Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoReed Schwartz @reed-schwartz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Permitting hurdles (let alone executive cancellations) asymmetrically hurt clean energy - it's extremely good news for ratepayers + for the climate that the Senate has come up with a major reform package. 172
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We've got a second opening to join the team designing, bidding and building the trains and buses that move millions. We're looking for someone who loves data and can mine datasets with hundreds of millions of rows and extract meaning from them. AND… 1/2 — careers.mta.org/jobs/1828831...careers.mta.orgAssociate, Rolling Stock Strategy & Analysis in New York, New York, United StatesAssociate, Rolling Stock Strategy & Analysis in New York, New York, United States 33313
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoJim Aloisi @jimaloisi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026In response to reporting from #mapoli's Katie Lannan: let's be clear, there is no "new way to fund" a gas tax giveaway. All the governor is doing in her proposal is taking much-needed resources away from worthy transportation needs. There is nothing "net new" about this. 084
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/09/2026New report: "when done right, new homes are a force multiplier: they lower housing, transportation, and energy costs; strengthen resilience and insurance markets; improve state and local fiscal health; protect open and working lands; increase grid reliability; and reduce emissions."housingmultiplier.org 312719
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoHunter Owens @hunterowens.net · 15/09/2026presented without comment iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... 1173
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoAmelia Malpas @malpas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Very cool to have my research on progressive insurgent candidates cited in The Economist. TL;DR: there's more progressives who should enter Congress after the November elections than the last several www.economist.com/united-state...economist.comHow far left will Democrats go?Its base is almost as mad at their leaders as they are at the president 43311
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoJake Anbinder @jakeanbinder.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The Power Broker: this is an intricate portrayal of one man's mastery of power and bureaucracy reader: wow, sounds great TPB: he remade the cityscape in his image and forever affected the way we live reader: amazing, let's go TPB: ok, so the key thing to start with is, he was not circumcised 0283
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoJesse Orr @jessezorr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Going to Europe now I am like “Wow so many tower cranes for mid-sized construction,” “omg look at this garbage collection” and “Huh so these are the famed exterior blinds you can control from the inside.” 4561
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoCalifornians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 04/09/2026You often hear that if only CAHSR had let the French take over, it would be built by now. They're on the team now, but what did SNCF actually say back in 2010? We did a deep dive into the French HSR operator's original proposal to set the record straight. 🧵 calelectricrail.org/the-true-sto... 415340
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026Convincing young people that America is poor & no one can afford anything & everyone is living paycheck to paycheck & their economic future is doomed ... IS NOT GOING TO LEAD TO MORE PROGRESSIVE POLICY. People who feel anxious & under threat do not respond with openness & generosity! Look it up! 551664270
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoAdam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 31/08/2026American democratic socialists often explain their views by analogies to (1) FDR’s New Deal and (2) Scandinavia. @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social digs into both of those analogies here: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-dsa-an...thebulwark.comThe DSA and the Real Lessons of Scandinavian ‘Socialism’Today’s American socialists love to namedrop the Nordic model—but they don’t mention that it works because of capitalism and broad-based taxes. 561
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Unreal www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u... 1022924
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 30/08/2026On top of everything, this is why you study social science. Nations are in the circumstances they are in because of some combination of political institutions, physical capital, education (human capital), social norms and institutions (social capital), and natural resources. 117116
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 29/08/2026greenbrier (manufactures ~45% of the cargo railcars in the US) made $327.5M in profit on $2,991.2M in revenue selling railcars [~10%], and $160.6M in profit on $249.0M in revenue financing those railcars [~65%]. manufacturing is a low margin business! 829730
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoIsaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Most manufacturing outside of electronics and pharma makes like no gross margin. in textiles its 2%, food 5%, motor vehicles 5%. The idea that like the problem here is distribution of profits is pretty wild 1734326
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoRobert Orthman @robertorthman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The Boston Globe editorial board would do well to endorse candidates earlier in races. They’re dropping endorsements close to Election Day, as if a significant number of people haven’t already voted early and by mail by then. And leaving no time for candidates to get out mailers feat the endorsement 041
