Did The Simpsons predict the future? Or did Weekend at Bernie's?
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Did The Simpsons predict the future? Or did Weekend at Bernie's?
Yeah my tin foil hat is fully on at this point. Trump had a stroke and they're desperately trying to pump him full of those good government drugs to keep him upright but last night he was sundowning too hard to read this speech so they rolled out an AI copy
Are they going to extend the Hudson Bergen Light Rail over to this?
This is a desperate attempt to shore up their Ponzi scheme pension plans. It's never about safety, it's about jobs and self interest. This is what makes unions look bad.
Charts are fun.
This is literally why millennials can't afford homes.
Bus tracker is literally useless. And the schedule seems to be made up.
Curious what others have noticed with the Queens Bus Redesign, cuz I can say the Q39 has gotten demonstrably less reliable.
Eric Adams going full Wolf.
A Review: The Transit Guy's Review of The Inter-borough Express (IBX) www.exasperatedinfrastructures.com/p/a-review-t... @thetransitguy.com and i collaborated on his review of the IBX. He wrote it, i just did a lil #exasperation on top.
Purely anecdotal: When I lived out this way, I relied on the B25 a lot because A and C service was such trash.
Free buses reek of the typical politicians throwing money at the wrong thing to make it look like they are solving problems. gothamist.com/news/most-ny...
Oh yes, tell me again how privatizing the MTA will make it better?
Oh shit, Howard Stern is still around?
Ya know they all really want to endorse Cuomo.
Bay of Tonkin 2.0 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
#notmytracks
As tone deaf as this sounds (especially coming from the New York Times), it's not entirely wrong. Taxing the rich only works when there are rich to tax. The problem is that we've spent 20 years catering to the rich while forgetting those who need their tax dollars the most.
Cities are a Ponzi scheme.
What happens when you build the trails before the rails? You get Atlanta's Beltline, a project which after two decades has still not added the rail.
Well, apparently they dig money.
So what do y'all think about Zohran Mamdani?
Also, everyone I've ever interacted with at RPA is exceedingly arrogant. That's something that I've heard from many other people who've tried to work with them on anything that wasn't an RPA idea.
I wouldn't expect most people to care about this. But if the city refuses to do any long term planning, and the one organization that could offer a fresh take on where the region should go is bought and paid for by large corporations, it's no wonder we are in this mess. rpa.org/donors
Their transit plans have always lacked muster. Even the Triboro Line wasn't originally their idea. Why have they disregarded the @queenslink.org ? Maybe it has to do with the fact that the founder of Friends of the QueensWay sits on the RPA board?
The avg NYer still looks highly on the RPA. But those of us who've tried to work with them know that they are a much more corrupt organization these days. Instead of being an independent planning org, they are no more than a money laundering operation. www.nydailynews.com/2025/08/24/r...
20yrs in NYC today. Can I say I'm from here yet?
Jefferies is the real-life Muppet version of a congressman.
BRB, gonna start opening Herrs bags like Charlie looking for a golden ticket.
It's definitely a Temu Boston City Hall, but I still fuck with it.
Lol, no. Let this die. secure.tpl.org/site/Advocac...
It's really funny that all of these terrible people get to face justice while Eric Adams continues to walk free because he attempted to cut a quid-pro-quo deal with Trump and his corrupted DOJ officials.
Literally the tyranny our forefathers warned us about.
In a year it will be MS MAX. Also, I will absolutely refer to this as M-S-N-O-W.
With Trump back, I'm surprised these aren't black and gold.
The procurement proposal passes. We will have Phase 2 of the Second Ave. Subway.
If Metro is bringing back the brown because it has been a historical color for the system, maybe it should have just gone with red, which is the train color the system was meant to have! ghostsofdc.org/2012/05/31/s... [I see no justification for the giant Ms...]
Pour one out for a real one.
This is legit good news for the MTA and legit good news for New York. A thread =>
www.salon.com/2025/08/14/t...
How many people on the left are still in denial about the right's authoritarian takeover of this country, which has been planned for years? Start stocking up on guns and ammo.
Most likely you would keep everything elevated. Back out of Jamaica, and continue north along the Van Wyck in the same manner as the existing AirTrain. Not that this will ever happen.
Def not enough space to clear the bi-level subway under Archer. You'd have to keep going east, to Sutphin or even Parsons.
There isn't a more pathetic group of people in the country right now than all these MAGA Men who think they're big tough Alpha Males whining about how afraid they are of cities, which are safe and pleasant and fun places to live. They're so pathetic. Beneath contempt.
Not only is Cuomo unhinged, but he's making it very clear he's never struggled to find and rent an apartment in NYC.
Trump is actually correct about crime in DC. It's just that most of it is coming from the government.
Every Republican talking about crime in DC is only trying to distract you from the fact that the antichrist that they suck up to, Donald Trump, is on the Epstein list.
Yes there are obviously people like this in Middle Village. But the point here is that local transit reporting is an afterthought, so reporters seem to always fall back on the conflict angle. It's the same with QueensLink, even though all we see is overwhelming local support.
Reading this piece about certain NIMBY reactions to the IBX, I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "Good lord, man, just shut up" to so many of these comments. I no longer have any patience for this nonsense. www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
Homelessness is a policy failure, not a personal one.
