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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 09/08/2026

We're working on a map of the Port Authority Bus Terminal. A simple one, just to get you oriented.

HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 28/07/2026

Putting together a simplified map of the ✨Port Authority Bus Terminal.✨ Walked through (probably) all the levels today. Somehow it makes even less sense once you figure out how it’s laid out. I have so many questions. They all begin with “Why”.

Escalators up to Gates 401 to 421 at Port Authority Bus Terminal. Escalator at left is switched off (temporarily stairs), escalator at right is blocked off, out of order.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 07/07/2026

Getting Around: TUCSON, AZ - Transit is FREE - Streetcar is useful but slow - Website is dense - Buses are all right - Frequency could be better howdoyou.guide/transit-gett...

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Getting Around: Tucson, AZ

Traveled April 2026

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 19/06/2026

A lot of transit systems assume all their riders are seasoned riders who live in their city. This makes it really difficult to attract both new local riders and casual visitors. Secret rules help nobody, but they're really common. "Oh everyone knows this bus stops over there now!"

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 19/06/2026

Just got yelled at by a bus driver for not knowing a secret rule. Hey Harrisburg, if a bus stop is closed, put a notice on it please!

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 19/06/2026

F bus in Harrisburg is downright comfy. 🥰

Interior of a Harrisburg PA city bus with colorful plush upholstered seats.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 02/06/2026

Please enjoy our first Pride logo. We believe rights are important regardless of whatever wild and whimsical direction political winds may blow.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 27/05/2026

Hey so we don't use AI when we make any of our products or write any of our posts. We actually *like* doing what we do. Just putting that out there.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 27/05/2026

Getting Around: EL PASO, TX - Streetcars! Classic look, well maintained, FREE TO RIDE - Buses: mostly longer distance, don't run very often Really cool town. Walkable (when it's not too hot), interesting people. howdoyou.guide/transit-gett...

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Getting Around: El Paso, TX

Traveled April 2026

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 14/05/2026

HowDoYou tell if you're talking to an AI chatbot posing as a human? Method 1: Ask it to do some creative writing. (These messages were supposedly from a sales representative at a PR firm)

Screenshot of a sent text message requesting a poem about capybaras vacationing in Tenerife.

Screenshot of a received text message containing a poem about capybaras vacationing in Tenerife.

Screenshot of a text requesting a summary of the death star plans in preparation for the battle of Yavin. Followed by a received text detailing the death star plans and its critical weakness.

Screenshot of a sent text message requesting a dialogue between Frodo Baggins and Inigo Montoya discussing how to select in-season citrus, followed by a received text message of said fictional discussion.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 12/05/2026

Getting Around: SAN ANTONIO, TX We were so enamored by the River Walk that we only rode the bus once. It was good, though! Easy to pay on the app, and the bus had countdown timers for upcoming stops. howdoyou.guide/transit-gett...

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Getting Around: San Antonio, TX

Traveled April 2026

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 06/05/2026

Getting Around: ST. LOUIS, MO Paying and getting on was easy. It was hard to find trains and buses that could get us places effectively though. Also St. Louis has amazing pizza. howdoyou.guide/transit-gett...

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Getting Around: St. Louis, MO

Traveled March 2026

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 01/05/2026

Getting Around: HUNTINGTON, WV Probably our most challenging bus trip so far, but we did it! Special thanks to the TTA's phone support line and our friendly bus driver for helping us with the details. howdoyou.guide/transit-gett...

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Getting Around: Huntington, WV

Traveled March 2026

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 27/04/2026

Wow, @transit.app just dimmed my Cranberries album to tell me I might miss a connection and what train to take instead.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 26/04/2026

Just rode the subway with headphones and @transit.app "Go" routing for the first time. It gives audio reminders of how many stops you have left, even when using other apps (I was also playing a game AND watching a TikTok live stream). Huge accessibility win. 🙌🙌😍🚆

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 24/04/2026

Getting Around: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA The website made riding the bus look complicated. It was actually pretty easy. Also it was FREE. If your transit is free, tell people that right away! howdoyou.guide/transit-gett...

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Getting Around: Charlottesville, VA

Traveled March 2026

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 22/04/2026

We just got back from a cross-country Amtrak trip! 9 stops, 4 nights on the train, and got around without cars *almost* everywhere. Highlights from several stops coming soon.

Passengers boarding an Amtrak train, daytime

View out the back of an Amtrak train, American southwest

View outside an Amtrak train at night, San Antonio TX

Coffee cup and small bowl of creamers on a table in the Amtrak dining car, looking outside.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Move slow and fix things

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 08/04/2026

Dear transit agencies of the world, please include on your home page: - What kind of transit you have - What (if anything) each of them costs Visitors laden with luggage don't have the time or patience to pore over 20 pages and as many PDFs.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 26/03/2026

Bus has a stop closer to my destination. No running through the middle of intersections today!

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 26/03/2026

Really trying to not take a car, but Lyft prices: $15 for one unwalkable mile from the bus stop to my destination. $17 from where I currently am ten miles away.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 26/03/2026

Apple Maps found me a slightly less busy intersection to do... this... in. Both the Apple and Google directions send me walking in areas with no sidewalks. I fear I may Uber the last mile.

Apple Maps screenshot, walking directions show meandering through an intersection as part of a 31 minute route.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 26/03/2026

No sidewalk where I'm going, but Google Maps is undeterred.

