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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

106 trains per day....in comparison, the LIRR, which serves a pop of over 8 million (around 3 mil in Nassau and Suffolk), sees 947 DAILY TRAINS on 319 route miles (about 160 route miles electrified) operating 24/7. Average 862 riders per mile and 330K weekday riders in Q2 2026 and it shows.

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Man, I love SMART so much! SMART was the first Bay Area transit agency to recover its pre-pandemic ridership, recording 750,016 annual passengers in 2023 (4% above 2019). SMART carried more than 1.1 million passengers in FY25, 32% higher than FY24 and nearly 50% above 2019 levels!

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Considering there's a Tony Soprano statue at Vilnius Central station, I say yes, he IS an urbanist!

A 15-foot-tall statue of Tony Soprano wearing a bathrobe and boxers stands outside the train station in Vilnius, Lithuania. Created in 2009 by artist Donatas Jankauskas, the sculpture is inspired by the iconic scene of Tony getting his morning newspaper

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

With the World Cup upon us, time to reveal this: I’M A VOLUNTEER! I’ll be volunteering at the Fan Festival in Flushing Meadows during the group stage this month! I’ll be there on the 14, 16, 17, 23, 24 & 27! Got my uniform back in May, and I’m excited to represent this great city and metro area!

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

On Thursday, we had an annual barbecue at work with ice cream, hot dogs, burgers, and chicken, and look what they gave us! A bus-themed beach towel! I love being a transit employee so much

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

“all while maintaining the iconic Madison Square Garden” bringing this back

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

“all while maintaining the iconic Madison Square Garden” bringing this back

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Yaphank: the Least-used station on the LIRR Just 4,906 passengers in 2023 used this station. Surrounded by farmland and county gov buildings. Hopefully with it closing soon to be relocated, the ridership will get boosted thanks to Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

so it's not a problem when those who can't or choose not to drive have to pay billions and billions every year for so many highways, but all of a sudden, it's a problem when people who drive fund transit? Make it make sense smh. Transit benefits all. Less traffic, less pollution, more options!

"Public Investment" at the top of the image shows a congested elevated highway with trucks and cars stuck in traffic.

"Wasteful subsidy" at the bottom of the image shows an electrified two-car train running on pantograph power.

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

"LESS THAN 10% of our city's residents" So? More people would be biking if there was better infrastructure to protect cyclists. It's that simple. Bike lanes mean less traffic, shorter travel times, fewer crashes, good for business, and fewer cyclists for drivers to deal with! Everyone benefits!

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

In Hoboken, NJ, by 2024, Hoboken built 47 rain gardens to not only mitigate flooding, some of the largest of which can detain up to 26K gallons of rainwater, but also to double as curb extensions as part of the city's Vision Zero efforts! Hoboken hasn't had a traffic death since 2017!

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Newark, NJ: - US's largest cherry blossom collection - Prudential Center is one of the best performing venues for concerts globally by earnings - homicide rate = 60-YEAR LOW - replaced almost all lead pipes by 2021 in just 3 years - HSR, legacy light-rail, 24/7 subway, and international airport

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

While the first light-rail train to cross a permanent floating bridge, it's not actually the first passenger train to cross one believe it or not! Milwaukee Road trains crossed the Pile-Pontoon Railroad Bridge between Iowa and Wisconsin between the 1870s and 1960s. Little Marquette was once a hub!

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Shoutout to former Jersey City mayor @stevenfulop.bsky.social and CEO @shabazzstuart.bsky.social of Oonee for helping launch the US's first municipal secure bike parking network in Jersey City!

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

In Wantagh today to pick up more transit uniforms for work, and had to stop by this 1950s 24-hours Kullman D I N E R by the station. Had Challah French toast and an egg cream! Very good diner, and quick service! I’m sure @milesintransit.com and @64streetcar.bsky.social would appreciate!

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Kid me inside the cockpit of the G-BOAD at the Intrepid in NYC in 2016. My mom and I were the only ones on the Concorde tour, so I got to sit in the cockpit. Well worth it! G-BOAD made the fastest crossing of all Concordes in just 2 hours, 52 minutes, and 59 seconds on February 7, 1996!

