@marcuscnelson

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Good thing they always make sure to do exactly this for all highway projects, picture definitely unrelatedā€¦
A rendering of the under-construction Signature Bridge in Miami, Florida.

ALT A rendering of the under-construction Signature Bridge in Miami, Florida.

Dilan Esper
@dilanesperAug 1
Replying to @dilanesper
But you actually want to do major transportation projects to the dollar cheaply as possible, with the only extravagances on safety issues. Because when something is this expensive you have no dollars to spare on leftist BS.
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Replying to @TODNewsHub @THE_DC_DOG
This is now the retail area, you can see where the same ceiling still covers it.
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Unfortunately the state of Florida has strongly opposed getting buses out of mixed traffic, and actually removed a portion of the SunRunnerā€™s dedicated transit lanes last year:
Pasadena Avenue/State Road 693 in South Pasadena, Florida. The former transit lane for the SunRunner can be seen in a slightly different shade compared to the other lanes, with the ā€œBUS LANEā€ text milled out of the roadway surface.

ALT Pasadena Avenue/State Road 693 in South Pasadena, Florida. The former transit lane for the SunRunner can be seen in a slightly different shade compared to the other lanes, with the ā€œBUS LANEā€ text milled out of the roadway surface.

A discarded ā€œBUSES ONLYā€ sign in South Pasadena, Florida.

ALT A discarded ā€œBUSES ONLYā€ sign in South Pasadena, Florida.

Aden Yacobi@Aden_YacobiMay 20
Replying to @Aden_Yacobi @RidePSTA
There are some ways SunRunner could improve. 1. it can get rid of its mixed traffic segments which are in the most congested areas. (And after Rays games the lanes are blocked off by cops) 2. TSP is weak. My bus stopped at multiple intersections.
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Replying to @Aden_Yacobi @abhishekarghya
One agency, AC Transit in California, tried this strategy to a big extent in the 2000s with imported Van Hool buses but since decided to return to US procurement.
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Replying to @JacobLeTrashe @ATLAreaWx
Try looking at the right maps.
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Replying to @Lib_Development @AZinCLE
See the same chart but for last year. Within the realm of possibility that with their service reorganization late last year and higher ridership this year they might be close, although fuel costs would be something to watch for.
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Replying to @Lib_Development @RAILMag @LiamBlank
The most recent of those can be found here: amtrak.com/content/dam/projeā€¦
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Any chance you've seen the news lately @Lib_Development?
In other words, the FRA was concerned about a Loony-Tunes-esque situation in which a train strikes a truck at a grade crossing and then derails into the path of an oncoming train. Even if trains were speed limited to 110mph, the resulting situation could result in which a trains had a relative speed of up to 220mph. But this is a situation so rare it borders on impossible - the odds of an oncoming train being in the right place to strike the original train is ~one in several thousand. Iā€™m not sure that anything resembling this hypothetical situation has ever happened, but this strikes me as a moment of regulatory adventurism unjustified by the facts on the ground.

ALT In other words, the FRA was concerned about a Loony-Tunes-esque situation in which a train strikes a truck at a grade crossing and then derails into the path of an oncoming train. Even if trains were speed limited to 110mph, the resulting situation could result in which a trains had a relative speed of up to 220mph. But this is a situation so rare it borders on impossible - the odds of an oncoming train being in the right place to strike the original train is ~one in several thousand. Iā€™m not sure that anything resembling this hypothetical situation has ever happened, but this strikes me as a moment of regulatory adventurism unjustified by the facts on the ground.

A view of the 2026 Adamuz train derailments in Spain, the result of one high-speed train derailing and then being struck by another high-speed train.

ALT A view of the 2026 Adamuz train derailments in Spain, the result of one high-speed train derailing and then being struck by another high-speed train.

Lucas Pombo (aka Lib Development)
@Lib_DevelopmentJan 23
New post! Today on substack, I'm covering how the FRA's skepticism of grade crossings led it to unwittingly ban high speed trains in the US. And the rule we should change to fix that. Link below, or on my account page.
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Replying to @marcuscnelson @jansramek @Lib_Development @BlueWaterShips
Thereā€™s no such thing as a real major city totally reliant on taxis & buses, the same looks to be true with AVs. The external lines shine as core fixed transit routes, and itā€™d be optimal to commit to those being prioritized like we see globally, eg France or Germany.
A map showing the proposed external transit lines in the Suisun City Expansion area.

ALT A map showing the proposed external transit lines in the Suisun City Expansion area.

Line A of the Rennes Metro, a light metro system in France.

ALT Line A of the Rennes Metro, a light metro system in France.

Line B of the Rennes Metro, a light metro system in France

ALT Line B of the Rennes Metro, a light metro system in France

A stadtbahn line in Germany. Such a line might utilize more metro-style rights of way outside the urban core, while acting more like a tram within it.

ALT A stadtbahn line in Germany. Such a line might utilize more metro-style rights of way outside the urban core, while acting more like a tram within it.

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Replying to @al551234
@al551234
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Replying to @souljagoyteller
Very 1am tweet
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