At some point Metro is going to have to spend big to add capacity to light rail lines, and speed upgrades are necessarily going to be part of that

People are clowning on this, as they should, but I’m most interested in that last graf. More rural roads = yet another way to move money from blue to red areas

Idk, airports seem to actually get built in this country

Idk if they’re keeping the outdoor baggage claim …

Checking in on Hollywood Burbank Airport's $1.3B replacement terminal The steel frame of Hollywood Burbank Airport's $1.3-billion replacement terminal continues to take shape.

They’re actually building a whole new terminal. Dunno if they’ll be porting over the ‘80s pop soundtrack they pipe in, altho they are bringing over the airstairs la.urbanize.city/post/checkin...

I missed a flight once and had to drive 20 hours. I always leave plenty of time to get to airports—in this case I made the mistake of trying the Hollywood LAX Flyaway, which has since been put out of its misery. Anyway, the point: Unreliable travel times to airports are a real issue

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West Coast checking in

He really is a rare politician. I’m not a Daniel Lurie fanboy, but I do like that he walks

The worst thing about Trump is that he’s wrong about everything, but the second worst is that he doesn’t inhabit the same planet as the rest of us

When I visited the Lincoln Memorial, a ranger felt obligated to point out that it’s a myth that the back of Lincoln’s head is Lee’s face

Framing this

I don’t love 2026

Fun

So is the Financial District. The engineering is a bit harder, but that’s not why MB isn’t taller.

Yay, but—the modern city’s true birthday is June 29, 1776 (founding of the Mission Dolores). Meaning SF is older than America, yeah, that’s right

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I’m just gonna start calling it Bart

Even BART gets it wrong. Sigh

OK now I’m curious about Tehran BRT

The ugliest is the least functional, and Civic Center has got to be on the list (botched BART/Muni transfer, underpowered vertical circulation)

Dunno, probably

Reading now this is just to cover security-related costs? Trying to force FIFA’s hand? If so I’m a bit more sympathetic

Yikes

Transportation office jokes, iykyk

I’m all for transit agencies making money, but this is gross. Everything about this World Cup — ticket prices, travel challenges, and oh yeah, the giant f-u the Trump admin is sending to the rest of the world — seems designed to decimate int’l tourism for a generation. Real 3-D chess move there

Oh, NOW, Gen X exists