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

While not a municipal elevator, the elevator at 9th St/Congress St station on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail in Hoboken functions not only so people in The Heights of Jersey City can use the station, but as an accessible way to get between JC and Hoboken as well!

The platforms at 9th St/Congress St station on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail in NJ. There are green shelters on both platforms, and an elevator at the far end of the platform on the right that leads to The Heights neighborhood of Jersey City. The elevator and the station are alongside the Palisades. There are apartments on the left side of the image.

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Me increasing the intra-island ridership at Medford to 41% in 2024 💪 at least for weekends I was the majority ridership due to volunteering at the Riverhead railroad museum! The second-least used LIRR stop deserves more love, hoping for electrification to Yaphank!

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

While NYC lost to London in 2005 for the 2012 Summer Olympics, the failed bid still reshaped the region as if NYC DID host the Olympics and Paralympics! A thread on how it did:

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

While NYC lost to London in 2005 for the 2012 Summer Olympics, the failed bid still reshaped the region as if NYC DID host the Olympics and Paralympics! A thread on how it did:

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

To honor the Olympics, a thread on some big transformative transportation projects that host cities/countries have built for the Olympics/Paralympics:

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

To honor the Olympics, a thread on some big transformative transportation projects that host cities/countries have built for the Olympics/Paralympics:

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Based Newport in Jersey City: - The mall is surrounded by TOD thanks to PATH and HBLR. - Surrounded by Citi Bike stations and bike lanes protected by jersey barriers - multiuse waterfront path - has an Oonee bike pod, the first citywide secure public bike parking system in the US. Free & 24/7!

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

You can see a historic LIRR snowplow at the Railroad Museum of Long Island's Greenport location! Jaws III was built by the LIRR shops in December 1915 atop a 1907 flatcar, rebuilt in 1978, retired in 1986, and is now preserved in Greenport!

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

🎵Sailing the seas depends on the helmsman, Life and growth depends on the sun. Rain and dewdrops nourish the crops, Making revolution depends on Mark Carney Thought!🎵

A classic Mao Zedong propaganda poster with Mark Carney's face photoshopped in front of Mao's. Red text on the bottom reads "業跟伟大领袖卡尼主席奋勇前进!" which means "Let's bravely march forward with our great leader, Chairman Carney!" The chairman looks on as there's a red sky and people marching with flags in the distance.

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

In Miami, they built a linear park under the Metrorail by revamping the M-Path into the Underline! A three-phase park that first opened in Brickell in 2021, to Vizcaya in 2024, and phase three opens this year to Dadeland South! Including the South Dade Trail to Florida City, this makes up 31 miles

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The US government going against the desires of an indigenous group in the Americas? Hmm, where have I seen that before....

A painting called American Progress from 1872. The painting depicts a landscape of North America in the 19th century. The right side of the picture portrays locations on the east coast, which are already settled by Europeans. There, New York City can be seen, along with various ships around the coast of Manhattan. Also illustrated is the Brooklyn Bridge, which started construction just 2 years earlier and would not be completed until 1883 – 11 years later.

In the midpoint of the painting is Columbia, a female personification of the United States. She lays a telegraph wire with one hand and carries a school book in the other. Columbia represents the movement of "civilization" from the already well-settled East to the much more sparsely populated by Europeans West, leading settlers either on foot or by stagecoach, horseback, Conestoga wagon, wagon train, or riding steam trains.

To the left of the painting is depicted the western part of North America. The landscape is drawn to be much darker than the places already settled by Europeans with large dark clouds hanging over the distant mountains. A herd of American bison and group of indigenous people can be seen to be running into the dark, away from the approaching people.

In the foreground, there is a group of settlers, heading West, where a bear appears to growl at them, while behind them stands an already established farm with a person tilling the fields and another herding livestock, representing the Midwest.

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Their (unofficial) flag is quite the banger The last vestige of the once vast New France! After going back and forth between British and French, it was resettled in 1816 by France with mostly Basques, Bretons and Normans, hence why you can see the flags of their groups here!

