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Public transportation advocate spreading information about its numerous benefits.

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 14/10/2025
New Zealand has just become the first country in the world to weaken the climate action targets that it had set in law. They’ve done this to allow the intensive livestock industry to pollute the climate even more without having to pay for the damage they’re doing to the planet.⁣ #Dairy #NewZealand
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Nataliehb @nataliehb.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Vraiment formidable! Paris offers more than just a success story—it’s a blueprint. The lesson is clear: change is possible when policy, infrastructure, AND public space all point in the same direction. Cities [can] design environments where cycling's the fastest, safest, most enjoyable travel mode.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
“The transformation is astonishing. [Paris] has quietly—& quickly—become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. What started as a series of emergency “coronapistes” or pop-up bike lanes, built during the pandemic has evolved into a permanent bike network spanning hundreds of kilometres.”
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New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution
Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
The head of transport at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit: “Not only will this result in more CO2 being emitted in the midst of a climate crisis, it will hit the UK’s drivers in their wallets.” "A number of studies have found that PHEV drivers do not reliably charge their vehicles."
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Explains why you see various accounts online pushing PHEVs as a "better" option than BEVs.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Why have green spaces and room for pedestrians when you can have asphalt and deadly weapons moving at 80 MPH?
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
We're now deporting babies, U.S. citizens, and disappearing people into foreign torture centers without due process. Oh, and I just heard on The Daily that deportations are DOWN under Trump compared to Biden. This is what you get when you vote for today's Republican party.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
“If we lose the federal funding to build it, it will never be built and everyone will be stuck in traffic or walking. And Charleston, the area has 100,000 homes approved and a quarter million people are expected to move here." I hope Charleston does the right thing. www.msn.com/en-us/urban-...
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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 24/01/2025
Solar generated 11% of EU electricity in 2024, overtaking coal which fell below 10% for the first time, according to @ember-energy.org EU gas generation declined for the fifth year in a row, and total fossil generation fell to a historic low. #Upshift! electrek.co/2025/01/22/s... 🔌💡
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Solar overtakes coal in the EU, and gas declines for 5th year running
Solar generated 11% of EU electricity in 2024, overtaking coal which fell below 10% for the first time, according to the European Electricity Review published today by think tank Ember.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
He wants to "drill baby drill" when we need to be doing precisely the opposite.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Pretty sad. He says he wants the U.S. to succeed and then does the opposite of what success requires.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Pretty of excellent non-Tesla EVs available today, even in the U.S., which continues to keep affordable Chinese EVs off the market.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Trying to eliminate EVs is a rather strange move from a president who supposedly wants to bring back manufacturing jobs. EVs are the future and other countries know that, so that's what they'll demand. Without EVs, the U.S. auto industry will have very few exports in the near future.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Donald Trump has pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Agreement (again). A shameful day for transit advocates and the world more broadly.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Nope, but that's crazy
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Unfortunately no. I saw that account but actually created this account before I saw it.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
A real gut punch.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
This is an unnatural disaster.
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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 09/01/2025
As the climate crisis escalates, the interdependent atmospheric, oceanic & ecological systems that constrain human civilization will lead to compounding & regime-shifting changes that are difficult to predict in advance. The LA fires are a heartbreaking example. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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The Los Angeles wildfires are climate disasters compounded
Conditions for a January firestorm in Los Angeles like this have not existed before now, writes a meteorologist and climate journalist
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
My deepest sympathies to those affected by the wildfires. I'm hoping *this* the time for a climate reckoning. Pretty, pretty please?
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Climate Psychology Alliance of North America @climatena.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
“It’s not just the loss of life or property that people mourn. Survivors of wildfires can suffer a collective sense of loss from damage to the natural environment […].”
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The Lasting Mental Health Toll of the California Wildfires
Survivors of wildfires like those burning across Los Angeles can experience mental health issues long after a blaze is out.
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Joshua 🏳‍🌈 @joshuagrid56098.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The railways really does take cars off the roads.
