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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 2h

If Scottish fire departments can figure out how to drive down narrow Scottish roads just fine then OFD can figure out how to drive down much wider US roads with bike lanes just fine

Scottish fire truck driving down a one lane road

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 28/09/2026

Here it is from a little further back. The pedestrian underpass is a completely separate tunnel to the left, with cars and bikes in the main tunnel. Safe access for all modes! Bravo York! If this was the US it would be a single tunnel with 3ft gutter sidewalk and sharrows

Rail underpass with ped tunnel, car lane, and cycle track

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 28/09/2026

I am impressed with York! They turned their two-way two-lane underpass into a two-way single-lane light controlled underpass in order to fit a cycle track so families could bike to the National Railway Museum 🤩

Underpass over the rail line with one lane for cars and a separated cycle track for bikes

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 28/09/2026

Tavistock has the best protected bike lanes and the best crosswalks 🏳️‍⚧️

Photo of Tavistock street with concrete bike lanes and trans flag

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 27/09/2026

Only tech bros would attempt to spin their partially automated fast food restaurant going out of business as "achieved its goals" 🙄

Common room: mission complete

Our living lab has achieved its goals and is now closed

Kaikaku

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 21/09/2026

This could be Capital Corridor if CA upgraded the coastal track to run trains at 80mph like Great Western Railway in the UK

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 16/09/2026

Read SPUR report on what successful cities have done to provide housing It is not possible to solve housing crisis with only market units because cities need affordable workforce housing to function, but real estate investment needs rent to rise faster than inflation www.spur.org/sites/defaul...

Active city and regional financing and development entities. Copenhagen and Tokyo have created
strong financing and development agencies, which act alongside and in partnership with private
developers, nonprofits and cooperatives to develop infrastructure, leverage the value of governmentowned land assets, and finance and develop new housing.
Streamlined planning and regulatory approvals for housing. Most of the cities profiled in this report
have planning and regulatory systems with less local control and fewer conditional approval processes
than is the case in California and the Bay Area. The most dramatically different approach is in Tokyo,
where landowners and developers enjoy simplified zoning regulations and relatively greater freedom to
develop urban parcels with the residential product types and densities that the market will support.
Greater government involvement in land markets. Many of the case-study cities play an active role in
either acquiring land or regulating land transactions to mitigate the role that land market speculation
plays in driving up housing prices.
Robust tenant protections. Through the creation of rent price indexes (Berlin) or broader tenant rights
and protections (Amsterdam), many of these cities actively support renting and renters as a critical and
valued component of the housing sector.
Nonprofit and cooperative leadership in housing delivery. Compared to most U.S. cities, a greater
percentage of the housing sock in these case-study cities is controlled by nonprofit agencies and
cooperatives, either independent entities or organizations linked to the national or local governments.
Given the already strong nonprofit housing sector in the Bay Area, this model may be something that
could be br

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 16/09/2026

And of course, within minutes of OFD repairing the fire hydrant a car pulls up and parks on the sidewalk right next to it OakDOT will need to install steel bollards here

Car parked on sidewalk next to newly repaired fire hydrant

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 16/09/2026

Water hydrant at San Pablo and West Grand was just knocked over and the fountain is 5 stories high!

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 16/09/2026

Joel's whole thing is avoiding responsibility He recently claimed that AC Transit board members cannot control bus reliability, and then proceeded to complain that Oakland has built bike lanes 🙄 (Staff presented to the board last year that bike lanes have not affected bus speeds or reliability)

What would you do to deliver faster, more reliable buses in Oakland this term?

- Board members have limited ability to directly deliver faster or more reliable bus service, as operational decisions fall within the purview of the General Manager and AC Transit staff. Moreover, efforts by AC Transit to improve service can be affected by decisions made by the City of Oakland regarding street design and transportation infrastructure. For example, proposals to expand bike lanes on certain streets may reduce roadway capacity and contribute to increased traffic congestion, which can slow bus operations and affect service reliability.

Source: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EbcWEO3vYKtNo84EwSsvylKfTDoRFJKM/view?usp=drivesdk

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 16/09/2026

Central Valley has been unanimously passing datacenter bans and is already wary of CAHSR If CAHSR actually goes forward with their business plan to build datacenters using their access to land and power, then that will permanently doom the HSR project www.fresnobee.com/news/local/h...

The rail authority in its latest business plan floated allowing data centers to lease the future train’s land and power source since state law requires it to run without subsidies when it’s fully operational. The agency is working with private investors who could help develop the train’s corridor and it’s looking for others who could help develop a utility-grade power generation system. Those partners will also be tasked with helping the agency commercialize those assets and could officially pitch leasing resources for data centers as part of a development deal with the rail authority.