Reposted by Jackson Moore-Ottomtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Have you seen any reporting on how solar power generation in the USA is 5 times higher than it was in 2020 in mainstream outlets? If not, why do you think this is not being widely covered the same way other large technological changes are? 412469596
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoJeff Kaufman @jefftk.com · 24/08/2026I'm voting for Burhan Azeem for State Senate, and if you're in Somerville, Medford, or parts of Cambridge and Winchester I think he's the best candidate I've had the opportunity to vote for on housing, transit, and AI.jefftk.comEndorsing Burhan Azeem for State SenateFor the last twenty years I haven't paid much attention to my State Senate race: Pat Jehlen hasn't had a close race since she won the seat in 2005. I think she's done a lot of good work: while allocat... 0117
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoAlex Armlovich @aarmlovi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026New AGF blog: Transit-Oriented Development is a surprisingly underrated way to end America’s housing problems Physically realistic capacity near rail alone is >30M homes. Financially plausible capacity is ~6M to 13M. TOD is not just a boutique or niche idea! open.substack.com/pub/abundanc...open.substack.comTransit-Oriented Development is a surprisingly underrated path to ending America’s housing problemsAmerica’s rail systems are still recovering from 2020, and robot cars are coming. Legalize apartments first. 27120
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoZack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Perfect summation of the antiwoke worldview: trying to destroy democracy is bad, but not nearly as bad as sitting through an HR training 1645005736
Reposted by Jackson Moore-Otto"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 11/08/2026In my opinion Powder and Artillery are the most efficacious, Sure, and infallibly conciliatory Measures We can adopt. - John Adams (and also Volodymyr Zelenskyy, probably). 322420
Reposted by Jackson Moore-Ottoadvait @advaitarun.bsky.social · 05/08/2026CARAVANSERAI VOLUME 2 ISSUE 11: What’s going to happen to MAHA? Our writers are skeptical it achieves anything positive—but its populism is here to stay. caravanseraiforum.substack.com/p/maha-movem...caravanseraiforum.substack.comHealth is clearly having some kind of moment.How will the MAHA movement—its leaders, its supporters, and their paranoia—shape US politics from here on out? 143
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoChirag Lala @cthelala.bsky.social · 05/08/2026New report from @jmooreotto.bsky.social on using RRIF and TIFIA to provide a stable source of capital funding for rail electrification and automation projects! Shifting off discretionary grants is one step towards helping agencies build long-term capacity. publicenterprise.org/report/the-t...publicenterprise.orgThe Transit Infrastructure LotteryRead the full report here. Executive summary Federal transportation investment in the United States suffers from both a quantity problem and a quality problem. The quantity problem is much-d... 23417
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoPaul Williams @pewilliams.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I am looking for the nation's foremost modular housing respecters. We need someone to lead our modular consortium in the northeast, in collaboration with state housing finance agencies, to scale up modular across the region. If that's you or someone you know: publicenterprise.org/careers/depu...publicenterprise.orgDeputy Director, Offsite & Modular HousingDeputy Director, Offsite & Modular Housing Job Type: Full-Time, RemoteDivision: HousingReports to: Director of Housing Compensation: $105-$120,000; commensurate with experience Description Th... 13713
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 12/07/2026@lanefab.com identifies three things needed to make this work: accommodative zoning, single-stair reform, and elevator cost reform. Great article! 16214
Reposted by Jackson Moore-Ottodereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 21/06/2026I realize writers aren’t responsible for headlines, but describing California’s condo laws as “bureaucracy” is particularly wrong. Instead of civil servants protecting home buyer deposits and ensuring quality construction, we’ve outsourced the work to plaintiffs attorneys. 315724
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoChirag Lala @cthelala.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The goal here is to encourage agencies to pick the right projects and staff up and establish project pipelines on the basis of readily available federal loan capital, rather than discretionary grants. Upside? We end zero-sum competition between modes and even projects. 0132
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoChirag Lala @cthelala.bsky.social · 17/06/2026DOE-style loans to any transit projects meeting priority criteria, which follow best practices on procurement, and have a case for payback should be possible. Would take eminently doable changes to RRIF and TIFIA, existing federal credit programs + a DOE style capacity buildup in the federal gov. 1101
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoChirag Lala @cthelala.bsky.social · 17/06/2026My colleague @jmooreotto.bsky.social is in @ifp.bsky.social’s Transit Cost Playbook. He argues for replacing discretionary grant financing for transit projects with federal loans! The current regime shreds state planning capacity due to intermittent and capricious funding. ifp.org/loans-can-st...ifp.orgLoans Can Stabilize Transit Funding | IFPConsistent and predictable funding builds state capacity 13111