Screenshot of Google Maps walking directions. 21 minutes, 0.9 miles. Directions specify walking in the middle of a six lane road.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 04/03/2026

Transit and Urbanism Directory: 2026 UPDATE IS LIVE! 418 Organizations - 45 orgs added - 577 social links added - 33 social links relocated Have a look! www.howdoyou.guide/orglist

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Urbanism & Transit Resources

Welcome to the Urbanism and Transit Resources directory!

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 04/03/2026

Philly has come a LONG way since my first visit over 10 years ago. Payment and navigation are SO MUCH easier now. Well done, @septaphilly.bsky.social! howdoyou.guide/transit-gett...

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Getting Around: Philadelphia, PA

Traveled multiple times since 2014; most recent February 2026

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 23/01/2026

Having traveled around the US quite a bit the past few years, we've seen a lot of this in person. Pretty much every city has at least *something* that looks like a recent improvement.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 14/01/2026

Annual refresh of our Transit & Urbanism Directory is under way! We're checking all the links. About 400 orgs. 60 checked so far. We found... - 33 new socials (incl. 10 Bluesky) - 6 relocated socials - 2 orgs newly active - 3 orgs newly dormant www.howdoyou.guide/orglist

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 09/01/2026

Having taken the bus when visiting Providence, this is just a massive self-own on the part of Rhode Island. Props to @pvdstreets.bsky.social for doing the good work and bringing receipts!

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 09/01/2026

Welcome to the modern world, Orange County! Buses now have tap-to-pay and fare capping. The old app was a nightmare, this is a huge improvement! howdoyou.guide/transit-gett...

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Getting Around: Orange County, CA

November 2024, April 2025, December 2025

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 09/01/2026

We checked out the new LAX/Metro Transit Center. It's nice! Added some pics to our Getting Around LA page. howdoyou.guide/transit-gett...

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Getting Around: Los Angeles, CA

November 2024, April 2025, December 2025

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 07/01/2026

Getting Around: SAN DIEGO, CA San Diego had surprisingly good transit! Good rail, good buses. The tap readers were hard to find sometimes, and a *little* more frequency would help. howdoyou.guide/transit-gett...

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Getting Around: San Diego, CA

Traveled December 2025

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 04/01/2026

Sometimes you can just do the nice things. Thanks, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 04/01/2026

There's an ease/preference gradient for ways to pay for transit, and it's probably gonna be different for everyone. Mine is: Tap > Phone Wallet > App > Transit Card > Ticket > Cash

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 04/01/2026

LATE WEEKEND THOUGHT: A common approach to riding transit in a new place is to try to understand a city's system and paradigms... But successfully riding transit might be more about a robust set of TOOLS and SKILLS.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 03/01/2026

Sometimes we take transit somewhere and it's a headache. Then we go back and they made something work better. Props to Orange County, CA, on their new payment system, joining the ranks of DC and Philly as places that became easier for us to ride.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 30/12/2025

Today's "oh that's different!": You have to push a button to open the trolley doors in San Diego. Also props to the fare inspectors for an impromptu mini orientation.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 28/12/2025

Just tapped to pay for the bus in Orange County, CA. Long overdue, much appreciated! New app is better as well.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 10/12/2025

We went to Baltimore! It's really close to being a great transit system, but the devil was in the details. Really hard to catch sometimes. But great once on board. Lots of lessons learned! howdoyou.guide/transit-gett...

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Getting Around: Baltimore, MD

Traveled Nov 2025

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 03/12/2025

We have stickers! Check out our sticker and guide bundles for your loved ones this holiday season. We have coffee and cocktail themes. They're fun and, dare we say, educational! shop.howdoyou.guide

An assortment of cocktail-themed stickers, accompanied by five "How to Order a Classic Martini" mini guides.

An assortment of coffee-themed stickers, accompanied by five "How to Order at a Coffee House" mini guides.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 25/11/2025

"How Do You Avoid Hitting People with your Car" mini guide. Now in French! 🇫🇷

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 20/11/2025

Getting Around: Albuquerque, NM We rode their Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) called ART. ✅ It was fast! ✅ It was free! ❌ It didn't come very often. howdoyou.guide/transit-gett...

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Getting Around: Albuquerque, NM

Traveled April 2025

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 17/11/2025

Baltimore threw us some curve balls! Many lessons learned. Our transit guide still needs some work. Write-up coming shortly...

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a man in a white shirt and tie sits at a desk in front of a computer monitor

Alt: Frustrated man in an office throwing papers everywhere.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 15/11/2025

Planning to test our first prototype "How Do You Ride Transit in a New City" checklist soon. Destination: Baltimore!

Various checklists to help a reader figure out what transit is available in an unfamiliar city and how to ride it.

Categories include Fare Media, How Much, What to Do, Accessibility, Vehicles, Find It, Hours, Surprises.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 14/11/2025

Extremely Dishonorable Mention to this bike lane:

Bike lane, painted in such a way as to encourage cyclists to ride dangerously close to the "door zone" of a parked Toyota Tundra.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 14/11/2025

Getting Around: ORANGE COUNTY, CA Last week was LA, this week let's look at OC! ✅Buses are clean and fast ❌Buses come once every 40+ minutes ❌Most routes are East-West or North-South, so you'll probably need to transfer... and wait another 40+ minutes howdoyou.guide/transit-gett...

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Getting Around: Orange County, CA

November 2024, April 2025

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 06/11/2025

We love curated things. You get insight. Context. Opinion. A refreshing change from the algorithmic and AI landscape. Currently updating our transit org list (hdy.guide/orglist) and listening to Iowa Public Radio. www.iowapublicradio.org/classical

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Iowa Public Radio Classical

Experience classical radio with concert hall quality. Find how you can listen and what’s currently playing on a radio station, app, speaker or device near you.

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