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 16/09/2026

A woman was just yelling at West Oakland BART agent at the top of her lungs that there is no parking for neighbors, and then proceeded to vandalize the construction cones I asked if she needed help finding a spot because there is guaranteed to be a one available within a block Lo and behold

Photo of a parking spot across the street from BART

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 11/09/2026

I wish the F was a regular bus or tram that came every 5 minutes instead of a rare tourist novelty 😤

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 10/09/2026

In FY24 they paid $9.81/kg and as of May 2025 were paying $10.85/kg actransit.nextrequest.com/requests/25-...

Hello,

Your request is granted; please see the below:

Current Price: $10.58 per kg

FY24: $9.81 per kg

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 08/09/2026

And for those doubting OpenAI would act this slimy, prior employees have confirmed Sebastien Bubeck (OpenAI lead who stole the work and threatened the original researchers) has a pattern of unethical behavior xcancel.com/VarunGangal/...

I was an intern under Seb in 2020. Unfortunately, the allegations of unscrupulous behavior is 100% believable. I am glad that the mask is off publicly. I really hope he doesn't weasel out of this

To those doubting the authenticity of this account, @dheeraj_nagaraj is 100% real.

I've known him IRL and conversed regularly with him, and have been a friend past 15 years and more running, starting from our shared time at @iitmadras .

He's one of the most intellectually honest, scientifically moral person and researcher I've ever known and furthermore has been usually non-confrontational and non-publicity seeking and just focussed with doing good, honest physics, comp sci and ML research all these years.

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 06/09/2026

This design was more about preserving the excess travel lanes while attempting to mitigate the inherent danger to pedestrians of having them If MLK had been rebalanced to two travel lanes with bike lanes than the street would have been much calmer and safer streetmix.net/bryan.culber...

Street design with sidewalk, bike lane, parking, and travel lane

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 06/09/2026

Sparks is the epitome of suburban highway sprawl They built a concrete protected bike lane a decade ago and every time I visit there are lots of people using it, including this mother and her kids on scooters Every city in the US would benefit from mobility options

Photo of concrete protected bike lane on McCarran Blvd with a bike signal, no right turn on red.

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 02/09/2026

I don't know where you got that number but it is not even close to accurate BART spends $1.15 per-mile per-rider You can verify here: www.transit.dot.gov/ntd/data-pro...

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 29/08/2026

Defund Caltrans! Run frequent passenger trains here!

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 29/08/2026

Thank you! Your work saved CA from emitting 40M+ tons of CO2 just from the highway lane miles needed for this project

Carbon dioxide emissions from building one lane-mile of urban highway, over 50 years
Construction, building materials, and maintenance 3,500 tons
Net congestion relief -7,000 tons
Additional vehicle travel on the facility 90,000 tons
Induced vehicle travel off the facility 30,000–100,000 tons
TOTAL 116,500-186,500 tons

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 29/08/2026

CA HSR would be finished by now if we funded it like Caltrans is funded

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 29/08/2026

Expanding 80 instead of running a frequent train between Sacramento and Reno is a crime against the climate

Road equipment for expanding the highway along 80

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 28/08/2026

The sunset from Raimondi Park was spectacular tonight!

Sunset from Raimondi Park with the ballers playing

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 28/08/2026

I just noticed this other UX miss. The other buses that pick up here are labeled "No change" as if anyone knows what bus stop that is Just label them D3 now since you have a labeling system

Other services, like Grey hound and Flixbus

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 28/08/2026

There is a reference sign in the station so it is not completely opaque, but if you come from the neighborhood like me then you don't see the reference sign

Sign with route and stop number in station

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 28/08/2026

I am grateful for the bus detour signs at West Oakland BART, but they are missing the bus route numbers @rideact.bsky.social and @rideact.bsky.social can you collaborate on adding the bus route numbers to these signs? I know my bus route number, I don't know bus stop numbers

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 26/08/2026

SFMTA's BRT runs 6 minute headways all weekday long with 97% of buses operating, resulting in the occasional 12 minute gap in service While AC Transit's BRT runs 10-15 minute headways with only 89% of buses operating, resulting in the all too frequent 30 minute gap in service 😨

Tempo bus sign with 14 && 44 min arrival times

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 26/08/2026

SFMTA's BRT runs 6 minute headways all weekday long with 97% of buses arriving resulting in the occasional 12 minute gap in service While AC Transit runs 10-15 minute headways with only 89% of buses arriving, creating frequent 30 minute gaps in service 😨

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 26/08/2026

SFMTA allows for a max of 3 absences in a rolling 8 month period www.sfmta.com/media/39938/...

https://www.sfmta.com/media/39938/download?inline

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 25/08/2026

Methane is 80 times worse than CO2 but does break down quicker, so now is the CRUCIAL moment in our planet's history for REDUCING it This is the absolute worst time to introduce a methane boom www.edf.org/climate/meth...

