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Infrastructure Weak @infrastructureweak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Fulfilled my dream of tandem riding a stand-up e-scooter - the most romantic mode of transportation

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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is an excellent post. These new systems in Asia are impressive. And, importantly, it's applying a lot of things that we figured out here in the 1960s and tried to build ourselves. This isn't foreign.

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Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 26/09/2026

We had a packed house last night for Transit Costs Reform Happy Hour LA! We're building a movement for abundant transit we can afford. Thanks to @nickandert.bsky.social for helping make this happen.

Dozens of people listening to Nick Andert speak

Packed room of people listening to Nick Andert speak

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Carter Lavin @carterlavin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Heading to Sacramento to give a talk next week and just booked my Amtrak tickets. The second some folks (maybe in Solano County or Davis area) are up for taking lead on a campaign to electrify Capitol Corridor, I'll be eager to lend a helping hand

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Jeremy Cole @jeremycole.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@tsch.uy's "Bikes on Amtrak" map is by far the best way to look at Amtrak routes, whether you care about bikes or not. It's so good. Absolutely filled a need for me while planning bike-based transit trekking and a huge help to visualize the mainline routes and connections. 😍 bikesonamtrak.com

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Bikes on Amtrak

Explore carry-on, checked, and station-level bicycle access across the Amtrak rail network.

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Infrastructure Weak @infrastructureweak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Y'all should get on BART stat so you can see this sunset

Photo of a sunset taken from the BART viaduct between MacArthur and Ashby stations. It's got clouds with big rolls going right-to-left and long straight streaks going up and down. The clouds are yellow, orange, and grey on a light blue background.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If you're in the Bay Area, mark your calendars: December 9, I'll be holding an event at Clio's bar/bookstore to celebrate the publication of my book, with special guests Natalie Foster and Asm. Buffy Wicks. $33 gets you both a ticket and the book itself! www.eventbrite.com/e/build-or-d...

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Build or Die

Rebuilding Our Cities — And Our Democracy

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East Bay for Everyone @eastbayforeveryone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The backers of Prop 45 are counting on the public not being able to tell infill homes near transit from building new roads into wildland / fire areas for sprawl's sake. EB4E recommends a NO on 45 this fall. eastbayforeveryone.org/2026/03/05/s...

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Vote No on Prop 45: Streamlining Sprawl/Freeways is NOT Pro-Housing | East Bay for Everyone

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Infrastructure Weak @infrastructureweak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This looks like an early example of the international best practice, circulation planning-based bus priority measures that @chittimarco.bsky.social details in the Transit Priority Atlas. tpa.transitcosts.com

"Busway Turn Map" of Tremont Ave in the Bronx. The busway extent is a one-mile stretch of Tremont, across ~11 one-way cross streets. Cars are permitted to enter Tremont by turning right or left from the one-way cross streets approaching it, or to cross Tremont on the same streets. However, they must turn right to exit Tremont at the first opportunity along it.

Source:
https://newyorkyimby.com/2026/08/construction-begins-on-tremont-avenue-busway-in-tremont-the-bronx.html

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David Shere @davidshere.net · 23/09/2026

Completely false. I bought my house 40 years ago for $80,000, I could never afford this $600,000 condo, ergo it is luxury housing for people I don’t like. What is my house worth today? I don’t see how that is relevant and frankly it’s a pretty rude question for you to even ask.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wow, looks like the AC Transit Board doesn’t want to hear from us. Email instead calling for censure of Director Young: www.actransit.org/form/contact...

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Code compliance is pretty cool in that one guy can massively increase the costs of the project via entirely subjective interpretations and there is often little pushback, no media coverage, and no real acknowledgement that X is a choice.

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dereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Noticing a correlation where social democratic big city mayoral candidates who embrace land use reform, single stair reform and transit priority for buses tend to be popular…

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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The bougiefication of Rockridge, Oakland, fueled by single family zoning. These are the same three homes in 2019 and today. With different zoning, capital would go toward converting these 100-year old homes into multi-family housing, a 2-block walk from BART. Instead, people are just upgrading.

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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is essentially the decision before voters. Except it should be a giant SUV not a trolley, because if the transit measure fails the SF cable car service will also be eliminated.

Trolley problem meme for “Bay Area regional transit measure”, with the options being “pass: higher sales tax” with one person on the tracks or “fail: wreck the entire local economy” with five people on the tracks

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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

SPUR’s new report details how catastrophic it will be for Bay Area transit riders if the public transit funding Measure RTM fails. But drivers will feel it too, w an estimated doubling of Bay Bridge crossing times and more than 3X longer through the Caldecott Tunnel. www.spur.org/sites/defaul...

