@swyftcities

Swyft Cities revolutionizes mobility and transforms real estate, enabling more vibrant livable communities with @whooshtransport

 Mountain View, California
Joined October 2022
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Swyft Cities is here to revolutionize transportation and real estate! An innovative gondola system combines autonomous pods w/ lightweight, fixed cable infrastructure to move passengers efficiently w/ significantly lower cost-per-mile & less emissions than traditional options.👇
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Can't even have a cute 'lil coffee shop in my neighborhood because of restrictive zoning😠 #CommonSenseZoningReformNow
Hayden
@the_transit_guy
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A country where every neighborhood can have a bistro downstairs, legally and by right.
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Miami-Dade, we're ready if you are!
Nick Garzilli
@NickGarzilli
Oct 6
Thank you to the Commissioners for hearing me today. The same meeting took up Metrobus service, and those decisions touch real people's lives. What I proposed adds to transit, not takes from it: first and last mile above the street, funded outside the operating budget. #MiamiTransit @swyftcities @ChariotLiving
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Board in Twin Cities at noon, be in Chicago for dinner. Trains rock when they're convenient, and it takes nearly as long to park at the airport, stand in TSA line, wait to board, delays & figure out how to get downtown.
Midwest Passenger Rail Association@MidwesternPRA
Oct 5
The Amtrak Borealis (St Paul - Milwaukee - Chicago) is so popular & capacity strained that they are adding a 4th car to the consist this week!! startribune.com/borealis-tra…

Borealis train hits ridership milestone. Here is how Amtrak is responding.

A southern Minnesota highway has been named in honor of a longtime first responder.

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"What's the one thing you would change about Miami?" "The traffic" We couldn't agree more!🚡Miami & Miami Beach, we're ready to solve traffic if you are!
Francisco Gonzalez
@fgonzalez1978
Oct 5
Who’s in Miami Today? 🌴🎤 Meet Nick, originally from Los Angeles, now living in Miami Beach, the founder of a company called Chariot Living. We asked about life, dreams, and what makes Miami…. Miami. How would YOU finish this sentence: “Miami is ______.” 👇 #WhosInMiamiToday #Miami #MiamiLife #PeopleOfMiami #StreetInterview @NickGarzilli @ChariotLiving @swyftcities
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We'll gladly move people in & out of LAX for 1/10th the price and 2X the fun🚡
TiPS on Door Things@OnKnockers
Sep 30
Replying to @swyftcities
LAX spent 3.4B for a people mover that hasn't moved a single passenger yet and yet when it does open it won't be as fun as this. @flyLAXairport
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On Sept. 29, 2019, the #DisneySkyliner started service at Walt Disney World. 50 million riders later, it's still the most fun way to get around #WDW
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In NYC, the average speed of a bus is now down to 6 mph😳We can do much better🚌 transportlc.org/posts/bus-sp…

🚶‍♀️🚗🚲🚍👩‍🦽 ​​Bus Speeds Are Falling. Here's What 15 Cities Reveal About Why

​​Bus Speeds Are Falling. Here's What 15 Cities Reveal About Why

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Every American city could do this do. Jersey City & Hoboken already have. It's just a matter of having the political courage to decide that saving people's lives is important. planetizen.com/features/1358…
Andy Boenau
@Boenau
Sep 24
"The Finnish capital has not experienced a single pedestrian fatality in the past 12 months, thanks to Vision Zero. Given these successes, to quit Vision Zero and succumb to failure is a death sentence for thousands — especially children." planetizen.com/features/1358…

In Defence of Vision Zero — a Traffic Engineer’s Perspective

Traffic engineers have long suffered the reputation that all we care about is moving cars. The reality could not be more different.

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Swyft Cities🚡 retweeted
Jeral Poskey@jeralpo
Sep 20
Replying to @bilalmahmood @JTLonsdale
There's room for both. High density areas need a high density solution. Mid density needs either cheap tunnels or even cheaper cable solutions (Swyft Cities/Whoosh)
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Will robotaxis make traffic worse? Join our discussion at #ClimateWeekNYC with @jeffreytumlin @DavidZipper @WeinbergerUrban @jeralpo Sept. 23, Midtown South #ClimateWeek @ClimateWeekNYC To register: luma.com/c14dro21

Will Autonomous Vehicles Improve the Environment? A Skeptical Conversation: Climate Week NYC · Luma

As cities rethink transportation in the face of climate change, autonomous vehicles are often presented as a promising part of the solution. But do they…

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The Whoosh system is moving closer to reality in Queenstown NZ🚡Local business leaders are confident about right-of-ways and funding to create "a wide network, with many small stations and point-to-point journeys without transfers"
Whoosh@WhooshTransport
Sep 10
Good news for Queenstown NZ. Yesterday the Mountain Scene reported that momentum is building for a solution to the traffic problems in the community. The path to glide over gridlock with Whoosh is taking shape. #urbantransportation #urbantransport #transportation #queenstown #newzealand #kiwitech
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Will robotaxis improve cities or make traffic worse? Expert panel discussion at #NYClimateWeek with @DavidZipper @jeffreytumlin @WeinbergerUrban @jeralpo on Sept. 23. Register today, seating limited luma.com/c14dro21

Will Autonomous Vehicles Improve the Environment? A Skeptical Conversation: Climate Week NYC · Luma

As cities rethink transportation in the face of climate change, autonomous vehicles are often presented as a promising part of the solution. But do they…

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Getting around in an urban gondola is more fun...even in Minecraft🤖🎮
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Private helipads may be good for some, but we think better Miami transportation should work for everyone!🚠🌴😎
The Wall Street Journal
@WSJ
Aug 30
Miami traffic is so bad that ultra-wealthy condo buyers are trading standard perks for rooftop helipads and private deepwater docks on.wsj.com/4gplow7

Miami’s Wealthy Are Beating the Traffic With Helipads and Private Docks

Rooftop helipads and deepwater docks have become prized amenities in the Florida city, which ranks as one of America’s most traffic-congested cities.

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Autonomous vehicles don't have to be only on or under the ground. Autonomous EVs on suspended cables are 20X cheaper to build than rail. 2X faster trips than Waymo.
Peter Kazanjy
@Kazanjy
Sep 1
Subways and light rail are legacy technologies and economically untenable in a modern union building environment. Autonomous buses and cars are the answers. Break the back of SFMTA and implement citywide autonomous mini-buses, buses, and autonomous paratransit.
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Building homes in 6 hours. Not 6 days or 6 weeks😲
The American Housing Corporation
@americanhousing
Sep 1
6 Hours.
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In case anyone's wondering if there are better uses for parking lots. Welcome to LA's newest, coolest rooftop restaurant😎🌴 (Shoutout to @LindsayJS for spotting the post from @beckyhartung)
Becky Hartung
@beckyhartung
Aug 22
This rooftop restaurant used to be a parking lot in Pasadena.
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Soon we'll all be taking the aerial tramway🚡
Arpit Gupta
@arpitrage
Aug 21
Am intrigued by the concept of urban gondolas
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Love to see how the urban gondola conversation has changed 🚡
Hayden
@the_transit_guy
Aug 21
Outside of Colorado and Western PA, where else would gondolas work?
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Let’s turn on the innovation mindset
Swyft Cities🚡@swyftcities
Aug 12
Replying to @the_transit_guy
Why waste DECADES building a freeway or LRT when smart gondolas can be built in MONTHS -- the lightest, simplest infrastructure of any transit mode. And less infrastructure much cheaper to build too.
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