Jackson Moore-Otto @jmooreotto.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Want better transit for less money? It's possible!! Read all about it ifp.org/transit-abun...ifp.orgThe Transit Abundance Playbook | Institute for Progress 060
Reposted by Jackson Moore-Ottodereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 17/06/2026A lot to like in this Transit Abundance Playbook. ifp.org/transit-abun...ifp.orgThe Transit Abundance Playbook | Institute for Progress 29833
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoJim Aloisi @jimaloisi.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Great article from @jmooreotto.bsky.social on how to shore up transit funding: ifp.org/loans-can-st...ifp.orgLoans Can Stabilize Transit Funding | IFPConsistent and predictable funding builds state capacity 161
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoDaryl Fairweather ⛅ @fairweatherphd.bsky.social · 11/06/2026We love to see it! And read about it in the NYTimes: Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/u...nytimes.comThese Young Politicians Want to Fix America’s Housing Problems 0194
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 02/06/2026Here’s an idea for Zohran Mamdani to create more jobs in NYC: he could ask Julie Menin and City Council to relegalize the construction of new hotels, which Bill de Blasio banned citywide as a parting gift to the hotel workers union on his way out of office in 2021 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/n...nytimes.comMamdani Is Under Pressure to Act Amid Slowing Job Growth in New York 2242153
Jackson Moore-Otto @jmooreotto.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Some interesting bits of RRIF/TIFIA reform here, that would strengthen, streamline, and expand these high-potential programs (🧵) transportation.house.gov/news/documen...transportation.house.govPress Releases | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 110
Reposted by Jackson Moore-Ottodereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 18/05/2026MPOs can use federal funding for preliminary design. I hope MPOs realize this means they can carry transit designers/engineers on payroll and not just procure consultants. 11910
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoReed Schwartz @reed-schwartz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Is the ROAD to Housing Act an anti-housing bill? More than it was in February, at least. @willpoffwebster.bsky.social and I explain the anti-institutional-investor provision, its many loopholes and unintended consequences, and how to fix it: ifp.org/road-section...ifp.orgHow Section 901 of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Reduces Housing Supply | IFPAn amendment can preserve ROAD's housing goals 011
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoSteven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Enjoyed this video on some British autonomous bus trials (with safety drivers for now). Honestly could be transformational for bus service in high wage suburban areas (e.g. North America) www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJFD... 4164
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoReed Schwartz @reed-schwartz.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Excellent speech from @schatz.bsky.social Schatz on the importance of fixing anti-build-to-rent provision in the ROAD to Housing Act (h/t @pewilliams.bsky.social) (1/3) 13210
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoNilo @nilo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026The real problem is we would have no idea how to spend this. 3121
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Jansen Ganesh is on fire in this column on the UK’s role in the Iran conflict www.ft.com/content/eaee... 191074287
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 04/03/2026Single-stair gets the New York Times treatment. @holz-bau.bsky.social reminds us why they call the last line the kicker: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/b... (gift link) 325851
Reposted by Jackson Moore-Ottodereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 25/02/2026This California practice of awarding construction funding prior to design maturity destroys value. 87% of TIRCP ($2.6bn) construction awards are unallocated, sitting in a bank account during a period generalized infrastructure inflation — waiting for completion of design and funding plans. 3292
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Traction is never more critical than when on ice! 051
Jackson Moore-Otto @jmooreotto.bsky.social · 20/02/2026In rail and skating, fast and smooth acceleration matters! 181
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Absolutely ridiculous stuff from both Amtrak and ConnDOT that will ***slow down*** service between New London and New Haven. 511526
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoRoger Senserrich @4freedoms.es · 16/02/2026Ugh. Like seriously, ugh. And this is on Amtrak. How much are they overcharging ConnDOT for electricity to make them prefer running diesels? And this will make Amtrak have to deal with slower, lower performing SLE trains! www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...ctinsider.comWhy Connecticut could pull electric trains off a rail line in favor of dieselDOT Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto said the return of diesel trains will allow the state to save money without cutting services. 69416
Reposted by Jackson Moore-OttoCalifornians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 16/02/2026Conventional mainline rail projects don't have to take decades?? 🤯 2585
Jackson Moore-Otto @jmooreotto.bsky.social · 11/02/2026credit where credit is due!! rare and admirable 010