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Amy @plitter.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Some extremely exciting news (🧵): The MTA is looking for a vendor to redesign our website! Ours badly needs a refresh—I manage it, I'm allowed to say that—and my dream is for a site that's modern, accessible, user-friendly, and that incorporates our very iconic design and branding.

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Edwin Jeng @edwinjeng.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

(subtext: “there’s a 95 St in Bay Ridge?”)

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Edwin Jeng @edwinjeng.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

My (otherwise transit-savvy) wife: I first thought it meant 96 St station in Manhattan. Then I thought 95 St was part of the station name for Coney Island. Then I realized it was two stations but thought there was something missing after the dash after “95 St”.

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Edwin Jeng @edwinjeng.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

When time/day-specific service patterns, interlining, stations named for numbered streets that could be in multiple boroughs, and of course the need to maintain during active service all conspire to create a logic puzzle

MTA NYCT Subway service change notice at Court St in Brooklyn saying Coney Island-bound N and Bay Ridge-95 St-bound R trains are not stopping at the station during late nights and weekends. It tells customers to use Borough Hall station instead and provides other specific alternatives.

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Kirsten Bladh @kerstanley.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

One of my biggest takeaways from living in Tokyo was that the city is incredible in spite of the fact that 95% of the architecture is unremarkable. It makes the years-long design review process for a single apartment building in the U.S. seem all the more frivolous.

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Metropolitan Transportation Authority @mta.info · 02/12/2025

This week, we launched the redesigned Capital Program Dashboard! With this dashboard, the public can see what is being built or replaced, where it is happening, what the budget is, how much has been spent, and when it will be completed. Explore it here: capitaldashboard.mta.info

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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

The other day, I was telling friends and family how a housewife originated these Tokyo Metro transfer and exit guides, and they thought I was kidding. It used to be a well-known story. If you don't know it, here's a quick summary.

Photo of a Nanboku Line 乗り換え出口案内 (transfer and exit guide) on a station platform.

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 18/07/2025

The amount of illegal parking in bus lanes and bus stops in Downtown Brooklyn on my walk to lunch is absurd. But it’ll never get better when almost 100% of those doing it are NYPD or even MTA employees DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF NYCT HQ. Watch until the end for what a B54 bus does to get to its layover.

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Edwin Jeng @edwinjeng.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

The G is thanking you for your QBNR outreach!

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 26/06/2025

Wow, mismanagement of New York City - what a genuinely terrifying prospect! Siri who is the current mayor of New York City

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 26/06/2025

Since Mamdani won the Dem NYC mayor nomination with a free bus proposal, let's talk about free transit. Research suggests that free transit: a—increases ridership b—doesn't get people out of cars c—benefits youth, elderly & low-income ppl d—doesn't add employment e—maybe ups operational efficiency

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Edwin Jeng @edwinjeng.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

This is in the middle of the platform and is not one of the newer platform edge barriers pix11.com/news/local-n...

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Via @nytimes.com: I’m proud to team up with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and cross-endorse each other for Mayor because of his strong commitment to a more affordable city. Together, we'll fight for a safer, better-run New York — and ensure that Andrew Cuomo makes it nowhere near City Hall.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Last night, @bradlander.bsky.social and I exposed Andrew Cuomo's record of corruption, scandal and disgrace on the debate stage. With early voting starting tomorrow, we're cross-endorsing to defeat the ex-Gov. and win a city everyone can afford. Rank Brad #2!

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Mamdani and Lander Will Cross-Endorse Each Other in N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race

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sick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

what have you done today? me, I am upholding "Toilet Revolution" Thought, as outlined by Chairman Yamamoto of the Japan Toilet Association j-toilet.com/greetings/

Japan Toilet Association (JTA) started as a small group named “Toiletpia Association” in 1984. At the time, there were only about 60% of toilets with flush systems. The railway station or public toilets were quite uncomfortable. Toiletpia Association focused on the toilet issues and discussed it from the perspective of urban development. It was truly a unique group to gather as a salon style in Shinbashi in Tokyo. where would be like a real social networking site for the salaried men today. The participants enjoyed drinking and talking about toilet issues.

I was one of the organizers of this salon. This unusual group of toilet enthusiasts from various fields gather to discuss toilet issues openly. It was featured in the media, and then became known in daily society. Thereafter, JTA was founded the following year, in 1985. May 2025 will mark the 40th anniversary of JTA. In 2016, the association was transformed from a voluntary organization into a general incorporated association in Japan.

The goal of JTA was to “Create a toilet culture, create a comfortable toilet, and contribute to the improvement of the social issues related to toilets.” Forty years ago, no one expected that the public toilets, which were called DSDS (dirty, smelly, dirty, scary) places. However, nowadays they are described as “Japan can be proud of the toilets as the highest culture level” which refers to Toiletology Encyclopedia.

JTA has been playing a leading role and “Toilet revolution” has spread to various regions and fields. JTA and its members have played effective roles in all aspects, including the evolution of the buildings, the facilities, and the equipment, the enhanced cleaning methods and the maintenance. It influences the national and local government policies, and Japan’s toilet culture is to penetrate the world. Now, many organizations like JTA activities are founded in several countries.

Yamamoto Kohei, Chairman of Japan Toilet Association

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Metropolitan Transportation Authority @mta.info · 02/04/2025

Say hello to a new subway map! 🗺️ Today, the MTA unveiled a new subway diagram that provides riders with essential travel information in an easily readable, bright, and orderly manner.

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Edwin Jeng @edwinjeng.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Not a current resident, but here’s Taipei english.metro.taipei/cp.aspx?n=C7...

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Ridership Counts

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 02/02/2025

In the face of a relentless attack by the president & allies on the public sector, we need an opposition that can articulate support for the value of the civil service; the value of people who take jobs to help others, not to make a profit; the value of government initiative for public betterment.

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Edwin Jeng @edwinjeng.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Today was the perfect day for a visit to the Caro exhibit at @nyhistory.bsky.social. Thinking abt how TBTA (once run by Moses, now part of MTA) is now trying to undo the car-centric planning of its past, but is reckoning with distrust of govt transpo initiatives that is in part a legacy of Moses era

Draft inside cover of The Power Broker by Robert Caro

Pictures of Robert Caro and a bridge over the Hudson River

Picture of the Triborough Bridge and description

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Amy @plitter.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

guess what happens when you work at the MTA!!!!!!!

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