Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 1hSantiago, DR uses corrals to keep motorcycles and other vehicles out of pedestrian spaces 010
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Today I took OMSA: the municipal bus system in Santiago, DR 🇩🇴 OMSA had just over 2,000 riders a day in 2025. I think you’ll see why it deserves this low ridership. 160
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026You’re looking at the new faces of public transit in the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 070
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“How are we going to plan for Santiago if we can’t even plan a day trip to Puerto Plata?” - Famous last words by Studio Group 1 101
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is a concho, the primary form of public transportation in Santiago, DR. Conchos are shared taxis that run along a fixed route. Passengers pay a flat 40 peso ($0.67) fare to get picked up and dropped off anywhere along the route 120
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026They have interesting ways of supporting cranes in the DR 010
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026From the rolling mountains to the heart of the outskirts of the Dominican Republic’s second city: Santiago de los Caballeros 110
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I must’ve walked past here a dozen times but never noticed this park until now 📍 17th and Chestnut 190
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026YouTube is one of my best sources of info about transit in the Dominican Republic because the government there is not posting any information in a publicly accessible manner Shoutout to DR Transport Info. Because of you, I now know the capacity of buses in Santiago. m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM2W...m.youtube.comNuevos AUTOBUSES Llegan a la Ciudad Corazón y se unen al SIT (Todo lo que debes sabes)YouTube video by Transporte RD Info 130
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’ve been selected to participate in Philly’s household travel survey 😈 Do I take a hundred transit trips between Rittenhouse and Penn to add support for a PATCO extension? Bike to Philly airport for an actual flight this time so we get a bike trail? How can I help advance your cause? 280
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026As part of their Accelerate plan, SEPTA has released the latest renderings of their Transit Signal Priority program to speed up buses 290
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I got annoyed that there’s no single consolidated PDF of Reimagining Regional Rail, so I’ve made one. You can download it here if you want the full report: drive.google.com/file/d/1FVcx...drive.google.comReimagining Regional Rail_Full Report.pdf 090
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Diesel railroads are doing just fine apparently wapo.st/4xG2XZlwapo.stThe surprise winners from record-high diesel pricesIt isn’t just big oil companies that are benefitting from the highest diesel prices ever seen. 220
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Houston METRO, the city’s public transit agency, wants to spend another $40M on road projects. I think this makes METRO the only road user who pays for damage caused to Houston’s city-owned streets. Trucks donthttps://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/metro-proposes-spending-40m-street-182510731.htmlyahoo.comMetro proposes spending $40M for street repaving. Advocates say that money should go to transit.Metro's proposed budget for the coming fiscal year includes $40 million for road repairs that advocates say impedes the agency's work to maintain transit service levels amid budget strain. 140
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I got my hands on the $1 Trump coin and it’s a lot less gold than the renderings let on 112
Reposted by Aden YBen S @bensh3.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Hill West is on the Pennsy side, and increasing service is difficult due to Amtrak costs and lower density (though service will remain!) What we've found is trains that don't run through still have to cross busy bottlenecks, so more through-running is key (+outer yard space) bsky.app/profile/jonp... 3111
Reposted by Aden YBen S @bensh3.bsky.social · 22/09/2026In addition, the Reimagining Regional Rail master plan has been released! We finally might get the S-Bahn Philadelphia deserves. Read now: wwww.septa.org/initiatives/... 2016929
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I full heartedly agree with these NIMBYs. Delivery drones are a nuisance that offers a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...nytimes.comIt’s Raining Boxes: Amazon Drones Overwhelm a Texas Suburb (Gift Article)In Richardson, a fleet of drones has started to deliver goods quickly. But the noise is drowning out life for some residents: ‘We can’t live like this.’ 030
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It’s not my favorite station but it does have my favorite stained glass. 240
Reposted by Aden YBlvd Subway @blvdsubway.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🚨 Philly Planning Commission takes up Roosevelt Blvd plans TOMORROW. How to comment: 📧 Email planning@phila.gov by NOON Thu 9/17 📝 Subject: Public Comment, Agenda Item 4 💬 Say: move the Roosevelt Blvd Subway into design & engineering. 0124
