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All that compute and it still can’t write “located” and “attendance” legibly. Worse than using AI to generate things is that no one bothers to proofread this slop or stop to think whether this looks good. And what’s with the model’s obsession with curved text?

For once, I’d like to see a city claim itself as “the city with no neighborhoods.” That would actually be unique!

Easy Sunday morning

It's like the canadian bacon in "hawaiian pizza", also from Ontario (Canada, not California).

Can we have a serious conversation in the planning world about the proliferation of uber-woke/protest/communal representation language being used to oppose safe streets and transit? Because it's a real thing that's happening a lot and our systems are not equipped to deal with it.

Why is there literally only a single elected official in the Greater Seattle region who is unambiguously good on transit?

Do you like crayoning transit lines? Use the new annotation feature on Transit Explorer to try out route ideas; you can label them and see their lengths, then export maps. In the US, you can also compare against local data, like population & jobs density! www.thetransportpolitic.com/transitexplo...

Australia map's up —> theoditsek.wordpress.com/2026/10/23/a...

Some interesting observations here: Nashville and Austin both have job geographies that look more coastal than Sun Belt, suggesting investment in public transit there would be very successful. Chicago and Philly, despite strong downtowns, suffer from inner ring decay. Dallas is The Bad Place.

🚨 URGENT NEWS: 🚨 Spokane Transit has officially announced its official mascot. Introducing: Marmelade the Marmot.

When it rains heavily, many streets in Santa Barbara become dangerous to cross. The ramps are in the same place as the gutters so unless they’re right next to drains, they will flood.

It would be better if it said “Codes Should:”

Dropped my ballot in the box at 6:43 Sunday evening, got a text that it was “received and will be counted” less than 22 hours later. Vote!

Property taxes literally maintain the value of the property. Your property won't be worth much without police, roads, garbage disposal, parks, etc. Some people can't grasp that www.politico.com/news/magazin...

I seem to be on a creative block with my personal projects lately but a reader email* got me to update my Bangkok transit map. New: Orange Line station correction*, Red Lines extensions now in construction, Pink Line travel times, new BRT stations and boat piers, full airport bus routes, name edits

This makes me both sad & angry. I remember in 2022-2024 King County did a detour (closing segment of Mercer Slough Trail & redirecting people onto neighborhood streets), they only created a route map diagram online; I had to ask for detour signs to be installed. The signs made it a lot better.

Go to your camera roll and search “boat” and post one that you like.

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Metrolink finally has a budget after 6 months, and it includes 29% weekday, 40% weekend service cuts, with no weekday service to Oceanside. Click the link for more info. Speak out TOMORROW at 10 Metrolink and other meetings later in the month to fight back. calelectricrail.org/metrolink-an...

“Life is better with 4 lanes” headlines a campaign sign of a candidate running for Goleta city council. Their position is that the changes made to Hollister Avenue aimed at improving safety have hurt Old Town businesses.

New bike lane spotted on Haley between De La Vina and Chapala! Also, the new design bike racks have been popping up around town.

In addition, the Thammasat Massacre scene in Taklee Genesis contains the real audio recording of Thommayanti (a Thai right-winger novelist and National Artist) aired on Armed Forces Radio Station before the incident, saying that the students were destroying Thailand's good relationship with the US.

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California needs to take over local transit agency operations and start funding operations at the state level. It's insane that Orange County's agency can just destroy regional rail for the entire LA metro area.

Squirrels on suicide missions have knocked out power to Castle Rock, Colorado twice this week. Our investigation has revealed a century of squirrel attacks covered up by the pro-squirrel media.

Update on Caltrain/Capital Corridor to Salinas along with a central coast service from the September CRCC meeting. Looks like 1RT of Capital Corridor is planned for 27 or early 28

There are numerous elevators

Another bunny at the bus stop enjoying dinner

Caltrain ridership continues to grow thanks to enhanced off-peak service due to electrification. Meanwhile Metrolink ridership has stagnated due to service cuts caused by mechanical problems with their diesel trains. #ElectrifyMetrolink

I've added a new feature to Transit Explorer—the database of the world's fixed-guideway transit systems: The ability to compare cities, side by side, at the same scale. Here, for example, is Washington vs. Chicago, and Singapore vs. London! Play around: www.thetransportpolitic.com/transitexplo...