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@the_transit_guy "A bunch of busybodies successfully halted a project in Downtown Austin that wouldve included an 8-acre park and XXX million square feet of new development because the buildings were too tall. Now itll be a battery plant and a massive parking lot lol"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-09T18:15Z 130.3K followers, 140.8K engagements

"I need about XXX of these continually in operation across the country 24/7"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-10T13:00Z 130.3K followers, 32.4K engagements

"A rural Austrian village of 8000 people gets XX trains per day while Columbus Ohio with a population of 913000 receives none. We don't need a perfect rail system but we deserve better than this"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-05T18:03Z 130.3K followers, 27.5K engagements

"There are XX flights daily between Chicago Indianapolis Louisville and Nashville. High-speed rail could easily connect these cities within X hours of each other. Chicago - Nashville: XX Chicago - Indy: XX Chicago - Louisville: 20"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-08T13:15Z 130.3K followers, 67.2K engagements

"@96hoya What Texas Indiana Missouri and North Carolina and what X others will do Yall have no leg to stand on and the No on XX people are doing it on partisan grounds"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-17T02:45Z 130.3K followers, XX engagements

"A big hidden cost of apartment living is having laundry out of unit you wind up paying a lot each month. In my building its nearly $X per load"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-13T01:14Z 130.3K followers, 91.6K engagements

"It took DOT leadership under the Bloomberg administration to fight the entire NYC machine to get this done and I cant imagine business or public support for reversing it"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-13T18:30Z 130.3K followers, 54.9K engagements

"@spencerpratt But gerrymandering is good when it's not put through a referendum in red states correct"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-11T19:45Z 130.3K followers, 160.4K engagements

"Kansas City used to be served by 200+ trains daily and now sees 4"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-09T21:55Z 130.3K followers, 66K engagements

"The amount of land just prime for redevelopment in every city in the United States is just such low-hanging fruit. (Tampa)"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-06T14:54Z 130.3K followers, 88K engagements

"If tariffs are going so well why do farmers need a bailout"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-15T02:17Z 130.3K followers, 335.8K engagements

"When you think of it it's absolutely crazy that LA Metro built a rail station in the middle of this interchange"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-11T15:12Z 130.3K followers, 189.1K engagements

"I know its a very superficial way of thinking about things but do none of our countrys leaders realize that our economic competitors have rail infrastructure that looks like this"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-11T14:38Z 130.3K followers, 15.7K engagements

"The Elizabeth Line in London moves 800000 people daily. No highway at its busiest point moves that many people daily in North America"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-14T23:58Z 130.3K followers, 838.1K engagements

"It is sorta crazy that an entire industry which powers X% of the country's electricity and employs 370000 people is being ended because the President thinks it doesn't work "if the sun doesn't come out""
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-12T20:18Z 130.3K followers, 930.4K engagements

"@SCMountainGoat Any reason you dont comment on stuff like this"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-16T03:58Z 130.3K followers, XX engagements

"This was once the rail system of a portion of the Midwest. When I talk about how we used to have the greatest rail system in the world I mean it"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-12T17:47Z 130.3K followers, 47.9K engagements

"Like genuinely this isn't even a partisan thing but in what way do people objectively look at Oklahoma City and Dallas-Fort Worth and think it's better than Boston"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-10T02:52Z 130.3K followers, 17.5K engagements

"The Portland Airport is truly stunning. Sometimes we don't realize the impact that great civic infrastructure can have on people"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-14T14:23Z 130.3K followers, 59.5K engagements

"To clear California High-Speed Rail for use on EXISTING train tracks between San Jose and San Francisco alone the environmental review process produced a final report of 8204 pages (456 hours of reading) and took almost XX years to complete. We need reform"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-09-26T18:38Z 130.3K followers, 203.2K engagements

"@RubiconCrosser1 So using your logic New Hampshire and Maine are urbanist paradises with great transit"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-07T17:18Z 130.3K followers, 12.3K engagements

"In an extreme example the inner core of Tokyo is XX% smaller than Charlotte NC and houses XXXX million more people. Our cities are not full and they are where we need to focus growth"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-06T21:11Z 130.3K followers, 1.6M engagements

