Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 22/09/2026BEST NYC SUBWAY LINES TO NAP ON, A RANKING 🧵 1. NQRW. Trains are roomy and usually pretty uncrowded, and the old trains with the orange seats have more seats than average, so you're more likely to get a place to have a nap. Also, the local is slow, so you're less likely to miss your stop 23010
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 19/09/2026Okay, yes, the @mta.info Caardvark plushies are really cute. 071
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 09/09/2026This honestly sounds like a good case for the courts establishing a product liability doctrine for LLMs. (For the non-lawyers: if you make an unsafe thing, whether it's a car or a chainsaw, the maker is on the hook for damages caused by defective design and manufacturing.) 293
Reposted by Jake BermanKarlee @karlee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026To quote @lostsubways.com, “this kind of ‘I AM THE WORLD EXPERT IN THIS’” stuff on Bluesky is great 2144
Reposted by Jake BermanGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you... 687266004798
Reposted by Jake BermanElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign 24550251553
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 08/09/2026In a lot of ways, the environmentalism of my parents' generation didn't ask anyone to sacrifice anything. People still drove (but it was a Prius), lived in the burbs (but with a beautiful garden), bought supermarket food (but bought organic). It was an aesthetic choice as much as anything. 🧵 623147
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 07/09/2026@sickosfc.bsky.social is getting me into watching the English third division (Wimbledon vs. Bromley) 030
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 07/09/2026There's a few things going on here. 1) The very poorest renters just can't afford anything at all because there's no way for the market to provide it given existing cost structures. (30% of area median income is ~$35k a year, i.e., a single person making minimum wage.) 3162
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 06/09/2026As I wrote in my own book, CEQA is used mostly as a weapon against environmentally friendly things like new transit, housing and bike lanes. Most CEQA litigation is meant to drive up the cost of construction, in the hope that legal delays will make things too expensive to build. It often works. 315728
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 05/09/2026this is what historians mean when they say "the past is a foreign country." 070
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 04/09/2026A lot of California's housing and transit crises could be fixed by forcing plaintiffs to post a bond when suing. If the plaintiff is on the hook for the cost of delay, that calculus changes. Most of these lawsuits are in bad faith anyway. 070
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 04/09/2026Solid session for California housing reform, but the white whale is still condo defect reform. 181
Reposted by Jake BermanHenry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 03/09/2026my takeaway: the northeast really needs some interurban-style mass transit investment. there's a non-zero number of people in the NEC who own cars just to go away for the weekend! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/t...nytimes.comAn East Coast Summer Vacation, All by Public TransportationA self-described transit romantic set out to visit prime summer destinations using only public transportation. Would getting there really be half the fun? 1312818
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 03/09/2026At the risk of wading into The Discourse, having a car is a necessity in most parts of America because we built our country that way. That said, it wasn't because of the GM streetcar conspiracy theory. It was about the unintended consequences of early-century progressive reforms. 1/🧵 1226
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 03/09/2026Does anyone have a good history of how union stations in the US and Canada were managed, and whether the union station companies were actually good at coordinating multiple competing railways? 060
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 02/09/2026The politics of regional transit are brutal. The oldest, densest neighborhoods where transit would be most effective usually don't have the pull to get it. Ironically, the old private transit monopoly (the Denver Tramway) was great at this, because the Tramway just followed the money. 4252
Reposted by Jake BermanNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Not to turn this into a policy discussion (BUT LET'S): - The No. 1 driver of the cost of living crisis downstate is housing, and you'll never guess which part of downstate is building the least (*cough* Long Island *cough*) 2687
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 02/09/2026The Transport Workers Union is trying to keep the subway system in the 19th century. In Chicago, DC, Toronto and SF, the same person who drives the train also opens the doors. Tokyo is in the process of converting its two-man lines to one-man operation as we speak. 2263
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 02/09/2026There's a huge opportunity for Kroenke here to redevelop the parking lots around Angel Stadium, and it's already a public transit hub. He already did this once with the Hollywood Park redevelopment, and the demand is certainly there. 071
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 02/09/2026Nice try, UCF, but still not as cool as the Tokyo Giants' individual player bento box specials. (pic from longweekendwanderlust.com) 050
Reposted by Jake BermanAden Y @adenyacobi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The people of Philadelphia yearn for more transit @lostsubways.com 0171
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 02/09/2026They ended up opening up the balcony as standing room only. If I had to guess, we ended up with ~250 people. Thank you to @freelibrary.bsky.social for hosting! 2293
