New York's newest road death is on an e-bike. Before 2020 the NYPD's crash records named an e-bike, e-scooter or moped for at most 5 of the people killed in a year. In 2023 they named one for 66.

Which vehicles the rise is on: sparkydata.dev/articles/who-sti… 📊 #transitsky

Far fewer people are killed on New York's streets on foot or in cars than thirty years ago. People on two wheels went the other way: from about 47 deaths a year in the late 1990s to 71 in the early 2020s.

The long view: sparkydata.dev/articles/who-sti… 📊 #transitsky

In the toll's first eight months, taxis and app cars sped up inside the zone while the rest of the city slowed: trips from January to August 2025 were 3.1% faster than a year earlier, against 0.9% slower elsewhere.

The comparison: sparkydata.dev/articles/twenty-… 📊 #transitsky

These spam accounts have taken over the #transitsky feed here. There are thousands of them and Bluesky doesn’t seem to care. They generate comments about various topics then link this strange website.

#ParisMetro & #LondonUnderground signs side by side? Yep: at the factory where they are manufactured: #AJWells at Newport, #IsleOfWight. They have a huge kiln here for cooking #enamel signs. And also made log stove burners. Doing a talk here on enamelling.
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Look for the stripes. Each square is a day of subway ridership against the same weekday in 2019, and Tuesday to Thursday run darker than Monday and Friday, year after year since 2023. The office week has a shape, and it has held.

The calendar: sparkydata.dev/articles/who-sti… 📊 #transitsky

The subway is no more punctual than before the pandemic, and no less. The share of weekday trips running more than five minutes late fell from the 2017 crisis to 2019, then went flat, and 2026 sits on the same line.

Year by year: sparkydata.dev/articles/hour-pl… 📊 #transitsky

Fewer vehicles at the door has not, on its own, meant faster streets. Since 1998 the number entering Manhattan below 60th Street on a fall weekday has fallen by about a quarter, yet taxi speeds in the core fell through the 2010s too.

The long view: sparkydata.dev/articles/twenty-… 📊 #transitsky

Amtrak cascades are rolling out new Airo train sets

I was on a sold-out older train, so it’s great to have modern trains with full capacity so more people in the NW can ride

But there’s little effort from #orleg to improve speed, increase service, or expand the network

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The state needs a decisive transit plan to cut carbon emissions but it seems to be doing the opposite

The largest ODOT projects will both expand highways and cost 3.5 & 15.5+ billion dollars

These costs WILL limit road maintenance funding & prevent transit projects

#orleg #transitsky #carcentric

Riding Portland’s rail system was really nice, and in this time of climate change and rising gas prices, more money should be invested in transit, not less

Unfortunately since the state failed the transportation package, TriMet has been forced to cut service

#orleg #transitsky #transit

Space usage is an important lens regarding transit. A Single MAX car takes up about as much space as 5 parked cars (less when moving since cars spread out)

That’s 22 cars that won’t be contributing to traffic or fighting for parking. this was just a sort ride on one traincar

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In Portland, here’s my estimated number of cars the streetcars I was in helped replace:

MAX blue line: 22
red line: 14
orange line: 12
B loop streetcar: 22
yellow line: 14

The distances varied, the point isn’t to compare it’s to consider how much space 22 cars is

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I took an overnight trip to Portland this weekend

While up there we only used transit to get around and took the train back down to Albany

#transitsky #trimet #trains #buses #urbanism #cityplanning

Some follow up on the Oregon transportation survey. While its not an exact comparison to the actual ODOT budget, it’s clear people want the state to prioritize and spend more money on road maintenance and on reliable transit

#orleg #transitsky #urbanism #transit

#Comedian, #contentcreator & #transport lover Christopher Beanland joins todays CATCHcast. www.vectisradio.com/on-air/prese...
He's produced books on Lido's, Stations, Brutalism & performed stand-up comedy at Edinburgh. He also runs #ParkDate pod! Hat's off to him and do take a listen!
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Given the rapid increase in gas prices I would like to advise people about Corvallis’s bus system

With OSU in session 2/3/5/6 unfortunately switch down to every 40 minutes, but it’s still a free way to get around without having to worry about parking

#transitsky #buses #parking #bus #pedestrianism

Fascinating chat with @roadscholar.bsky.social about possibility of a new #tunnel under the #Pennines. He reckons linking #Manchester and #Sheffield can be done much cheaper with the Norwegian method that a #TunnelBoringMachine Listen here: www.vectisradio.com/on-air/prese...
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Always good to see new mass transit infrastructure opening but this must be especially pleasing for the people of beautiful #NewZealand. www.railwaygazette.com/auckland-cit...
Huge bravo to all for completing this vital link for #Auckland. And a rather fine map too!
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A major section of I-5 southbound is closed in Portland and traffic remains near normal

ODOT plans to spend billions to add lanes in the rose quarter, but clearly alternatives to that route exist. If we invested in transit instead, traffic would decrease

#transitsky #orleg #highways #buses