Reposted by @hahlen.bsky.socialMiser @misernyc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Pedestrianized 35th reaches its final, lush form 1444887
Reposted by @hahlen.bsky.socialJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 15/09/2026i believe it was the inventor of the gift and talented program who once said, "your children will thrive on a text-based website one day" 2357659
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I’m at the busway. I’m at the two way protected bike lane. I’m at the combination two way protected bike lane and busway 100
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026He’d love capture the flag except it has trains 000
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Fox always makes centrist dems sound so much cooler than they actually are 000
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Around the SF (South) Bay on transit Train 1: Muni Metro K Ingleside Montgomery Street to Balboa Park ($2.85 Clipper fare) 131
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026this is the stupidest framing of a topic I’ve ever seen 010
Reposted by @hahlen.bsky.socialdiego@estupido.fyi @estupido.fyi · 30/07/2026being an urbanist today is life on easy mode. you just need common sense and some intellectual curiosity about the rest of the world, and the most unhinged illiterate people with obscenely bad vibes will declare themselves your enemies for life, thereby literally doing your job for you 316519
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Left-NIMBYs make me want to fucking die. Painfully stupid self-righteous hypocrites 050
Reposted by @hahlen.bsky.socialThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 07/07/2026At its heart, this is a story about sprawl and the lack of a public square in many cities and towns. Places with parks, plazas, and places people can access for free often have outdoor concerts, movie screenings, or just ways people can socialize and have fun without having to pay for it.bloomberg.comThe Fun Shortage Is Real, and It’s Making America MiserableWith fewer places to relax and socialize, and steeper prices for entry, having fun is quantifiably harder than it used to be. 015235
Reposted by @hahlen.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/07/2026there is a cohort of men who resent the responsibilities and obligations of adulthood — of the fact that you owe things to other people. it is a fundamentally childish impulse that they have reconfigured as the height of masculinity, and i think it informs the parasocial attraction to platner. 249137122818
Reposted by @hahlen.bsky.socialdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 14/06/2026i consider myself genuinely patriotic. i love our music and our movies and a lot about our culture and its achievements. new york is in fact the greatest city in the world. we have so many beautiful people here. our elites have declared war on it but it's still worth fighting for. to me at least 222277141
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Expected parties responsible for 737MAX crashes 1. Boeing 2. McDonnell Douglas 3. Revolving door regulators 4. Reagan … 17. Donald Trump … 35. The UFC 010
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 13/06/2026This thread is a great demonstration of the antisocial behavior and attitudes stimulated by car dependence. It is a system of mobility and lifestyle of conflict with strangers and the threat of violence. Walking/cycling/transit are communal experiences that stimulate camaraderie and civility. 010
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Posting a bitchy social media video about your opponent and revealing that you apparently like to park blocking bus lanes 050
Reposted by @hahlen.bsky.socialPope of Chili Town @popeofchilitown.bsky.social · 03/06/2026California in a presidential election: D: 70% R: 25% Other: 5% California when the Heritage foundation puts a “Make everything worse for no reason” measure on the ballot: Yes: 60% No: 40% 2566
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Riding this bi-hourly bus up the mountain from Initial D. Bus foaming and car spotting at the same time 100
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026What a machine. I wish Boeing was still a real company 100
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 21/05/2026What a Specimen. I’m sorry I ever asked for three-door buses in North America this is the punishment for my hubris 000
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Certified loser behaviorapple.newsKamala Harris endorses L.A. Mayor Karen Bass for reelection — Los Angeles TimesFormer Vice President Kamala Harris endorsed Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for reelection on Monday. The Democrats are longtime allies. 000
Reposted by @hahlen.bsky.socialJon Green @modestholdings.com · 01/05/2026Do not threaten me with a good time. 45512
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Looks so much better than SNCFs boring all-white livery or Amtrak’s weird white and grey one 010
Reposted by @hahlen.bsky.socialYIMBYonese Liberation Army @dingbattitude.bsky.social · 17/04/2026*Amtrak, serving me a microwave cheeseburger* this is the best right? *me, stupid grin, nodding vigorously* 0201
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 12/04/2026God gives his most beautiful routes to his strongest gilligs 000
Reposted by @hahlen.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10/04/2026The hungry red panda at the Prospect Park Zoo? Adorable. The HungryPanda delivery app scamming small businesses? Not adorable. So they will be paying $580,000 back. We'll keep pursuing companies that take advantage of New Yorkers, and we'll keep asking if we can pet a red panda just for a second. 206176592477