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I dig into some of the assumptions underlying PennDOT’s alternative analysis and find that the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway is undervalued. adenyacobi.substack.com/p/penndot-un...adenyacobi.substack.comPennDOT Underestimated the Benefits and Overestimated the Costs of a Roosevelt Boulevard SubwayThe Roosevelt Boulevard Subway must be chosen for further study as PennDOT slowly moves toward selecting a locally preferred alternative 181
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026If you are familiar with the monorail project in Santiago de los Caballeros or transportation in general with that city, would appreciate chatting 010
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026My class’s planning studio project is about a city in the Dominican Republic and while Google has been helpful, I can’t imagine having made as much progress without using AI chatbots as a superhuman search engine and translating tool 000
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 13/09/2026American Airlines loves to play this game where you’re plane is scheduled to come in after you depart but they still won’t call your flight delayed 001
Reposted by Aden YAden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I assume the second pic is the bait? PLEASE if you’re posting “bait and switch” or “before and after”, put the bait/before on the left and the switch/after on the right. There is an epidemic of people doing it the wrong way and confusing people not in the know. 141
Reposted by Aden YEmily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026@charlescgardner.bsky.social, @salimfurth.bsky.social and I are out with our new Menu of Options for state housing policy www.mercatus.org/research/pol...mercatus.org 3198
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Finally snagged Odyssey IMAX 70mm tickets Hopefully the film isn’t shot by next Friday 110
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I made a quick little tool to see how much ridership increase a transit agency would need to counteract rising diesel prices. The answer? A good amount! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...docs.google.comFuel vs Ridership Calculator 130
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026My first thoughts looking at the NW Beltline rail plans as a nonresident: 1. Planners are averse to actually serving the Piedmont Hospital. 2. Planners are underselling how hard it will be to put light rail in an active freight corridor (the preferred CSX alternative). See Maryland Purple Line. 100
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The demise of Atlantic City has been greatly exaggerated 162
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Made it to Atlantic City only a few minutes behind schedule 010
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Forgot to mention yesterday the complete lack of crosswalks for the towpath’s road crossings This was the worst offender: you had to cross an arterial next to two highway entrance ramps. The nearest crosswalk is several blocks away but the path is blocked by trees. So may as well risk crossing here 010
Reposted by Aden YJackTatt 🇨🇦 @jacktatttran.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Look @chanface.bsky.social we could have a pedestrianized street with just the hostile vehicle barricades and no security. The city will not collapse (and this is from the lawless USA). 041
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 06/09/2026It’s the New Brunswick thread 🧵 Entering New Brunswick from the Delaware and Raritan Canal you’re met with a huge building with many residents enjoying the weather on their balconies. Need to copy+paste this in cities across America, minus the giant parking lot. 261
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Trenton has its own Society Hill, called Mill Hill. Historic housing stock mixed with some faux-historic facades and hidden parking. There’s also a new multifamily construction on the edge of the historic district. This is what a historic district should be: small and compact. 110
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Great short transfer between the River Line, buses, and trains at Trenton 040
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I thought one reason freight railroads don’t like overhead wires is maintenance will close down adjacent track but my SEPTA train passed this vehicle just fine 240
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 05/09/2026On the NEC and it seems like Amtrak is piloting white painted rails on track 3 in a few short sections between the Zoo interlocking and North Philadelphia. Either white paint pilot or chalk. 000
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 05/09/2026A Josh Shapiro ad just came on calling out Stacy Garritty for wanting to increase the electricity supply and spliced the phrase “data centers” in there 000
Aden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I booked cheap Amtrak tickets a long time ago but plans changed and I’ve got to go solo now. Do I still go? Alternative is 🚴♂️ This is what I’ve already done in NYC. Any new things to do solo? - lots of Manhattan stuff - transit museum - prospect park - Gowanus canal - Williamsburg 120
Reposted by Aden YStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 04/09/2026As part of research into the elevator market, I am doing an elevator census! Next time you are in an elevator (any time, any place), could you take a photo of the nameplate (brand and capacity in lbs/kgs) and the buttons (to get number of floors), and then later, enter it here? bit.ly/elevatorcensusbit.lyElevator CensusThis form is to submit information on elevators people encounter to help with the Center for Building in North America's research work. Note: You can submit for elevators in any country, not just Nort... 35124