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over the first 20 years after it reaches the atmosphere. Even though CO2 has a longer-lasting effect, methane sets the pace for warming in the near term.

About 30% of today’s global warming is driven by methane from human actions.

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 25/08/2026

Supporting datacenters is climate science denial www.wired.com/story/us-dat...

Adding that much natural gas power comes with a hefty climate cost, particularly because many of the facilities are being built with inefficient turbines, which can increase emissions. As WIRED has reported, some of these gas plants are permitted to emit more greenhouse gases each year than many small- and medium-sized countries.

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 22/08/2026

As an example Oakland-Alameda Access Project is widening off-ramps and roads in Oakland for Alameda drivers There are good parts, like it will divert traffic away from core of Chinatown, so overall positive But after $200M spent the roads here will still be too wide, too fast, and too dangerous

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 22/08/2026

Something is going very wrong if AC Transit cannot provide the promised 10 minute service for a separated BRT at 7pm on a weekday This sign is showing gaps for 3 missing trips 😕

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 21/08/2026

Thank you for the 10 car trains @bart.gov! The 6pm trains are still packed full.

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 20/08/2026

Jaffa is so good. I go there all the time! I guarantee that almost all of his customers get there via walking, biking, or bus His full time job for YouTube in Seattle must be a remote job, right? www.linkedin.com/in/majdigaith/

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 20/08/2026

OMG, he thinks Seattle has a more extensive transit system than BART 🙄 He tried to claim that BART is dangerous. I was glad that someone in the crowd yelled out that wasn't true. I get small business brain from him. His top concerns were reducing taxes, stopping upzoning, and protecting parking

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 19/08/2026

For comparison, here is SFMTA's equivalent metric for percentage of service hours delivered It dropped from 98.5% to 97.7% over the past year www.sfmta.com/reports/perc...

Percentage of scheduled Muni service hours delivered with July 2026 at 97.7%

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 19/08/2026

Oakland Division (D4) operated only 89.9% trips this past month, a drop from 98.7% in July 2025 If you ride the bus to work every weekday this means that your bus will be canceled at least once every week kpi.actransit.org/serviceopera...

Monthly total service operated for division 4 dropping to 89.92% in July 2026

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 19/08/2026

Worse than that more like 75% will be H2 actransit.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=...

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 19/08/2026

If only the Coast Starlight qualified for Bay Pass...

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 18/08/2026

I know the common wisdom is BRT lanes are the way to go, but in practice Telegraph without bus lanes has faster, more frequent, and more reliable service than International with bus lanes

Route 6 with 7.6 min median wait and 24.8 min 95% wait

Route 1T with 10.9 minute median wait and 43 min 95% wait

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 17/08/2026

There is overwhelming support for free buses in NYC Kicking the very popular affordability coalition out of the transit coalition just weakens the transit coalition, and ultimately means less funding for transit nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/04/08/p...

+52 percentage point support for free buses

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 15/08/2026

I put the top of line numbers on a map in case that is helpful for others

Map of berkeley with tax revenue numbers by district

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 15/08/2026

Coming soon to a street festival near you

Map of the bay area with roughly Napa, Sonoma, Solano, Sacremento, Alameda, SF, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties on grey

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 15/08/2026

Just to spot check, looks like new construction 1 beds in Sacramento go for $2,200-$2,500 which is close to the CA average www.zillow.com/apartments/s... www.zillow.com/apartments/s...

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 15/08/2026

This is what the distribution looks like. Zillow doesn't split by age of apartment. www.zillow.com/rental-manag...

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 14/08/2026

I am so glad that I caught my 22 in time because the next one is in 50 minutes. During rush hour! 😨

AC Transit for 22 with next bus in 50 minutes

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 13/08/2026

You could also pull a 51 and do the annoying thing of splitting the line into north of Fruitvale and south of Fruitvale, but that feels like giving up more than fixing the problem public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 13/08/2026

Schedule adherence shows a total median delay of 5-7 minutes over the entire line The delays happen at each crossing of Broadway, Fruitvale, High, Hegenberger, and 98th adding 1-1.5 minutes of delay each Bus bunching issue could maybe be fixed with transit signal priority at those 5 intersections?

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