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

On top of my 2025 recap, I’m proudly the top rider of the Greenport Scoot of all-time! 💪

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

The city built it and leased it to the IRT for operation under a contract. Doing it at City Hall Loop shows his commitment to transit and love for NYC. It's a representation of the transformative politics that built the subway in the first place. It's a grand station, and he has a grand vision!

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Just comparing Camden's buses to North Jersey alone: Buses feed right into the PATH, Newark Light Rail, and HBLR systems. Journal Square is the second-busiest PATH station because of both TOD and it being a crucial bus hub for NJT and jitney routes that serve across Hudson and Bergen County

One of the enclosed bus lanes at the Journal Square Transportation Center in Jersey City. The image includes the NJT 80 bus heading to Gates Ave.

The Journal Square Transportation Center in Jersey City. The Brutalist-style transportation center stands in the foreground as well as bushes and some barren trees that are part of One PATH Plaza, while two of the towers of the Journal Squared development can be seen in the background.

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I’m thankful for the love and support from friends and family, and every opportunity that comes my way! On the 20th, I attended the FIFA Volunteer Tryouts! Over 100K people applied for NY/NJ, and of those, only 15 percent made it to the tryouts!

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

If I had a nickel for every time a guy named Cuomo lost in the Democratic primary while running for mayor of NYC, ran as a third-party in the general election and lost 50% to 41%, I'd have two nickels! Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice

A pic taken from the Wikipedia page on the 1977 NYC mayoral election. It shows Ed Koch, the Democratic candidate, defeating Mario Cuomo, the Liberal candidate, with 50 percent of the vote, 717,376 people. Mario Cuomo got 41 percent of the vote, 587,913 people.

A pic taken from the Wikipedia page on the 2025 NYC mayoral election. It shows Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate, defeating Andrew Cuomo, the "Fight & Deliver" third-party/independent candidate, and Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate, with 50.4 percent of the vote or 1,036,051 people. Andrew Cuomo got 41.6 percent of the vote, 854,995 people. Curtis Sliwa got 7.1 percent of the vote, 146,137 people.

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

This is the last Avery-Classy Whale collab (for now, we’re planning more), but we’re finally showcasing the Newark Light Rail! Small system, but rich in very interesting history! We definitely need to bring back subway stations for department stores. youtu.be/8UyGXARxyy0?...

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Secrets of New Jersey's Tiny Subway (feat. Avery the Cuban American)

YouTube video by Classy Whale

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Y'ALL, I'M IN ANOTHER VIDEO! This time about paratransit! You don't really hear paratransit talked about in the transit/urbanist community, so I'm glad I helped Caleb put this together to show my experience as a paratransit rider. Long live the ADA! youtu.be/W3tOee_FOa0?...

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So How Does Paratransit Work?

YouTube video by Classy Whale

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Yesterday I attended TransportationCamp NYC for the first time! I had a wonderful time connecting with so many with the same interests and passion that I have. I’m glad I decided to present on Latin American transit despite it being my first time presenting at the event. Go big or go home, right?

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Not just in MA, but across the Long Island Sound in Suffolk County, thanks to SCT's network redesign in 2024: - Most routes having weekday 30-min frequencies - Expanding evening & Sunday service - Pulse/timed hubs - 50% more access to jobs, 3 times as many people having access to frequent service

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Real, I love cities with mountainous backdrops so much Skylines with mountainous backdrops for the win!

The skyline of Cape Town, South Africa, with the famed Table Mountain in the backdrop

The skyline of Salt Lake City, Utah, with the Wasatch Range as the backdrop. Among the buildings in the SLC skyline is the KeyBank Tower and the Salt Lake Temple to the left

The skyline of Los Angeles, California, with the snow-capped San Gabriel Mountains in the background. Among the buildings in the skyline is the Aon Center and the US Bank Tower, the tallest one in this image. This image was taken before the current tallest skyscraper, the Wilshire Grand Tower, was built.

The skyline of Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro as viewed from its surrounding mountains. The famous Sugarloaf Mountain can be seen in the foreground.

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Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Last Saturday, I had my last lunch at the Star Confectionery in Riverhead, a luncheonette from 1920, which has sadly closed after 105 years. Owned by the Meras family for three generations. Incredible! @64streetcar.bsky.social and @milesintransit.com would’ve loved this place!

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