“The Bay Area's Top Three Highway Bottlenecks After Potential Transit Cuts
The Bay Bridge, Caldecott Tunnel, and I-680 in Walnut Creek/Concord would experience some of the most significant travel delays in both directions if looming cuts to transit service are not prevented.
Bay Bridge
+33
MINUTES
A.M. PEAK
+43
MINUTES
P.M. PEAK
Caldecott
Tunnel
+20
MINUTES
A.M. PEAK
+27
MINUTES
P.M. PEAK
1-680
(Walnut Creek/Concord)
+15
MINUTES
A.M. PEAK
+20
MINUTES
P.M. PEAK”

“EXHIBIT 4
Traffic Delays at Most
Current Highway
Bottlenecks Would
Double With Proposed
Transit Service Cuts
Line and station closures and reduced service frequency would compel transit users to drive, worsening current highway bottlenecks.
Source: SPUR-Jacobs.”

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East Bay for Everyone @eastbayforeveryone.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

East Bay for Everyone has published our endorsements of local candidates in Berkeley, Oakland, Emeryville, Alameda, San Leandro, BART, AC Transit and of course YES on the Regional Transit Measure! eastbayforeveryone.org/2026/09/21/e...

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EB4E 2026 General Election Endorsements | East Bay for Everyone

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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

To the candidates who said they support bus lanes but not a bikeway on San Pablo, note that right side bus lanes w/o dedicated bike infrastructure are legally bikeable, so people WILL bike there if no other facility is provided. If we don't want bikes in our bus lanes we have to ALSO build bikeways.

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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Here's a question on San Pablo Ave protected bikeways at the Berkeley District 1 council candidate forum yesterday. Unfortunately all the candidates indicated they support "parallel" bikeways on side streets but not protected facilities on SPA. Lots of work to do, it seems. youtu.be/MQViCqABWTg?...

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Berkeley District 1 & 8 Candidate Forum - September 17, 2026

YouTube video by Berkeley Neighbors for Housing & Climate Action

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Sassy Tea Lady @sassytealady.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is a very important op-ed. I cannot ride a standard bike because of physical limitations. I have a real concern over the fearmongering around ebikes, that my only mode of personally powered transportation can be restricted, or taken away from me entirely. We have to stop this NOW.

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Infrastructure Weak @infrastructureweak.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Great thread presenting the political state of the AC Transit board

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The day after the below, some smaller but telling points about the official reaction to the coverup of this scandal finally collapsing. Primarily: what the hell is the below letter? www.actransit.org/press-releas...

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MEMBERS OF AC TRANSIT'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADDRESS FINDINGS OF INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION

My fellow Board Directors and I are keenly aware of published reports alleging inappropriate conduct between two of our elected colleagues. We take our responsibility for transparency seriou

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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Bay Area transit advocates gathered signatures to save transit, and now they're delivering the vote. Want to make a difference for our region? No better place to invest your time than informing voters and networking with future leaders luma.com/connectbayar...

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Connect Bay Area · Events Calendar

View and follow events from Connect Bay Area on Luma. Organizing for the Regional Transit Measure on the November 2026 ballot. Vote Yes on RTM November 3rd! ConnectBayArea.com

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Noah 🚎 @noahsbwilliams.com · 17/09/2026

California deserves biting harsh criticism for the performative and counter-productive nonsense that is the zero emissions bus mandate. "You were so busy trying to convince everyone you were green that you fucked it up and made people drive cars more" is the core of the problem.

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Infrastructure Weak @infrastructureweak.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Shame on this creepy asshole, and shame on his board allies for calling substantiated harassment "offering solace and support."

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 03/08/2026

We're working with @metroabundance.bsky.social to collect cost drivers in California building codes and standards above and beyond national model codes/standards. See here for more – please circulate among architects, engineers, etc. in the state! admin.centerforbuilding.org/wp-content/u...

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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Big thanks to @streetsblogsf.bsky.social for reposting my piece about the Marin County Vision Network 2050, a plan that I developed for a countywide low-stress bike network.

