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All I want for Christmas is for the @GCRTA Blue Line to connect @Shakersquare to University Circle @inthecircle & the Cleveland Clinic via light rail subway. Adelbert Rd alignment best serves @cwru & University Hospital. Car-free/light connection from housing to jobs & services!

"The combined economic and quality-of-life toll exceeds $1 trillion annually. That is larger than the entire Medicare budget. No other cause of death at this scale would be met with this little urgency. As clinicians, we no longer accept it."

@ODOT_Cleveland @mbruning81 I was looking forward to lots of driving back and forth on 480. 😀

Correction the detour will be I-480 to I-77 north to I-490 west.

Traffic Alert: SR 176 northbound between I-480 and W. 14th St. will be closing today at 4 p.m. through early June. This is for bridge repairs to a key structural component. Detour will be I-480 to I-77 north to I-480 west.

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@MeganBkind Looks like that weird parking lot in Little Italy. Fortunately there are plans to redevelop it.

Ok, CLE. Where am I?

Some updates from the recent planned Amtrak extension to Madison webinar: -2 round trips daily -possible siding extensions, crossovers between MKE & Watertown -Upgrades to bridges between Madison & Watertown for higher speeds, upgrade from 30 to 59mph (and then eventually 79mph)

Ohio community! The national passenger rail meeting, hosted by our friends at Rail Passengers, is coming to Toledo and until the end of the month tickets are $99! We’ll be there, will you?

@RailroadRaccoon @TrashPanda08x I thought East-West Rail was going to Albany? Are they doing it in phases? Separately, isn’t the Meridian line going to go all the way to Fort Worth?

Amtrak routes/expansions likely opening in the next 5 years:

@MeganBkind @Megan_With_No_H No, he won’t, but he could eliminate the best candidate (Nithya Raman) in the open primary.

@Megan_With_No_H He will.

I swear to god if this idiot wins...

@stacey_hauff It crashed ALL THE TIME! Lots of annoying things about Windows, but it has definitely gotten better over the years.

God I miss Windows 98.

@thecombreak @vanillaopinions You are complaining about an account called Vanilla Opinions sharing opinions.

@vanillaopinions What makes it a competitive district? Dems haven't won that seat for 60 years. I really wish people would stop shoving their feet in their mouths. Just because you're able to form an opinion doesn't mean you have to share it on twitter. Jfc

so if you're going to do this in an even somewhat competitive district, you need to coordinate to make sure the democrat doesn't run a campaign or is dropping out. no chance of winning outright, this will split the vote

who could have predicted this

That’s going to be a fun ride home!

Max Strus hero ball

@CandiedGender @RailroadRaccoon @lakeshoredr1ve The passenger rail connection between Detroit and Toledo, which would connect Detroit to all points east, is missing.

@RailroadRaccoon @lakeshoredr1ve Detroit isn’t on Amtrak???

It is genuinely insane we don't have Amtrak service here, this gap makes me so mad

Best way to show leadership the impact of rail in North Carolina? A ride with a view. N⭐C🚆 Last week, state leaders joined us aboard the American View car for a firsthand look at the Raleigh–Charlotte corridor in motion. #economicimpact Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/4qnJ72a

Will we see you in the Glass City this October? $99 "early bird" rate runs until the end of the month. twp.ai/9OWYLb

Excellent video on roundabouts. Better for safety, for efficiency, for operating cost, and for driver sanity. youtu.be/012fMI3TdRo?si…

@RailroadRaccoon @TrashPanda08x I would use this map in a presentation the week after next if it’s ready. No pressure or anything 😀

@ThinkerBrian @TrashPanda08x Np! I plan on making one for every individual Midwest Corridor ID route, I should start on that one soon

Ask me anything and I'll answer it in this thread!! 🧵 ngl.link/trashpanda81176

@RailroadRaccoon Interesting route choice. I know NH is annoying, but isn’t Lowell / Nashua / Manchester / Concord clearly the best routing to Montreal? I’m still annoyed that the GLX wasn’t built as four track local / express regional rai to improve the Lowell line for this future.

Electrify the MBTA, build the train to Montréal and more service to Albany and Springfield, pretend New Hampshire doesn't exist then yes!! It'll be the century of New England

Cutting gas taxes when oil supply is constrained is like subsidizing housing buyers when zoning blocks new supply: the price must rise. The benefit flows to sellers, not buyers. #Econ101.