"Isn't it interesting that a proposed city by the private sector is more walkable than most of America I was told that endless strip malls and needing to drive everywhere were what the "market wanted""
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-14T21:38Z 130.3K followers, 53.7K engagements

"@GOP_ATL It's scary Mamdani wants to host the Saudi's for a golf event. What happened to never forget"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-17T04:29Z 130.3K followers, XX engagements

"Over the last four years youd see wall to wall coverage in the news media and people posting their grocery hauls as to how expensive food is and now I never see it. How odd"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-13T13:30Z 130.3K followers, 1.1M engagements

"It was a bipartisan act of congress to both plan and build such a beautiful system. If only we could do that today"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-14T04:18Z 130.3K followers, 36K engagements

"Subway Builder is an amazing game. I cannot wait for you all to play it"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-09-25T02:12Z 130.3K followers, 107.2K engagements

"We tried and yall hated it"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-08-30T23:26Z 130.3K followers, 12.8M engagements

"How many marathons in history have taken place in active war zones"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-13T13:52Z 130.3K followers, 95.9K engagements

"Not a single mention of building more housing"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-16T23:42Z 130.3K followers, 28.1K engagements

"@GregAbbott_TX Remember when you said it would be war if Biden nationalized the Texas national guard just last year lmao"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-06T03:37Z 130.3K followers, 191.8K engagements

"Tough day for the "only the private sector should build rail" constituency"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-16T13:53Z 130.3K followers, 40K engagements

"@AConcernedPare2 Sure so there are these things called batteries and they store energy. Hope this helps"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-13T15:19Z 130.3K followers, 10K engagements

"@RealJamesWoods Yeah James she wore this hood at the direction of the Capitol Police on January 6th or the day of love according to you"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-12T16:06Z 130.3K followers, 26.3K engagements

"Brooklyn has some of the best street canopies in the country"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-10T15:21Z 130.3K followers, 70.4K engagements

"@roshmusimgs @BryonTRussell @Uber @lyft @DoorDash So how does a single road of a dozen entries stop you from enjoying a farmers market above X subway lines"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-13T22:23Z 130.2K followers, XXX engagements

"The one messaging I cannot reconcile with has been that Zohran will destroy a great city that the right also thinks is a war zone and merit of troops"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-17T03:31Z 130.3K followers, 4290 engagements

"Good to know the rail of Argentina is being fully funded while our projects domestically get defunded lol"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-03T13:39Z 130.3K followers, 420.6K engagements

"@PhilMickelson Absolutely Phil $XXXX Million is nothing compared to the $XXX Million you got from the saudis"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-10T01:46Z 130.3K followers, 18.5K engagements

"@TheRickPatton @TaritaC @CrimsonEsquire Do you think Massachusetts is gerrymandered"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-16T03:03Z 130.3K followers, XXX engagements

"Honestly the vision it took to rethink this into a linear elevated public park was genius"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-09-30T14:38Z 130.3K followers, 820.6K engagements

"I just think zoning should make it legal so everyone can be within walking distance of a neighborhood corner cafe/restaurant/bar"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-11T18:54Z 130.3K followers, 300.5K engagements

"@monkieboy99 Genuinely curious as a new gay conservative what's your views on gay conversion therapy"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-15T15:26Z 130.3K followers, XX engagements

"I really enjoyed Life After Cars written by Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon the podcast hosts of The War on Cars. Its a must-read"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-14T00:03Z 130.3K followers, 32.9K engagements

"@antemodernist Because to be clear no energy industries receive federal subsidies correct"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-12T22:51Z 130.2K followers, 17.8K engagements

"We cant because having outdoor cafes and walkable cities is considered communism and this is considered freedom:"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-13T22:10Z 130.3K followers, 132K engagements

"NYCs transit system is one of the most incredible logistical marvels in the world and moves millions of people daily"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-13T17:26Z 130.3K followers, 939.6K engagements

"@AdamNMayer The Supreme Court and Republican state houses are working to eliminate as many democratic districts across the country as they can to usher in one part rule. Would you mind pointing to a tweet where you think thats bad"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-16T05:35Z 130.3K followers, XX engagements

