Lucas Peilert @lpeilert.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Elmira, NY has a really cool concrete grade separation structure running through downtown. It was built in the 1930s, and restored by the town a few years ago. 170
Lucas Peilert @lpeilert.bsky.social · 16/02/2025High-speed rail increases land values! With questionable federal support over the next four years, rail & transit project sponsors should think hard about how they can capture more of this value to help fund projects. This is how it works overseas, too. 1/ nypost.com/2025/02/14/r...nypost.comHomes prices and new developments are booming along South Florida’s train lineThe right track: It’s full steam ahead, as luxe towers chug along Brightline route. 141
Reposted by Lucas PeilertMike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 02/01/2025what scalable decarbonization tech actually looks like: e-bikes and e-cargo bikes bicycle networks passivhaus retrofits w/ prefab exterior straw wall panels bus priority lanes pedestrian zones 312814
Reposted by Lucas PeilertProf LCB @proflcb.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Connecting these routes by high speed rail would dramatically change both traffic-ease and carbon footprint in this country. Heck, you could connect half the country with a Chicago hub. Truly the dream. 1111
Lucas Peilert @lpeilert.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Improvements in China’s new homegrown high-speed train vs. prior generation: - speed up from 217mph to 248mph - air resistance down 22% - weight down 10% - interior noise down 2db - interior space up 4% 311416
Reposted by Lucas PeilertBrandi @brandita.bsky.social · 28/12/2024All the top ten metro areas in the US should be building these. 0101
Lucas Peilert @lpeilert.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Just about everywhere except the US, future-oriented cities are making huge investments in electric regional rail systems, which connect suburbs and exurbs directly to the city center. Here’s a list of recent & underway projects—we need more projects like these in the US! 🧵 614640
Lucas Peilert @lpeilert.bsky.social · 26/12/2024During my visit earlier this month, I got to see the drill and blast + tunnel lining operation at the Brenner Base Tunnel (and they let me push the button!) 🧵 130
Lucas Peilert @lpeilert.bsky.social · 21/12/2024At the Brenner Base Tunnel, my generous hosts let me see both the TBM lining segment production facility and the drill and blast operations—here’s how they build tunnel lining segments for the TBMs! 110
Lucas Peilert @lpeilert.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Five commuter trains in 10 minutes…could be Boston some day! 110
Lucas Peilert @lpeilert.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Value created by system interface projects (from 1983 report on WMATA's station area development strategy) 020
Lucas Peilert @lpeilert.bsky.social · 10/12/2024I spent yesterday at ADIF’s Chamartin Station project, where they’re tripling high-speed platform space, doubling the station square footage, and constructing a podium for a huge Hudson Yards-style urban development project—all while keeping the station open for 200k riders/day 110
Lucas Peilert @lpeilert.bsky.social · 10/12/2024I spent yesterday at ADIF’s Chamartin Station project, where they’re tripling high-speed platform space, doubling the station square footage, and constructing a podium for a huge Hudson Yards-style urban development project—all while keeping the station open for 200k riders/day 131
Lucas Peilert @lpeilert.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Pretty cool coming across this relatively compact construction site for the Line 8 extension—sounds like they’re building a 40m deep emergency shaft here. I assume the high walls are for noise mitigation? 020
Lucas Peilert @lpeilert.bsky.social · 08/12/2024I like these analog/electronic hybrid information displays—fully digital has obvious advantages, buts it’s nice how these still have useful info when the electronics aren’t working. 020
