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michael (he/him)

@micfrom215.gobirds.online
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Public transit. Sports. Travel. Games I like. One Piece. Whatever else I think of. Member of 5th Square GO BIRDS

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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 13/10/2026
There's no way SEPTA isn't gearing up to reopen the connection between the East Market and South Broad concourses. That Metro ad did NOT exist when the SBC reopened earlier this year
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 13/10/2026
Always.
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 11/10/2026
one of my friends was curious about the junction at Erie, so i sketched it for them. i thought it was good enough to post here :) the layup tracks are at the same level as the freight line, so they unfortunately can't be recycled for the @blvdsubway.bsky.social
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 10/10/2026
Always impressed by Toronto's transit network planning. the near-dogmatic (and officially codified) insistence on supplying ~every old and new subway stop with at least one feeder route makes for one hell of an efficient network, even if you will probably be using 3 or 4 vehicles
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 09/10/2026
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Personnel were complaining about the sorry states of the trolley stations barely five years after they opened
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 08/10/2026
Was I comfortable? No, not really. But I got some good flicks so it's OK #photography #philly
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 08/10/2026
And it's already done. Off to the trail!
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 08/10/2026
finally taking this silly billy, the Cynwyd Line
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 04/10/2026
(coughs loudly) bullshit all of the concerns that are brought up to the Responsible Gaming division of DraftKings are thrown out by the rest of the company because the irresponsible people make up the lion's share of their revenue
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 04/10/2026
y'all know those trite graphics showing the street space occupied by automobiles vs. transit vehicles? they were a thing as early as 1951, seen here in a documentary published by the Philadelphia Transportation Company
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 01/10/2026
This type of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most of the United States. Yes, that *is* former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin playing Minecraft. Why do you ask?
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 30/09/2026
I nominate the Daxing Airport Express. Business class and baggage cars with a maximum operating speed of 160 km/h
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 27/09/2026
www.cornellsun.com/article/2026... Just bumping this because I haven't seen anybody talking about it on my TL and that bugs me
The Cornell Sun editorial board piece discussing the gang rape at the university
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 23/09/2026
greatest train station in america
30th Street in Philadelphia, the greatest city in da world
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 22/09/2026
reading through the Reimagining Regional Rail report. it is so funny how all of the bottlenecks are written like "we know this is a huge problem but uhhh we'll figure out a specific solution later" 16th Street Junction by itself will probably be a billion dollars and several years of disruption
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 22/09/2026
Yeah. It'd be somewhat similar to the way combined 15-minute service was delivered in the early 2010s, though it'd head up to Glenside instead of just Jenkintown
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 22/09/2026
dude, SEPTA barely needs new extensions as it stands and we're already doing a massive gamble by publishing this vision when funding's still scarce. pick your battles @alanthefisher.bsky.social
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 22/09/2026
good morning! today SEPTA has dropped a retooled vision for the future of the system wwww.septa.org/accelerate/
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 21/09/2026
#finsup malik willis subplot
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 20/09/2026
#FlyEaglesFly
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 20/09/2026
L'Enfant Plaza in Washington DC. I love the Metro's waffles
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 20/09/2026
L'Enfant Plaza. The overlapping waffle ceiling is so gorgeous
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 17/09/2026
one last time at Neshaminy
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 14/09/2026
"holy shit the Bears scored 59 points" "were the Rams frauds the whole time?" Falcons subplot:
wolverine strapped to a nuke
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 06/09/2026
The most Philadelphia sequence of events I've seen since the 47 got stuck in cement at Termini Bros wait, that was only the other day? goddammit
redditor on r/septa talking about their friend who apparently was on an El train that stopped at 11th, discharged passengers, and got them stuck for half an hour because the station is currently closed
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 04/09/2026
yerp, it was. in an impressive feat of 1920s Engineering™️, they thought it'd be smart to put a flat junction at the top of a 5% grade with one branch going straight and the other making a 180-degree turn
1922 photo of the old junction between the Frankford and Delaware Ave Elevateds
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 04/09/2026
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 28/08/2026
nigga go outside 🫩
Bluesky trending: "4. Debate over using 'y'all'"
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 28/08/2026
philadelphia man tries to understand a south jersey bus schedule, fails and sinks into a deep depression this is the most frequent bus in the entire region, by the way
the tire fire that is the NJT Route 400 schedule. i envy those who cannot see it
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 23/08/2026
How.
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 22/08/2026
why limit the Silverliner VI to two entry channels at high-level platforms? the Vs have three and their trapdoors don't require manual operation
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 20/08/2026
surely Brooklyn didn't already have trolle- ah crap
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 19/08/2026
i fully expect a strike to happen here in PHL once the (2-person operation capable) Silverliner VIs arrive and SEPTA justifiably attempts to cut crew sizes down lmaooo
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 15/08/2026
Yes!
Section 3.2.3 of the Silverliner VI RFP, detailing the requirements for the train's hypothetical aluminum carbody
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 11/10/2025
so many characters in One Piece are written in *such* a captivating way. I've been reading for like 8 years now and I still can't tell anyone my favorite of the bunch
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michael (he/him) @micfrom215.gobirds.online · 11/10/2025
stray #Caturday
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