Franklin Tang
- I don't think we wrote it to be synergistic in the first place.
- Hi Zohran, we at the Transit Cost Project just published a report planning for how the New York City can build affordable housing and good transit together - all year long, for 40 years. Let's plan a city that plans for the future, together. transitcosts.com/a-better-bil...
- No notes. Love the header image @davecolon.bsky.social nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/02/02/f...
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- It has been fun working on the A Better Billion project over the last couple of months. You can check out the full StoryMap here: transitcosts.com/a-better-bil... Also the gift article link to the NYT coverage of our plan; www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/n...
- This "beigeness"accompanied me through high school 🙃
- Line 5 and 6 can be the prime examples of Jumping-out-hole-we-dug-for-oursevles-ism. I still remember the time when I saw the TTC getting award for best transit system in NA (2017-ish). H(C)opium: maybe Line 3 can avoid these pitfalls and try to build a REM-esque service in Toronto.
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- Bill C-15 for Toronto-Quebec City High-Speed Rail (TQHSR) has been tabled for first reading in the Canadian Parliament. www.parl.ca/DocumentView...
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- Reposted by Franklin TangWe dropped a new report re: train operations, everyone’s favorite topic. There’s some backstory that we will get too. But, the basic takeaway is modern train systems have moved away from two-person train ops. New York should, too! transitcosts.com/Train_Operat...
- ↓Mood for the rest of the day
- @ndhapple.bsky.social Hey look they are looking to make the descendant of the traincar in our acceleration curves tables
- If only we have some land-based alternative that can move a lot more people on a dedicated alignment... You know, to compensate for the loss in flying capacity...especially for this route, too.
- Reposted by Franklin TangScared about kill switches in buses Norway bought from China? How about trains in Poland with something similar but even more malevolent 👇 jonworth.eu/newags-digit... Ah no, not China, so doesn't generate the same fuss 🤷♂️
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- The Canadian 2025 budget tabled by the Carney administration, describes the Alto HSR project in a very specific, defined goal. The full budget can be found here budget.canada.ca/2025/home-ac... 1/thread
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- The NEW, interactive website for our NEC report (by @alonlevy.bsky.social) is ready! nec.transitcosts.com
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- Meanwhile in New York City...
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- This concise description is not stressed enough. With urban rail there are more benefit to apply quad tracks instead of continuously adapt bypass track designs on certain high-throughput corridors over longer distances. Even so when commuter rail and urban rail share the same corridor.
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