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 01/09/2026woah. they finally solved the tupac murder?abc7.comJury convicts Duane Davis of first-degree murder for 1996 killing of Tupac ShakurA jury found Duane "Keffe D" Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of Tupac, marking the first conviction in a case that has gripped fans for decades. 000
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 31/08/2026West Portal is a rich neighborhood 25 minutes from downtown SF, and it has three Muni Metro lines. This should be a no-brainer. 4333
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 31/08/2026This is completely insane. 75% of Suffolk County and 10% of Nassau County have no sewers? These are two of the richest counties in America - Suffolk has 1.5 million people and Nassau has 1.3 million. What the hell are they doing on that slender, riotous island?longislandpress.comLong Island’s never-ending search for a better sewage systemExactly where you live on Long Island may directly affect the impact you have on the environment. 1110411
Reposted by Jake BermanStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 31/08/2026A02586 is a pretty aggressive density deregulation bill – it sets a minimum lot size of 1,200 sq. ft. for all cities and villages (which includes most of NYC’s inner suburbs), and 5,000 sq. ft. for towns with water/sewer nyassembly.gov/leg/?default...nyassembly.govBill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly News and Information from the New York State Assembly 56510
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 31/08/2026I'm giving a free talk tomorrow in Philly at 6pm at the Parkway Central Library - see you there?libwww.freelibrary.orgEvents: SEPTA: For the PeopleSEPTA! Love it, hate it, learn more about it! Join cartographer, writer, artist, and lawyer Jake Berman to delve into the what, how, and why of SEPTAs subway and regional rail lines. Jake Berman is th... 083
Reposted by Jake BermanEileen Grench, OLY @grenchpan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026NEW🚨 Jose Chajón Raxón died less than 4 days after being arrested by ICE in Passaic, NJ. He was one of 75 people taken from his town in July — a 4,000%+ surge in arrests during the peak week. Fear has transformed the majority-Latino city, but also fueled resistance. documentedny.com/2026/08/28/p...documentedny.comViolent ICE Raid in New Jersey Sent Dozens to Detention and One Immigrant to His DeathImmigration sweeps have upended Passaic, NJ, with videos showing federal agents arresting dozens of people on the street and from their homes, including at least one U.S. citizen. 134
Reposted by Jake BermanBlair Lorenzo / The Fox and the City @thefoxandthecity.com · 28/08/2026The Cuphandle: a scheme to make service planners cry and riders scratch their heads. 4262
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 26/08/2026A lot of agencies face these types of staffing shortages and then don't use it politically as a reason to push for labor-saving operational procedures, and that really has to change. 010
Reposted by Jake BermanNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Craziest thing about Silicon Valley is that it’s nothing but single family homes and yet so many people struggle to touch grass. 8658
Reposted by Jake BermanJason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 20/08/2026Every time I travel outside of NYC, somebody inevitably asks me "so, how is NYC under Mamdani?" or similar. The guy is nothing more than what appears to be a competent mayor doing competent mayor things, but they just assume he's releasing prisoners from Rikers or doing batman villain shit. 712612
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 23/08/2026New public works are a common thread for autocrats that secure their power. Duterte in the Philippines invested huge sums in roads and transit. Chavez in Venezuela expanded transit, including the gondola systems to Caracas' hillside slums. Erdogan in Turkey built subways and high speed rail. 230
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 23/08/2026anyone going to Climate Week NYC have suggestions for panels I should sign up for? 000
Reposted by Jake BermanDr. Jimbosaur, Esq. @jimbosaur.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The "Don't Fire The Nazi" letter and its defenders are trying to make the case that Cofnas's suspension is the equivalent of "ban Marxists from the Econ dept." and not "ban Flat-Earthers from the Astronomy dept." Academic freedom doesn't req. treating already-debunked ideas as legit in perpetuity. 2103
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 20/08/2026This is, of course, another example of "the usual Seattle process of seeking consensus through exhaustion." (this quote is from 43 years ago!) 070
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 20/08/2026There's a lot of American colleges, especially regional private schools, that rely on international students to remain solvent. Between this and the demographic cliff, it's going to be ugly. 2192
Reposted by Jake Bermantweety fish @sifu.tweety.fish · 20/08/2026I'm sorry but "a huge number of NYC cabs now are remaindered EVs running grey market software written by some dude in a garage" is the most cyberpunk thing I've ever heard 353183810
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 20/08/2026Mobile homes aren't fashionable, but they absolutely are cheap, adequate housing, in part because there's one national mobile home code. 0193
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 19/08/2026I just can't understand why a man would advertise that he's spending tens of thousands of dollars on a matchmaker so he can strike out with women.nytimes.comForty First Dates and Still SearchingAs he looks for The One, Joseph Pascaretta is investing in pricey matchmaking services. Will it help him find love? 3120
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 18/08/2026As both Stephen and the author point out, the one reform that has *unequivocally* worked is the ADU (granny flat) law, and the granny flat law has exactly zero strings attached. 1/🧵 1131
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 17/08/2026static.klipy.comTina Fey: I Ain't Even MadALT: Tina Fey: I Ain't Even Mad 1232