Tweet: Breaking: the pentagon is trying to get more than $200 billion from congress for the Iran war.

That’s 82 years of Amtrak funding, but we don’t have money for trains!

Lindau island via google earth aerial

The island of Lindau, Germany (pop. 3,000), sees 115 train departures per day.

The entire state of Texas and all of its cities combined, by comparison, sees 56 daily Amtrak departures.

Objectively, the highest-impact use case for AI is automating code compliance and permitting. You should be able to propose a townhome development and find out if it’s code and zoning compliant within 60 seconds, with a human giving final approval.

Can’t wait for us to work together at some point 🙊

My family is from Sligo, so anything about their history is fascinating!

I'm working on my irish citizenship and would love to do a deep dive on understanding the rail system there. Any resources, books or websites, etc would be immensely helpful. Thank you!

Thank you so much!

Is anyone here an Ireland rail expert?

The Lost BART of the Midwest: Detroit’s 1974 Radical Transit Dream 100 minutes saved, a Woodward Avenue subway, and the world’s largest BRT, the "too ambitious" plan that Detroit still deserves today.

In my latest Substack out today, I talk about "The Lost BART of the Midwest: Detroit’s 1974 Radical Transit Dream". (Link in my story)
Map by Jake Berman thetransitguy.substack.com/p/the-lost-b...

SEMTA plan by Jake Berman

A casual reminder that the federal government in 1974 killed a plan to build a 75-mile, BART-like rapid transit rail system in Detroit, which called for 3–12 minute headways and a 150-mile BRT system feeder system, for being “too ambitious.”

"They're going to kill some of us. But if we don't risk our safety now and here, they will just keep killing us," she said. "If we don't stand here now, despite the back to back murders and more, they will keep taking." - Savannah Thissen, a minneapolis protestor who works in healthcare

A sentence I'd never think I'd read from a fellow American in 2026.

Long live the people.

Abolish ICE

I hope you didn’t take from my posts that I didn’t think this was a playground for the rich?

Hot take but transit vehicles should not have cloth seats.

What projects or trends do you hope to see with transit in 2026?

Rendering of interior of brown stadium

Ohio, an economy the size of Switzerland, sees just 48 trains a week and has no rail links between its major cities. Yet the state found $600M for a new Cleveland Browns stadium, 136× more than it plans to spend on rail projects over the next two years.

My family knows exactly what gift to get me. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas 🎄❤️

Wishing you all a safe and Merry Christmas. 🎄❤️

(I’m logging off and you should too)

Thank you for the correction! Don’t know how I messed that up

What if the Polar Express went to Detroit? A serious case for Michigan’s most obvious rail line

More here!
thetransitguy.substack.com/p/what-if-th...

Polar Express Route showing Grand Rapids and Detroit via Lansing

At max speeds of 110 mph, Michigan could provide rail service between Grand Rapids and Detroit in 95 minutes, 20% faster than driving. For fun, you could name it the "Polar Express," given Grand Rapids is where the movie takes place!

If I won the lottery I wouldn’t tell anyone but there would be signs.

(NY Botanical)

At least the Hunger Games at high speed rail…

That could’ve been an email

A really tough weekend. Hug your loved ones close and log off.

Yeah, it's very college-student-dependent, unfortunately. I do hope there's more downtown housing supply coming online.

Link for blood donation locations: donate.ribc.org/donor/schedu...

Providence pedestrian bridge

Providence will always be home. If you live in the state and are able to donate blood, the Rhode Island Blood Center needs it, especially O-negative and B- blood types. Link below to find a place to donate.

Measle case rise 14,608%

Huh, wonder why this is happening?

I think the big thing is at this point, it's more of making it easier for customers to visit, given the sheer glut of casinos that have opened in the last decade in the region