North Shore, MA
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August Blake 🚸🚲🚎 retweeted
This is Mexico’s newest interurban train: El Insurgente 🚆🇲🇽
I tried it yesterday between Santa Fe and Zinacantepec, and this is commuter rail done RIGHT!
Except for a few things, it’s an amazing new service that will definitely help reduce traffic 🚫🚗
Here’s a thread 🧵
August Blake 🚸🚲🚎 retweeted
When I was in Toronto, I was surprised to see streetcar shutdowns for renovations/upgrades.
In European cities, they install temporary switches overnight, which allow trams to keep running normally. Funnily enough, they are called "Californian points" in some European languages.
August Blake 🚸🚲🚎 retweeted
People think Europe never let cars overwhelm their cities, but it’s been more impressive: they did let that happen, and then they undid it.
August Blake 🚸🚲🚎 retweeted
A slow train that takes 6 hours longer than flying is already taking 15% of the market share, and I'm supposed to believe this country has no demand for actually fast and frequent trains?
In its first ten days of service, the new @Amtrak Borealis service between Chicago and Minneapolis/St Paul hit a market share of over 15% against airlines; there are typically 25 flights in each direction each day between the two cities.
August Blake 🚸🚲🚎 retweeted
Construction begins on the S line today (Between Raleigh and Wakeforest) this'll eventually allow Amtrak trains running South of DC between Richmond and Raleigh to run at 110-125mph shaving almost 1 1/2 hours off DC - Charlotte travel time and massively improving frequency
August Blake 🚸🚲🚎 retweeted
Now that's leadership on housing. #Mapoli mayors, the playbook is right here.
Not waffling or triangulation. Not housing that meets 15 criteria, just pro-housing.
"We would like to see housing development as much as possible, as rapidly as possible. We have demonstrated need in this community, and we have demonstrated challenges in this community at all price points."
- Mayor @jakewoodford920
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August Blake 🚸🚲🚎 retweeted
WE'VE DONE IT, AN HOUR GAP!!! I haven't slept in a bed in 30 hours. This is obscene. It's driving me crazy that if these were just normal, still quite clean hybrid buses, it'd be BETTER for the environment because it'd run on time and people wouldn't be leaving for Ubers.
August Blake 🚸🚲🚎 retweeted
STUDY: “Pretty remarkable.”
A new study found that e-bike rebates led to a surge in ownership, with 60% of purchasers being entirely new to cycling. Those who took part also reduced their weekly vehicle travel by 48km on average, a decrease of 30-40%. bc.ctvnews.ca/pretty-remarka…
August Blake 🚸🚲🚎 retweeted
Neglected Mexico 🇲🇽 in my intercity rail positivity post the other day: in ~1 year, MEX has gone from a single but very good regional line (Tren Suburbano) to adding Tren interoceanico & partial launch of Tren Maya & Tren Interurbano after decades of barren passenger rail options
ALT Tren Suburbano: Mexico City - Cuautitlán
ALT Tren Interoceánico: Puerto Mexico, Veracruz – Salina Cruz, Oaxaca
ALT Tren Maya: Campeche – Cancún
ALT Tren Interurbano/El Insurgente: Zinacantepec (connection to Metro Line 1's Observatorio station) to Lerma
HOAs would be way cooler if the fees maintained a neighborhood garage fully stocked with a variety of power tools, instead of everyone owning their own table saws or angle grinders that barely get used.
August Blake 🚸🚲🚎 retweeted
Exciting day in steps towards #MBTA Regional Rail—all day, all week 30 min service on Fairmount and $60m in funding for future service enhancements & electrification
Scrolling through my feed and thought this was a bed with a giant slice of American cheese on it. 😭
Dorchester 3 Beds 2 Baths Boston - $3,100: 3 bedroom 2 bathroom in Savin Hill. Walking distance to the MBTA redline station, and numerous restaurant options. dlvr.it/T5w5Mb #dorchesterapartments #dorchesterrentals #apartmentsforrentindorchester
August Blake 🚸🚲🚎 retweeted
⚠️ Passengers on the Haverhill, Lowell & Fitchburg lines may experience severe delays due to a signal issue at North Station. Trains must hold before entering or exiting the terminal.
👷 Our engineering team is working to resume regular service as soon as possible.
