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Train Explainer🚆 retweeted
ICYMI - @WTSLosAngeles named the Authority they're 2022 Employer of the Year!
More than half of the Authority’s total workforce is female – as well as most of the executive team.
🔗 Read about the award here: bit.ly/3hbPJlV
If only there were some kindof🚆alternative🚆for fast, high-capacity intercity travel… 🚆
#highspeedrail
bellinghamherald.com/news/lo…
“An electric car takes 9 years to offset the carbon impact of its production,” he told delegates. The average lifetime of cars and vans is a little over 11 years.
There🚆must🚆be🚆a🚆better🚆way.🚆
.@TRA_Conference: “The car overwhelms city life, and this is something that must change,” says Minister @PNSpedronuno
#TRA2022 @EU_today #Lisbon @Magellan_Circle #mobility
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Train Explainer🚆 retweeted
‼️ We're proud to announce that over 9,000 construction jobs have been created since the start of construction on the nation’s first high-speed rail system!
👷 As construction booms & jobs continue to grow, we want to thank all the hard-working men & women working to #BuildHSR!
Train Explainer🚆 retweeted
The people who are saying this constitutes another Elon Musk failure simply don't realize that Hyperloop did exactly what is what intended to do: bleed off support for high-speed rail.
The United States is the 6th most expensive country in the world when it comes to building rapid rail projects. The reasons why range from politicization of projects, costs of labor, and efforts to limit disruption to traffic flow during construction.
governing.com/finance/why-ar…
Train Explainer🚆 retweeted
Today's for goblins and ghouls, but you know what'll be scarier than Halloween? The 405 in a couple weeks...
Fear not… this is just another reason to #BuildHSR
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Thanksgiving travelers are tying up traffic, with cars backed up on the 10 Fwy interchange to the 405 Fwy on Tuesday night ktla.com/news/nationworld/in…
Strong, smart, and courageous women.
May we be them. May we know them. May we raise them.
#womenintransit
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Awesome long read on this historic movement by Rick Laubscher at @sfmsr. 🚋
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Public crusades, often led by women, prevailed in such cases as the successful Freeway Revolt of the early 1960s and neglected maintenance of the railway in 1982. These women used facts and data to build support for worthwhile investments while disputing unpopular projects.
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Led by the Women's Chamber of Commerce and citizen action committee, Klussmann helped women’s voices be heard in the civic arena in 1947 and for years to come.
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75 years ago today, Friedel Klussmann was at the helm of the campaign that victoriously saved San Francisco's iconic cable cars from being scrapped by an anti-rail politician.
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Train Explainer🚆 retweeted
Louder for the people in the back 📢
We can invest in high speed rail while improving the system we currently have. Under #BIL, we’re preparing American passenger rail for the future.
Train Explainer🚆 retweeted
What *really* killed streetcars?
They stopped running efficiently because they were swamped by private automobiles.
This stunning colorized footage from 1930s Los Angeles shows it well...
Train Explainer🚆 retweeted
We can invest in high speed rail while improving the system we currently have. Under #BIL, we’re preparing American passenger rail for the future.
The coolest railroad bridge in America is located in…#Kentucky! The 6th Street Bridge in Covington, used by @amtrak Cardinal and @CSX, boasts a colorful mural lighted for @BLINKcincy.
#lovethecov #BLINKCincinnati – at Covington, KY
.@Connector_Cincy looking like NYC rush hour, over here doing the heavy lifting for @BLINKcincy. 💪🚉
Did you know? One 🚊 is the length of five 🚙 and can hold up to 200 passengers. High capacity transit for the win!
Thanks for the FREE lift to @BLINKcincy, @tankbus and @cincinnatimetro! 🥰 🚌
Fantastic to see the Riverfront Transit Center bustling and busy!
#buslife
Train Explainer🚆 retweeted
Two strangers meet on an empty BART train. Both are working on a crossword. What happens next is the premise of “2 Across,” a play by Jerry Mayer set entirely on a BART train.
ALT April Grant and David Boyll in rehearsals for “2 Across” at Pacifica Spindrift Players.
Did you know? Car crashes cost Washington State $16.5 BILLION annually. That’s 4X the amount of the annual state transportation budget.🤯
(Learnings from @WSDOT leader Roger Millar at #APTAtransform22.)
