Theodoræ Ditsek
@theoditsek.bsky.social
…and the Zen master says, “we’ll see.”
Transit maps and some other stuff.
Portfolio: theoditsek.wordpress.com
Transit maps and some other stuff.
Portfolio: theoditsek.wordpress.com
Indianapolis should secede from Indiana and join Illinois.
Indiana House Republicans have released what they think the new Indiana congressional map should look like.
What do you think about your new district?
FULL STORY: 🔗https://tinyurl.com/3ey2d76d
What do you think about your new district?
FULL STORY: 🔗https://tinyurl.com/3ey2d76d
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Indianapolis should secede from Indiana and join Illinois.
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It’s nice that no one talks about Marvel movies anymore
November 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It’s nice that no one talks about Marvel movies anymore
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The Metro Tunnel in Melbourne is complete!
This morning, my friends and I jumped on the first train at Sunshine at 9.53am. I gave them a tour of all five stations.
I did not have a chance to take pictures then, but I came back later, at 6.45pm, and took the last service of the day towards Sunbury.
This morning, my friends and I jumped on the first train at Sunshine at 9.53am. I gave them a tour of all five stations.
I did not have a chance to take pictures then, but I came back later, at 6.45pm, and took the last service of the day towards Sunbury.
November 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The Metro Tunnel in Melbourne is complete!
This morning, my friends and I jumped on the first train at Sunshine at 9.53am. I gave them a tour of all five stations.
I did not have a chance to take pictures then, but I came back later, at 6.45pm, and took the last service of the day towards Sunbury.
This morning, my friends and I jumped on the first train at Sunshine at 9.53am. I gave them a tour of all five stations.
I did not have a chance to take pictures then, but I came back later, at 6.45pm, and took the last service of the day towards Sunbury.
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Whenever we ride public transit, whether it’s a train in Bangkok or a bus in Bothell, she often asks me “how many stops until we get off?”
So I appreciate the station numbering system in use by a many systems in Asia and here in Seattle.
So I appreciate the station numbering system in use by a many systems in Asia and here in Seattle.
November 30, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Whenever we ride public transit, whether it’s a train in Bangkok or a bus in Bothell, she often asks me “how many stops until we get off?”
So I appreciate the station numbering system in use by a many systems in Asia and here in Seattle.
So I appreciate the station numbering system in use by a many systems in Asia and here in Seattle.
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Oops, I forgot to unmirror from scanning. Here's the corrected version!
November 30, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Oops, I forgot to unmirror from scanning. Here's the corrected version!
Second new thing, a fantasy metro map for Nashville —> theoditsek.wordpress.com/2025/11/29/n...
Nashville Fantasy Map
Another one that I’ve been meaning to do for a really long time but which didn’t quite come together until the last minute. Route lines mostly come from frequent services on the officia…
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November 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Second new thing, a fantasy metro map for Nashville —> theoditsek.wordpress.com/2025/11/29/n...
Oh wow, the system map for the dinky two-line bus network in Franklin, TN punches wildly above its weight. franktransit.wpengine.com/wp-content/u...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Oh wow, the system map for the dinky two-line bus network in Franklin, TN punches wildly above its weight. franktransit.wpengine.com/wp-content/u...
Hey @kezl.bsky.social sorry for the unsolicited ping but what's the protocol for folks (i.e. me) who won't be able to make the MFF transit panel next weekend but *can* make the Blue Line ride afterward?
November 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Hey @kezl.bsky.social sorry for the unsolicited ping but what's the protocol for folks (i.e. me) who won't be able to make the MFF transit panel next weekend but *can* make the Blue Line ride afterward?
New thing: LAX express bus fantasy map —> theoditsek.wordpress.com/2025/11/29/l...
LAX Express Bus Map
Since I was just in Los Angeles last month I thought it’d be an interesting idea to draw another airport express bus map like the ones I just did for O’Hare and SeaTac, but this time fo…
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November 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New thing: LAX express bus fantasy map —> theoditsek.wordpress.com/2025/11/29/l...
Merging the M50 and M53 on the Amsterdam Metro is probably a good thing in terms of frequency and efficiency but if I lived on the M53 I’d still be grumpy about losing the one-seat ride to Centraal.
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Merging the M50 and M53 on the Amsterdam Metro is probably a good thing in terms of frequency and efficiency but if I lived on the M53 I’d still be grumpy about losing the one-seat ride to Centraal.
Indianapolis jumpscare...
I thought I could take a 35-hour Greyhound trip and have it just be a benign bonus video on Patreon. The 'Hound had other ideas. youtu.be/G5UKq73ez3E
It's Just a 35-Hour Greyhound Trip. What Could Go Wrong?
