Here's a quick and dirty one-page overview of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority legislation that the Illinois General Assembly passed early this morning. Reply w/questions. Link to bill: ilga.gov/documents/le...
NITA thoughts:
• 95% of riders – maybe more – will not notice any immediate changes. Operator funding levels would be locked in at current levels for years, and even NITA’s eventual service standards will dictate minimum levels of service: if operators can manage more frequency, they can do so.
DC streetcar was so poorly designed:
—No dedicated lanes & thus frequently obstructed by traffic
—No connection to Metro or even the front of Union Station
—No enforced signal priority, slowing trains
—No real effort to improve the streetscape
—Too many stops (8 stations/2.4 mi)
reopened bsky only so i could track what's going on with the Illinois transit bill
I don't think I have ever seem a norm go from widely accepted to completely irrelevant as quickly as the importance of minimizing conflicts of interests
A picture of the Washington Monument covered in snow.
A picture of the Washington monument covered in snow.
A picture of the Capitol building covered in snow.
A picture of a historic building on the national mall covered in snow.
A very snowy night in Washington DC
give Cynthia Erivo every single award there is
I’m convinced that some Trader Joe’s white label products have to be loss leaders because how are they consistently cheaper than anywhere but Costco (I’m thinking canned beans, rice vinegar, etc)
any guesses for who runs?
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I cannot believe yall made me redownload blue sky
We're honestly not *that* far away from the possibility that Bluesky will have more daily active users than Threads while *still* being invite only. Not saying we're close yet, but just the fact that it's easily possible.
Happy to be where the skies are blue!
Joey Swiftie era???
In the transit city, up to some (very high) critical value, every additional resident demands additional amenities and transit frequency and your life better.
In the auto city every additional resident adds traffic and makes your life worse.
hiiii Bluesky hiiii ☁️
