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@dereksagehorn.bsky.social
Interested in figuring out how to build better housing, transit and cities. Construction lawyer; advocate for East Bay for Everyone. Oakland.
With school is back in session and colleges about to start, cancelled buses aren't just causing longer waits, they overcrowd remaining buses. We need more AC Transit directors like Jean who will work to improve bus reliability. Support @valencia4actransit.bsky.social for ward 3! 🚌
Jean Walsh@therealjeanwalsh.bsky.social · 3d agoThis feedback really sucks to hear, but it helps us understand the extent of the problem. I will continue to push for reliability improvements at AC Transit.
CPUC requires trains entering stations to slow to 35mph and 15mph where pedestrian crossings are present. Metro operators seem to be even more conservative because of how many incidents there have been with people getting struck and killed by trains.
>established 1964 Wonder what else happened in California spatial politics in 1964
Toby Muresianu@tobyhardtospell.bsky.social · 2d agoCan't believe one chud HOA with a duct-taped sign is hosting *two* mayoral debates in America's second largest city
If you’ve dealt with late or cancelled buses recently, consider chipping into Adriana’s campaign for AC Transit board Ward 3 - I donated yesterday after experiencing a cancellation at 9pm.
Adriana Valencia for AC Transit Ward 3 2026@valencia4actransit.bsky.social · 3d agoI'm running for @rideact.bsky.social Board of Directors to bring reliability, affordability, and government transparency to our bus service. I'd love your support of money and/or time—I'm up against a deep-pocketed opponent who's been on the Board for 17 years. secure.actblue.com/donate/valen...
I'm running for @rideact.bsky.social Board of Directors to bring reliability, affordability, and government transparency to our bus service. I'd love your support of money and/or time—I'm up against a deep-pocketed opponent who's been on the Board for 17 years. secure.actblue.com/donate/valen...
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This piece asks a lot of good technical questions of design, engineering and program management practice.
Effective Transit Alliance@etany.org · 3d agoA 125 St subway should be a slam dunk. But at $7.7B for 1.25 miles, and with stations deep underground, current plans would not only build the most expensive subway in the the world, but would cost riders valuable minutes every single trip. It's not too late, however: www.etany.org/reports/digg...
A culture war fixation that largely went away after 2020 was the moral panic amongst certain SF-based and SF-to-Oakland people against scooter share.
Fischer 🛠️🚇@fischer.bsky.social · 3d agokind of funny to look back on. did any of this work? no. were they at least fighting the good fight? absolutely not lol sfstandard.com/2026/08/16/g...
Those 163,000 riders last month could save 9508 hours or $237,000 at median hourly wage if SMART builds the sidings needed to return to its faster, pre-2018 schedule. The project would pay for itself in 12 years by that savings alone.
Warren Wells, AICP@warrenjwells.bsky.social · 3d agoSMART's ridership continues to grow. Trips are up 2% in July over June, and up 23% over last July (being driven by a nearly 50% increase in weekend trips) July was the highest monthly ridership in the agency's history, and they set monthly records nearly every month.
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East Bay for Everyone@eastbayforeveryone.bsky.social · 3w agoAlameda County: meet your candidates Join us in downtown Oakland on Thursday Aug 20th at 6pm for a mixer to meet candidates and elected officials running for office across Alameda County this fall. RSVP required. @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social
No problem getting to BART this afternoon, but the return trip cancellation getting home from @rideact.bsky.social is brutal.
Kelly Hereid@kellyhereid.bsky.social · 3d agoGlad to hear @rideact.bsky.social is trying to get its act together on reliability. Here's every other 6 bus cancelled in downtown Oakland at 2:30 on a weekday. Would have been late for a doc appt if I hadn't just caught one that's running. Cc @therealjeanwalsh.bsky.social for awareness.
Glad to hear @rideact.bsky.social is trying to get its act together on reliability. Here's every other 6 bus cancelled in downtown Oakland at 2:30 on a weekday. Would have been late for a doc appt if I hadn't just caught one that's running. Cc @therealjeanwalsh.bsky.social for awareness.
Jean Walsh@therealjeanwalsh.bsky.social · last wk.The AC Transit Board is increasingly hearing from riders about our reliability crisis. We need to keep the focus on improving service. This is not OK. 
Sounder investments could transform mobility for the region more stations and frequency, give it the Caltrain electrification treatment, too! www.theurbanist.org/op-ed-give-b...
Op-Ed: Give Ballard a Sounder Stop While It Waits for Light Rail
With Sound Transit's failure to deliver light rail to Ballard by 2035 as originally promised, now is the moment for Sound Transit and Seattle to build a no-frills, quick-build station near the Ballard...
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CDU and SPD are advancing Infrastructure Future Legislation reforms to their administrative framework for infrastructure projects, including railways. No longer can non-responses or delayed responses be used to delay projects with the new deemed consent rule. www.gleisslutz.com/en/know-how/...
Nithya talking about reducing construction costs for street pavings and curb cuts. Finally a candidate that speaks to my issues.
