@orenbj

Check out my transit game at https://xitter.cf/t.co/DJXQ5eh528 Ⓜ️

 Los Angeles, CA
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Joined May 2010
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Wow... LAX People Mover flashover was caught on video
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Recent cities added to Metro Mapper: 🧜‍♀️ Copenhagen 🚢 Hamburg 🌺 Kuala Lumpur 👗 Milan ☕ São Paulo 🦁 Singapore Play at metromapper.net!
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Singapore as well!
Oren Ben-Joseph@orenbjOct 23
Second Asian city added to Metro Mapper: 🌺 Kuala Lumpur metromapper.net
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Anita Chen@amanitahaloOct 24
china divided into areas of 1 million people! it's fun to see the contrast between the dense central plain and the sparsely populated west. i am working on doing all of asia, its been about 300 hours so far
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Bass vs Raman on Metro Fare Policy latimes.com/california/story…
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Second Asian city added to Metro Mapper: 🌺 Kuala Lumpur metromapper.net
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Los Angeles Mayor Polls
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Metro Los Angeles@metrolosangelesOct 21
Metro broke ground today on the Vermont Bus Rapid Transit project btwn Sunset Blvd in Hollywood & 120th St in South LA 🚌 The project adds 12.4 miles of dedicated bus lanes for faster, more reliable trips (more)
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Two new European cities added to Metro Mapper! ☘️ Dublin 🚢 Hamburg Play now at metromapper.net

Metro Mapper — Test Your Transit Knowledge

How well do you know your city's transit system? Play and find out!

metromapper.net
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SoCal Hard Tech boom, mapped. Credit to @erik_stiebel and @CREAreal_estate for the original maps. orenbj.com/hard-tech/
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Metro Los Angeles@metrolosangelesOct 19
We broke ground Monday on the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Project! The 6.7-mile light rail line will serve 11 stations on Van Nuys Blvd between the G Line in Van Nuys, Panorama City, Arleta and San Fernando Road in Pacoima. (more)
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LA Metro logs 80+ million more annual boardings than every public transit agency in the state of Texas combined.
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Adams Blvd has had one of the most impressive evolutions in LA over the last decade. Decided to visualize it on a 3D map here: orenbj.com/adams-blvd/
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BART
@SFBARTOct 7
BART just set a new ridership record! We carried 254,248 trips yesterday. That’s our highest ridership day since the pandemic, a record we have been breaking again and again this year as more people want to take transit. Thread ⬇️
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Roger Vincent@rogervincentOct 6
One of Frank Gehry's last projects, a 1,000-seat concert hall, is coming together in downtown L.A. and it looks like it's going to be awesome. latimes.com/business/story/2…

New Gehry concert hall takes shape in downtown Los Angeles

A pet project of architect Frank Gehry, a smaller concert hall to complement his legendary Walt Disney Concert Hall, is taking shape in downtown Los Angeles for an opening next September.

latimes.com
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Jarrett Walker
@humantransitOct 5
Seoul is aiming for 500 autonomous buses in their public transit network by 2030. They will be 11m long (longer than the one in this image looks to me). Not surprised that this fast-aging country is leading on this. koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/…

Seoul prepares for driverless future with 500 autonomous buses by 2030 - The Korea Times

In a move that could permanently reshape urban transit in one of Asia’s most densely populated metropolises, Seoul city officials announced an ambi...

koreatimes.co.kr
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Seattle's newest light rail station has been added to Metro Mapper: Pinehurst infill station! Play at metromapper.net Ⓜ️
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For more data on US Transit Fares since 2010, check out this dashboard: orenbj.com/transitfares/

U.S. Transit Fares

Since 2010, prices have risen 52% and the typical U.S. rail fare 25%. Only 2 of 21 transit agencies raised theirs faster than inflation.

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Oren Ben-Joseph@orenbjOct 2
California Base Fares for Transit Agencies with Rail, starting Jan 2027: San Francisco MTA: $3.00 San Diego MTS: $3.00 San Jose VTA: $2.50 Sacramento RT: $2.50 Los Angeles MTA: $1.75
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California Base Fares for Transit Agencies with Rail, starting Jan 2027: San Francisco MTA: $3.00 San Diego MTS: $3.00 San Jose VTA: $2.50 Sacramento RT: $2.50 Los Angeles MTA: $1.75
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Rail and Mobility Plan layers added:
Oren Ben-Joseph@orenbjSep 26
Mapped out all LA bus lanes and major arterials orenbj.com/arterials/
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