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This was meant to be a benign bonus video for Patreon, but the 'Hound had other…
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November 27, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Indianapolis jumpscare...
If you see this, post an anime you love.
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If you see this, post an anime you love.
Drawing another express bus fantasy map, like the ones I did for Chicago and Seattle last year.
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Drawing another express bus fantasy map, like the ones I did for Chicago and Seattle last year.
The force-me-to-draw-a-fantasy-map-of-X-city polls I’d do when I was really bored are the only thing I miss about Twitter.
November 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The force-me-to-draw-a-fantasy-map-of-X-city polls I’d do when I was really bored are the only thing I miss about Twitter.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Suddenly reminded that the sad-professor-who-sleeps-with-students litfic cliche is so old and outdated that DFW (who, it must be said, is an example of precisely how difficult, unpleasant, and loathsome that sort of character can be in real life) was roasting the crap out of it in *2001.*
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Suddenly reminded that the sad-professor-who-sleeps-with-students litfic cliche is so old and outdated that DFW (who, it must be said, is an example of precisely how difficult, unpleasant, and loathsome that sort of character can be in real life) was roasting the crap out of it in *2001.*
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Cyberpunk St Louis
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Cyberpunk St Louis
Back to this point, by way of example, the Peterson Museum charges $18 to park in their garage, on top of admission. You can get out of paying if you spend at least $75 in the gift shop.
The museum is right next to the Wilshire/Fairfax Metro station, which should have opened 25 years ago.
The museum is right next to the Wilshire/Fairfax Metro station, which should have opened 25 years ago.
Los Angeles, it turns out, has a very interesting solution to this particular problem called "Make It Cost $15 To Park Literally Anywhere."
i wonder how much of Americans' views on driving vs. transit would change if they had to pay for gas/insurance/etc every time they turned on the engine
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Back to this point, by way of example, the Peterson Museum charges $18 to park in their garage, on top of admission. You can get out of paying if you spend at least $75 in the gift shop.
The museum is right next to the Wilshire/Fairfax Metro station, which should have opened 25 years ago.
The museum is right next to the Wilshire/Fairfax Metro station, which should have opened 25 years ago.
Los Angeles, it turns out, has a very interesting solution to this particular problem called "Make It Cost $15 To Park Literally Anywhere."
i wonder how much of Americans' views on driving vs. transit would change if they had to pay for gas/insurance/etc every time they turned on the engine
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Los Angeles, it turns out, has a very interesting solution to this particular problem called "Make It Cost $15 To Park Literally Anywhere."
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I am super-pro-public transit, and use it way more than the average American, but I live near a light rail station with very, very stable and predictable scheduling, and even then I would not use it for many things I use a car for because the cost of transit is time.
i wonder how much of Americans' views on driving vs. transit would change if they had to pay for gas/insurance/etc every time they turned on the engine
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I am super-pro-public transit, and use it way more than the average American, but I live near a light rail station with very, very stable and predictable scheduling, and even then I would not use it for many things I use a car for because the cost of transit is time.
I’m going to assume the weird reverse branch the Salt Lake City Red Line has to U of U makes sense given metro-area commuting patterns but God does it still make my teeth itch.
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I’m going to assume the weird reverse branch the Salt Lake City Red Line has to U of U makes sense given metro-area commuting patterns but God does it still make my teeth itch.
Thinking about the hip hop station we listened to in LA where the playlist was 90s/00s hip hop, When Rap Was Good or whatever, and one of those hits was Shake That by Eminem and Nate Dogg.
Which, OK, Nate Dogg saves that thing, but if you’re familiar with where Marshall was at when it was released…
Which, OK, Nate Dogg saves that thing, but if you’re familiar with where Marshall was at when it was released…
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Thinking about the hip hop station we listened to in LA where the playlist was 90s/00s hip hop, When Rap Was Good or whatever, and one of those hits was Shake That by Eminem and Nate Dogg.
Which, OK, Nate Dogg saves that thing, but if you’re familiar with where Marshall was at when it was released…
Which, OK, Nate Dogg saves that thing, but if you’re familiar with where Marshall was at when it was released…
Oh my god this is gorgeous.
The entire manual can be found here: www.regione.lombardia.it/wps/wcm/conn...
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November 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Oh my god this is gorgeous.
Tonight is a night for updating the three or four different documents with all my fantasy transit network concepts loaded into them.
November 22, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Tonight is a night for updating the three or four different documents with all my fantasy transit network concepts loaded into them.
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It's painful to read plans from a century ago that perfectly formulate how to build a world class transit system yet today we still need years of redundant studies to even build a bus lane
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
It's painful to read plans from a century ago that perfectly formulate how to build a world class transit system yet today we still need years of redundant studies to even build a bus lane