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Carter Lavin @carterlavin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The best time to electrify our rail system was 20 years ago. The second best time is today

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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@bikeeastbay.bsky.social opposes Prop 45, which would ease environmental reviews for freeway widenings, among other things. Bike, walk, & transit projects already have CEQA exemptions. Prop 45 isn’t the CEQA reform we need, vote NO. Read more at: BikeEastBay.org/election2026

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Bike the Vote to Win a Better Bay Area - Bike East Bay

Bike the Vote Help win a more bike-friendly Bay Area this election season. This November’s election will be critical for protecting the future of safe and equitable mobility both here […]

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dereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Joel Young is blaming AC Transit’s declining bus reliability on Oakland installing bike lanes on some transit streets. Never mind that reliability is degrading across trunk routes - regardless whether bike lanes have been installed or not.

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East Bay for Everyone @eastbayforeveryone.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Joel Young has a long record of harassment and misconduct, which too many people have looked the other way on. Let's leave no room for harassers in the East Bay. Oakland and Alameda residents can vote him out November.

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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

People are shocked when they found out we spent $5k on an cargo e-bike. But we didn't buy it just for fun! (though it is fun) It was so we could avoid paying 2-3x that *per year* on a 2nd car!

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Adriana Valencia for AC Transit Ward 3 2026 @valencia4actransit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What @rideact.bsky.social needs to have: an unwavering focus on the user experience. Bus reliability needs to be evaluated at every single board meeting, not as an abstract once every 6 months. When enough buses are cancelled or delayed, bus transportation becomes the option of last resort.

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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 14/09/2026

Bay Area, vote Yes on Measure RTM to keep transit running! Sign up to make calls for the campaign this Monday evening starting at 5pm at luma.com/connectbayarea

Alfred holding a Yes on Measure RTM sign. The sign also says Save Transit, Reduce Traffic, as well as Ad paid for by committee ID 1483907, ad commitee's top funders: Service employees international union local 1021, Salesforce, Chris Larsen

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dereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Joel Young supporters best argument for his re-election are his 17 years on the AC Transit Board and his recent election as president of APTA. Pretty bleak - if you ride the bus at all. www.empoweroakland.com/voter-guide

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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 12/09/2026

Art of the Day - that moment when you are on a northbound yellow line BART train leaving 19th Street and you see your friend on the orange line. I'll have this piece and others at the BART anime fair next Saturday 9/19. www.bart.gov/news/article...

watercolor drawing of someone on a train looking out at a window at another train on a parallel track, with a person smiling back

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mel, binface’s knight 🏳️‍⚧️🔰♨️ @astruckpersonn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

yimbyism: radically restructuring the world economy (by destroying the oil and automobile industries), one bike lane and 12 story building at a time

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California Transit Nerd @catransitnerd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Caltrain letting each city run its own grade separations is working out terribly as expected. This should be Caltrain or Caltrans or CAHSR doing this work corridor wide with a standardized design and limited customization www.paloaltoonline.com/transportati...

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As costs rise, Palo Alto scales back rail redesign plans

After more than a decade of designing, debating and dreaming of grade separation at three local rail crossings, Palo Alto’s elected leaders are preparing to narrow their scope and focus their energy o...

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Infrastructure Weak @infrastructureweak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Helpful notes on how Ontario's Metrolinx, which has recently centralized rail and transit project delivery, is wrestling with capital costs. With a big enough scope to always have projects underway, Metrolinx should be able to learn and improve as it goes. California could be there in 5 years.

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Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 10/09/2026

Shocking footage of high tides eroding Metrolink/Surfliner tracks in San Clemente - once again shutting down CA's 2 largest cities' only rail connection. Imagine if this happened to a highway? CA needs to move the tracks off the beach ASAP, but we don't even have a plan. youtube.com/shorts/wOoWR...

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High Tides on Tracks 🌊

YouTube video by Metrolink

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dereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

>The audit doesn’t focus on the concentration of city spending on a handful of firms. But Houston’s report does note: “Less competition among a small group of contractors can result in higher costs for the city.”

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George Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I’m in the @rideact.bsky.social board meeting, with the biggest issue for riders, reliability, front and center. Joel Young hasn’t spoken a single word. Do yourself a favor and vote @valencia4actransit.bsky.social who actually gives a damn about riders!

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks so much Jean and everyone who’s advocated for addressing the AC Transit reliability crisis. This is exciting progress AND we need to keep up the focus until reliability dramatically improves.

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Infrastructure Weak @infrastructureweak.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I rode on seven different @bart.gov trains today and they all had perfect air conditioning. It's a big improvement over years ago, and I'm grateful for it.

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Hunter Owens @hunterowens.net · 09/09/2026

I’ve for years wanted to try and establish a conversion rate between local and federal dollars, because for most projects, one federal dollar is clearly worth less than a local dollar

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