I lived in NYC for a decade and I can count on one hand the amount of times I was afraid of something that I saw in public. It’s not a scary place if you’re a mature adult human being. It is a scary place if you’re a little Nazi diaper baby who shits himself when The Others are around. Cry more.
MAGA Dude: I am an alpha. We are bringing back traditional masculinity. If you don’t like it, you’re a pussy. Also MAGA Dude: New York City is scawwwy! I saw a lot of meaning looking people of color and I was afwaid.
Evil Dave.
@davecolon.bsky.social just saw your doppelganger in Court Sq. Same height, bike and mustache. Took my ear buds out to say hi, then noticed a Phillies hat and realized there was no way in hell it was you.
"This is the next Kilodmisburg"
Waiting for the next real estate agent that uses AI to come up with the next Soho rename for an established NYC neighborhood.
I deadass know a kid from Queens who calls it "Ohier"
This will look even better with the Canadian wild fire smoke in the air (we are doomed).
"Good Queens boys"
Austin Butler is only allowed to be photographed from one angle:
In Brooklyn? No, the Fulton St Line extension to Euclid Ave opened in 1948.
I'm more impressed that they don't know what nepobaby is. Is there any bigger nepobaby than Andrew Cuomo? Guess this person was born yesterday.
Omg, I forgot about Randal.
Does anyone remember when some tech bro (?) seriously proposed that the NYC subway convert its tunnels and trains for underground buses?
The R40s were always my favorite... But I'm more interested in the geographic track map behind the model!!!
Is Nancy Mace a pedophile?
Santos lives on this type of attention. So maybe stop?
You (racist Nazi): The white peoples in the rendering don’t have blonde hair and blue eyes. Me (a tolerant train nerd): Why is the D train so long?
Extending the N requires both elevated and tunnel construction through a residential neighborhood. The curves to snake it through are also not great. IBX alt instead keeps construction along the highway, so less impactful, and light rail can take the turns better.
I don't see how this is mixing service. This is two orbital services that split. Extending the N comes with a lot of problems and costs that don't really pencil out. I'm not saying this is a cheap cake walk, just that it works as a single project that solves multiple access issues.
Interlining is not some objective evil thing. It's a tool for serving different areas with less infrastructure.
Build the bridge. www.vanshnookenraggen.com/_index/2025/...
The AARP should sue the MTA.
NEW: For the past few years, it looked like Queens would get a linear park, instead of badly-needed mass transit. But now a project that would bring a new subway line & a park to Queens just got a lifeline—and may have a champion in the next mayor of New York City. hellgatenyc.com/queensway-de...
Fixed "Every Republican ... should be thrown in jail."
Suburban Republican nimbys support QueensLink, which is wild.
I don't really want to celebrate any of this, but I am happy that Queensway got most of their funding stripped. Start over and plan out the Rockaway Beach Branch with @queenslink.org , rails AND trails.
Last few times I've had to take subway shuttle buses, I've noticed the @mta.info is running far fewer of them at a time, causing a lot of crowding.
Seems like the worst of both worlds.
Le Corbusier was European, afterall.
Do Comic Sans, cowards.
Anyone who thinks that the IBX will ever fit over the Hell Gate Bridge is a delusional foamer.
"The blame for the delay, this time, was directed at Amtrak, a partner which has been slow to provide weekend outages on the Hell Gate Line, which the project uses." www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
📰 @nypirg.bsky.social in the news: "'QueensLink is more than just a transit project — it's about equity, climate resilience, and opportunity,' said Natasha Elder, Regional Director of the Straphangers Campaign." 🚇 www.qgazette.com/articles/stu...
WTF
Seconded. Honestly, most transit agencies give little to no thought to user experience, and it shows. A big part of this, of course, is a lack of funding, but a closed world with siloed thinking plays a huge part as well.
I am once again asking you to not threaten me with a good time.
The animal in me wants to burn Washington to the ground. But the depressed sentient ape knows that we don't have anything better to replace it with yet.
Thanks YPT NYC for joining us on a walking tour of the QueensLink right-of-way!! 🌳🚉 It was an amazing opportunity to showcase how community-oriented urban planning and transit solutions can help bring access and equity for Queens residents! Let's #BuildtheQueensLink
"I don't like NYC enough to even live there if I can't be the mayor" is quite a stance from someone asking the people to make him the mayor.
Don’t threaten me with a good time.
More like the "Cuckold Broadcasting System" amirite?
"Advocates [including NYPIRG] and community leaders rallied in Rego Park in Queens on Wednesday, pushing state and city officials to prioritize and fund a project known as QueensLink." 🚇 Check out @nypirg.bsky.social's "QueensLink Now" report: www.nypirg.org/pubs/202507/... ny1.com/nyc/queens/n...
Yesterday, @nypirg.bsky.social students at Queens College joined community advocates to call on the city’s leaders and the MTA to advance the QueensLink project. The rally highlighted the release of a student-led report and over 1,500 petition signatures from students to the NYC Mayor.
🚇 Check out "QueensLink Now: A Report from the Next Generation of Riders" from the @nypirg.bsky.social Straphangers Campaign: www.nypirg.org/pubs/202507/... 📰 And here's our news release: www.nypirg.org/pubs/202507/... 2/2