Nick Andert@nickandert.bsky.social · last wk.Talking transit with @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social!
Let's all get on board with Adriana's campaign. And when I say "on board", I mean voting, posting, talking to friends, volunteering, and donating cash. If you want better bus service in the East Bay, and you care about saving transit, let's get the right people on the Board!
dereksagehorn.bsky.social@dereksagehorn.bsky.social · last wk.This fall, I will be supporting @valencia4actransit.bsky.social for AC Transit Ward 3. Adriana Valencia has a vision for making bus service in the East Bay coordinated, fast, frequent and reliable. adrianavalencia.com
It's time to make the bus better in the East Bay - Join me in supporting Adriana Valencia for AC Transit board! adrianavalencia.com 🚌
Adriana Valencia for AC Transit Ward 3 – Let's make transit better, together
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dereksagehorn.bsky.social@dereksagehorn.bsky.social · last wk.This fall, I will be supporting @valencia4actransit.bsky.social for AC Transit Ward 3. Adriana Valencia has a vision for making bus service in the East Bay coordinated, fast, frequent and reliable. adrianavalencia.com
This fall, I will be supporting @valencia4actransit.bsky.social for AC Transit Ward 3. Adriana Valencia has a vision for making bus service in the East Bay coordinated, fast, frequent and reliable. adrianavalencia.com
California's groundbreaking hydrogen trains’ 'clean' fuel doesn't come from where you think. We need electrification, not unproven technologies. Let's take a look at the state's hydrogen train scam. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssWN...
California's hydrogen train scam
YouTube video by Streets For All
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Presumably he's reading an old copy of Forester's Effective Cycling, not, you know, data showing that only 30 percent of bicycle deaths are at intersections. crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/V...
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13 minute headways are not bus rapid transit! A 53 minute wait is outrageous, even if it only happens 5% of the time. Anyone who has another option will stop riding the bus. AC Transit should be treating unreliability as a major crisis, giving it the same attention as they are the fiscal cliff.
Bryan Culbertson 🥄@bryanculbertson.com · last wk.1T, which is the East Bay's premier BRT, is supposed to have a median wait of 5 mins. But riders are actually waiting on average for 13 mins for a bus, and 5% of the time there is a 53 minute wait which means ZERO buses running on the entire line!
Reason’s Bob Poole likes to affect a detached, analytic writing style and then just casually drop in value judgements and ascribe immutability to very mutable conditions. reason.org/transportati...
Why are you even a professional transportation advocate or a legislator on the T&I committee if you don’t want to hold the pen on the Surface Transportation Re-Auth?
The Overhead Wire@theoverheadwire.com · last wk.Wednesday's Most Read # 3 - Same Ball. Same Lucy. Same Result. link.theoverheadwire.com/gjxyq @bethosborne.bsky.social
local context is paramount, which is why every city has the same facade-articulation based design standards
Laura Tokloff’s 2020 SPUR report More for Less details why this tendency of California policymakers to early commit hard construction dollars to projects at 0% design is so bad for project selection and costs. www.spur.org/sites/defaul...
YIMBYonese Liberation Army@dingbattitude.bsky.social · 2w agoMy locally unpopular opinion is this project isn’t a good idea, & if we’re going to spend a billion dollars here we ought to connect the area near Elysian Park & the area near Maywood with a great network of protected on street bike lanes on both sides of the river. www.latimes.com/environment/...
The S.F. BOS commissioned study of the costs of the pre 1974 high rise condo fire sprinkler mandate has been released and shows a wide range of costs per unit to comply. Gift link www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...
dereksagehorn.bsky.social@dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 5mo agoKen Cofflin, retired SF fire marshal, previously wrote SF’s controversial and costly fire sprinkler mandate for pre 1974 high rise condo owners. Now he’s offering services as a consultant to help owners demand exemptions or scope reductions to the ordinance. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/h...
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East Bay for Everyone@eastbayforeveryone.bsky.social · 3w agoAlameda County: meet your candidates Join us in downtown Oakland on Thursday Aug 20th at 6pm for a mixer to meet candidates and elected officials running for office across Alameda County this fall. RSVP required. @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social
Great article in @nyc.streetsblog.org on using land value taxes to fund the IBX. Check out the full report @aarmlovi.bsky.social and I wrote on the value capture mechanism and how much it could raise ($1-3+ billion) here as well: www.niskanencenter.org/new-york-sta...
Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon@davecolon.bsky.social · 3w agoOne weird trick to fund the Interborough Express nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/08/04/b...
New report from @jmooreotto.bsky.social on using RRIF and TIFIA to provide a stable source of capital funding for rail electrification and automation projects! Shifting off discretionary grants is one step towards helping agencies build long-term capacity. publicenterprise.org/report/the-t...
The Transit Infrastructure Lottery
Read the full report here. Executive summary Federal transportation investment in the United States suffers from both a quantity problem and a quality problem. The quantity problem is much-d...
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