Reposted by @hahlen.bsky.socialMuseum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 15/03/2026 2758631120
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Schrödinger’s Straight: it is both mined and not mined until someone hits a mine 021
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 23/02/2026My radical opinion is that if you are on the governance board of a transit agency you should not be allowed to own a car 0101
Reposted by @hahlen.bsky.socialCalifornians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 04/02/2026The answer: spending millions on consultants to do things like cost estimating or routine environmental work that can be done by Caltrans for less. CV rail might be a one-off for RCTC, but CA will build dozens of projects like it in the State Rail Plan. We need to build this capacity in-house. 2547
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 16/01/2026An extremely rare case (in the US at least) of the final design looking better than the concept art 010
Reposted by @hahlen.bsky.socialCorey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 12/01/2026This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it. 131116573569
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 21/12/2025The VIA Rail Canada ritual: passengers standing in line half an hour before departure, 7 employees standing by as if guarding the baggage scale 110
Reposted by @hahlen.bsky.socialTravis R. Eby @travis-robert.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Blows my mind it hasn't even been a full year of congestion pricing in NYC yet. Years of cranks whining about it and then you just DO IT and everything is instantly better and everyone gets used to it and moves on. We should do good things more often! PS - T-minus 12 days to Streets Mayor Mamdani! 251573330
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 29/10/2025I believe that car dependence and suburbia are significant causes of American political decline. Day to day benign interactions with different people build trust. Seeing them do the same things as you and the emotions on their faces build empathy. Interactions in traffic are hostile, impersonal. 140
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 20/10/2025I blame TikTok for normalizing this behavior and also making it so much more obnoxious. Everyone’s scrolling endless looping videos instead of silent posts now, with their brains completely off. And the noise pollution of TikTok sounds meta is so much worse than a regular video or music. 030
Reposted by @hahlen.bsky.socialJarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 17/10/2025The American centrist punditocracy has decided that what the US transit industry needs are endless lectures about the importance of security. These writers misunderstand the problem, and are making things worse. 1/ www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comThe Other Reason Americans Don’t Use Mass TransitPeople will take buses and trains only if they feel safe while riding them. 1937367
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 15/10/2025There is literally no good that comes from this. Why do we let a couple freaks get mega rich by creating society destroying technology 020
Reposted by @hahlen.bsky.socialDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 09/10/2025The #1 piece of advice that TransLink's CEO offers other North American transit agencies: Provide frequent service 116845
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 11/10/2025The transition from Norfolk Southern track to Amtrak/SEPTA track at Harrisburg should instantly convince anyone that railway nationalization is necessary and important. It feels like stepping forward in time a half century or entering a proper country. 010
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 11/10/2025On a completely sold out Pennsylvanian from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. Almost like there should be more than one (1) train per day between two dense cities with high transit ridership 250 miles apart. FlixBus/Greyhound has 16-18 daily trips charging a minimum of $46 a month in advance. 000
Reposted by @hahlen.bsky.socialDr Kat Day (she/her) 🌖 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 06/10/2025Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔 81159986982
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 04/10/2025One of the City Center rail stations of all time 110
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Final thoughts on SLC. The UTA is a really impressive transit agency and there’s lots of good TOD recently completed and under construction around the region. But the walkability and overall urban fabric is still pretty bad thanks to being masterplanned with slavish devotion to cars. 121
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 30/09/2025UTA has a new “BRT” service in Ogden branded as OGX. It connects the Frontrunner regional rail station to Weber State University and a major hospital. It features a mixture of mixed traffic running, dedicated center-running lanes and a dedicated ROW on the university campus. 100
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Sacramento LRT uses high-floor vehicles, but many stations are on street, while even stations on dedicated ROW use this tram-style design without platforms and with the ‘inner’ track closer to the entrance paved over to facilitate access to the ‘island platform’ and ‘outer’ track. 110
hahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 17/09/2025In approximate order The Yard Bootleg Football The Layover Fantasy Football with Josh & Hayden The Urbanist Agenda 000
