5M passengers annually. ~20-min swap on top of a 20-min (mechanical) delay. Electrify the rails!
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
First I’ve been on a Northeast Regional train that had to switch engines from diesel to electric at New Haven. I hadn’t realized the Hartford Line to Springfield isn’t electrified, despite carrying ~1.5M passengers annually. ~20-min swap on top of a 20-min (mechanical) delay. Electrify the rails!
Did they ever consider making Giving Tuesday fall ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, before consumers buy so/too much stuff? Not sure whether pre-consumption deep pockets would yield more donations than post-consumption glut/guilt, but I’m curious.
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Did they ever consider making Giving Tuesday fall ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, before consumers buy so/too much stuff? Not sure whether pre-consumption deep pockets would yield more donations than post-consumption glut/guilt, but I’m curious.
The sudden ups and downs of this chart are striking. While the new fare increases will surely affect things, I’m eager to see how measurable of an impact on ridership that these drastically better frequencies will have.
A few weeks ago, PATH announced a series of service expansions that will finally reverse this trend. Though paired with a rather steep fare increase, these changes will finally put weekend PATH service levels above where they were 25 years ago. Huge congrats to all the advicates who made this happen
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The sudden ups and downs of this chart are striking. While the new fare increases will surely affect things, I’m eager to see how measurable of an impact on ridership that these drastically better frequencies will have.
Flying out of T concourse at ATL means one thing: Bo Rounds from Bojangles. A great Thanksgiving coda.
November 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Flying out of T concourse at ATL means one thing: Bo Rounds from Bojangles. A great Thanksgiving coda.
Not complaining that my family’s new Thanksgiving/Christmas streaming tradition has become the latest (good) Star Wars tv show (Andor season two, finally) and the latest Yorgos Lanthimos film (Bugonia a much better watch than Kinds of Kindness).
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Not complaining that my family’s new Thanksgiving/Christmas streaming tradition has become the latest (good) Star Wars tv show (Andor season two, finally) and the latest Yorgos Lanthimos film (Bugonia a much better watch than Kinds of Kindness).
The time has finally come (to experience the new Acela trainsets).
November 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The time has finally come (to experience the new Acela trainsets).
Skipped the D so I could take the M. Electric vibes in the city today. 🚇
November 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Skipped the D so I could take the M. Electric vibes in the city today. 🚇
“If that must be true, let the prose we write still rhyme”
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“If that must be true, let the prose we write still rhyme”
Reposted by Sean Christiansen
A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
Impeccable usage of the subway
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Impeccable usage of the subway
Reposted by Sean Christiansen
At just 34 years old, Zohran Mamdani culminated a meteoric political rise Tuesday by scoring a decisive victory in a polarizing mayoral election.
He will become the youngest mayor in over a century, the first Muslim to lead New York City.
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He will become the youngest mayor in over a century, the first Muslim to lead New York City.
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Mamdani Makes History With Victory in Mayor’s Race
More than 2 million New Yorkers cast a ballot in a high-stakes election that smashed recent turnout levels.
www.thecity.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
At just 34 years old, Zohran Mamdani culminated a meteoric political rise Tuesday by scoring a decisive victory in a polarizing mayoral election.
He will become the youngest mayor in over a century, the first Muslim to lead New York City.
buff.ly/7kOwKhb
He will become the youngest mayor in over a century, the first Muslim to lead New York City.
buff.ly/7kOwKhb
$3 bookstore find, a perfect read in the run-up to NYC’s general election.
October 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
$3 bookstore find, a perfect read in the run-up to NYC’s general election.
Bullied into seeing an 8:30am 70mm showing of One Battle After Another but as they say, somehow, [sleepiness] feels good in a place like this.
September 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Bullied into seeing an 8:30am 70mm showing of One Battle After Another but as they say, somehow, [sleepiness] feels good in a place like this.
Really need the new trainsets to address the outrageous Acela prices, which show $900+ for a timely weekend roundtrip ~1 month from now. Quite the opposite of a public service!
September 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Really need the new trainsets to address the outrageous Acela prices, which show $900+ for a timely weekend roundtrip ~1 month from now. Quite the opposite of a public service!
"DC has become a nationwide leader in office-to-residential conversions and...is on its way to reaching the goal of adding 15,000 new residents to Downtown DC."
I'm impressed by the resilience of downtown D.C.'s conversions—though I guess it just illustrates the severity of the housing shortage.
I'm impressed by the resilience of downtown D.C.'s conversions—though I guess it just illustrates the severity of the housing shortage.
“Mayor Bowser Announces Three New Commercial-to-Residential Conversion Projects” www.popville.com/2025/09/mayo...
“Mayor Bowser Announces Three New Commercial-to-Residential Conversion Projects” - PoPville
1990 K Street, NW From the Mayor's Office: "Mayor Muriel Bowser marked another milestone in the District’s Housing in Downtown (HID) program by celebrating the start of demolition at 1990 K Street NW,...
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September 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"DC has become a nationwide leader in office-to-residential conversions and...is on its way to reaching the goal of adding 15,000 new residents to Downtown DC."
I'm impressed by the resilience of downtown D.C.'s conversions—though I guess it just illustrates the severity of the housing shortage.
I'm impressed by the resilience of downtown D.C.'s conversions—though I guess it just illustrates the severity of the housing shortage.
Jarring reporting here, and right after a shooting attack on CDC's headquarters, no less. This disposal of scientific expertise puts the whole world in more danger.
August 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Jarring reporting here, and right after a shooting attack on CDC's headquarters, no less. This disposal of scientific expertise puts the whole world in more danger.