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Ashe 🎀🧋🍡💫🪴 @opaloceana.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Solitude in the city ♥️ #photography #urbanlife #train #red
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Teddy @theodoricofyorick.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
This is so cool! How far can you go in 1-8 hours by train from anywhere in Europe! (Powered by #OSM) www.chronotrains.com/en/station/5... #train #travel #rail #transit
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Train destinations from Budapest-Nyugati | Chronotrains
See how far you can travel by train from Budapest-Nyugati in 8h on this Europe map.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
My previous apartment had a metro stop about a five minute walk away. The problem? I only lived there for about a year, and it was being rebuilt the whole time. I really wish I had been there for the reopening. 😕
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tinywires @tinywires.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
this commute takes 22 minutes… #photography #658M #melbourne #publictransit
A Melbourne Metro train (658M) waiting for passengers
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George Hahn @georgehahn.com · 19/12/2024
I love public transit.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Saw this on Threads, but I couldn't agree more.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Hanging out downtown today. While I don't have a metro stop very close to me, I greatly appreciate having it as an option to get around. Makes life so much easier.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
#Train cars somewhere in Romania.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
I love the street cars in San Francisco.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Wow, I already have more followers here than on Threads (different name on Threads). It's not much yet, but I'm impressed with the engagement here so far.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Unpopular opinion: higher gas prices are a good thing. They lead people to drive smaller cars, switch to electric, and take public transportation.
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Elizabeth @thejawnoftime.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
this dork got unreasonably excited about taking budapest transit today (it’s beautiful, clean, and frequent; septa plz 🙏🏻 )
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TrashPanda @railroadraccoon.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
FY24 Amtrak Ridership report is out: AMTRAK RECORDS HIGHEST RIDERSHIP EVER www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...
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Amtrak notches ridership and revenue record for fiscal 2024: Analysis - Trains
WASHINGTON — The increases weren’t large compared to pre-pandemic 2019, but more Northeast Regional frequencies enabled Amtrak to capture enough travel demand to beat the company’s previous overall re...
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Am is also German for "on" 😉
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Public transit makes cities better for everyone.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
There is something so freeing about having a metro stop a block away that gets you anywhere you need to go. So much more convenient than driving everywhere.
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Abundant Housing Illinois @abundanthousingil.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
The citizens yearn for more trains. www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...
trains.com
Amtrak notches ridership and revenue record for fiscal 2024: Analysis - Trains
WASHINGTON — The increases weren’t large compared to pre-pandemic 2019, but more Northeast Regional frequencies enabled Amtrak to capture enough travel demand to beat the company’s previous overall re...
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 25/11/2024
Run more service and the people will come. 🚆 www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...
trains.com
Amtrak notches ridership and revenue record for fiscal 2024: Analysis - Trains
WASHINGTON — The increases weren’t large compared to pre-pandemic 2019, but more Northeast Regional frequencies enabled Amtrak to capture enough travel demand to beat the company’s previous overall re...
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trainspiration.bsky.social @trainspiration.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
There is zero justification for mandatory parking minimums anywhere in NYC
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Source: theecologist.org/2024/nov/25/...
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Free public transport lifts France
Free public transport in France: paving the way to a greener and more equal future.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Cities across France are adopting free public transportation. The costs are surprisingly low, but the benefits include improved air quality, a healthier population, and reduced traffic congestion. Sounds like a fantastic idea to me.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Source: commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/alwa...
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Always broke: The MBTA's long-running theme
History offers important lessons to learn, or at least not repeat, as the T approaches yet another budget year with a projected deficit looming.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
MBTA, Massachusetts's public transit agency, is severely underfunded, with at least a $3 billion annual maintenance infrastructure deficit. According to a recent news report, it's "always broke." This is why investing in public transit is extremely important.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
More than 60, sure. But the point of course being that the infrastructure (or lack thereof) is the real problem, and bigger batteries aren't the solution.
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
What EVs need: more/better charging infrastructure What EVs don't need: 150 KWh battery packs
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The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Source: www.publictransportation.org/transit-facts/
publictransportation.org
Transit Facts – Public Transportation
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