Trains, transit and automotive history. 2023 Globe Magazine Bostonian of the Year.
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17 Mar 2022
My comment, “The Road to Transportation Justice: Reframing Auto Safety for the SUV Age” is finally published and up on @PennLRev!
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7 Nov 2024
Here we go again @bostonpolice @universalhub
4 Oct 2024
Another two drivers running red right under your HQ @bostonpolice aren’t you embarrassed by this? @universalhub
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4 Nov 2024
The headline says it all: @GovernorShapiro @PaSenateDems @PASenateGOP broke their promise for transit. Session days remain, and the governor can still take executive action 👀 unionprogress.com/2024/10/27…
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3 Nov 2024
Just so we are clear, we do not care who you bet on or who is involved in your parlays. That's an instant block. WE DO NOT CARE
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28 Oct 2024
Editorial: The T needs to turn its attention to rebuilding ridership as aggressively as it’s been rebuilding its tracks. trib.al/CVretnq
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10 Aug 2021
*fat British car dunce voice* SPEEEEEED
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20 Oct 2024
Sure, Doritos 3Ds made their way back to selves in recent years, but nothing compares to the “Go Snacks” container where you could pour them in that little bowl. (2002)
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16 Oct 2024
Legislation out of Pennsylvania is trying to give Amtrak some new ways to handle the routine delays freight trains are causing passengers across the U.S.
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12 Oct 2024
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11 Oct 2024
INBOX: From now until the end of 2025, Mastercard credit and debit users in Chicago (CTA and Pace), Boston (MBTA), Miami-Dade Transit, Philly (SEPTA), and Dallas (DART) will get a $2.50 statement credit upon spending >$10/ month on public transit:
mastercard.us/en-us/personal…
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11 Oct 2024
By ignoring its own timeline, the city left Bedford Avenue dangerous "well past the initially promised end date of late 2023," Elizabeth Adams, interim co-executive director at @TransAlt , told Streetsblog. nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/10/…
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11 Oct 2024
When traffic forecasters were disappointed by the traffic model outputs, the forecasters simply changed them by hand, passing off the doctored numbers as genuine results of the model. @USDOTFHWA has given the practice a wink and a nod.
dissentmagazine.org/online_a…
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11 Oct 2024
You can tell they’re bright because I took this photo directly into a hy-rail’s floodlights lol
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8 Oct 2024
A new report from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse finds fresh evidence the Trump White House tightly controlled the FBI investigation into the sexual assault claims against Brett Kavanaugh.
The Trump White House never authorized the agency to independently probe the assault allegations. washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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10 Oct 2024
People replying to this with “wow airbags/lane assist/etc is amazing” as if that explains the steepest drops seen well before any of those technologies existed—the real reason being that deaths/VMT is primarily a measure of how many highways you’ve built
9 Oct 2024
Car deaths in America have plummeted over the last century.
This is a perfect example of how the world is actually improving despite what you're being told daily.
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