"@matt_vanswol Matt I am curious why do you think he mentioned Joy Reid Michelle Obama Sheila Jackson Lee and Ketanji Brown Jackson when he made the comment people are referencing to There's nothing that unifies them together other then them being black woman no"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-11T14:59Z 130.3K followers, 23.2K engagements

""So you spend hundreds of billions of dollars annually on roads and highways and the traffic is still bad""
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-10T21:17Z 130.3K followers, 10.2K engagements

"@MichaelBarone I mean we have the most extensive freight system but it's not electrified and we don't really double stack like other countries so we have a lot of room for improvement"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-12T19:30Z 130.3K followers, 1401 engagements

"I feel like we dont mention enough how incredible of a technological feat it is to be able to view nearly every street in the world from an app"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-09-30T16:38Z 130.3K followers, 5M engagements

"@TheRideshareGuy I would LOVE to know. Brightline won't show anything with respect to their project management and costs associated with this project given they're private. My guess is materials might've gotten more expensive"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-16T14:24Z 130.3K followers, 2009 engagements

"@PaulDMauro @ZohranKMamdani Maybe he should take XX% stakes in real estate companies"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-17T02:41Z 130.3K followers, XX engagements

"Cancel the busiest rail tunnel in the western hemisphere to own the libs"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-16T01:15Z 130.3K followers, 156K engagements

"@umlaut Quick question why do the most liberal and diverse cities have this Wouldnt it be the opposite according to you"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-13T23:02Z 130.3K followers, 3065 engagements

"@JTLonsdale Are you insinuating that southern states will draw XX% of their districts to have democratic representation given a place like Louisiana voted for Harris by XX% and will most likely see no blue districts post VRA"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-16T12:30Z 130.3K followers, XXX engagements

"San Franciscos planning laws are so absurd that XX people blocked a private company from opening a Pilates studio because they didnt want competition. Why is asking the public if a business can open in an existing storefront even a thing"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-04T14:30Z 130.3K followers, 193.7K engagements

"The reason we need to allow agencies to do work in-house is so that they don't spend $X million on a consultant who doesn't know their train operations better than they do. I promise you know the agency staff knows where the station should go I promise"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-09T12:49Z 130.3K followers, 141.8K engagements

"@E_Barcohana And whats North Carolina and Indiana and Missouris reasoning I will say very interesting you dont seem to have an issue with this law given it doesnt exist in the other states gerrymandering"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-17T01:58Z 130.3K followers, X engagements

"@MargoinWNC And the redistricting that already happened in 2023 by the GOP in North Carolina was what"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-15T02:14Z 130.3K followers, XX engagements

"The "no name country artist" who held the largest ticketed concert in U.S. history (112000 people) last week"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-06T22:22Z 130.3K followers, 1.4M engagements

"Knocking down a gorgeous rail station for a strip mall is a perfect encapsulation of how this country views rail transit. (Portland ME)"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-08T00:23Z 130.3K followers, 52.7K engagements

"@garrytan Garry take two seconds today to listen to the Supreme Court and see the two states that already gerrymandered in republicans favor and revisit this tweet"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-15T21:01Z 130.3K followers, XXX engagements

"43 years ago France proved trains could reach XXX mph. Today the Acela the fastest train in the worlds largest economy averages just XX mph. Dont let anyone tell you weve truly tried high-speed rail in this country and it didnt work"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-08T18:09Z 130.3K followers, 4.7M engagements

"It takes 10+ hours to get between Dallas and San Antonio via train. Meanwhile in China:"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-04T21:58Z 130.3K followers, 122.7K engagements

"We've shifted from building parks that everyone can access to ones you can only reach by car"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-15T13:35Z 130.3K followers, 74K engagements

"@ChefGruel Gerrymandering is good when republicans do it"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-16T01:47Z 130.3K followers, XXX engagements

"Its advised to arrive at the airport two hours before your flight yet bullet trains could get you between these cities under that: Dallas - Houston NYC - DC NYC - Boston Atlanta - Charlotte Dallas - Austin SF - Los Angeles Chicago - Detroit Chicago - Cincy Seattle - Portland"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-10T00:21Z 130.3K followers, 17.4K engagements

"@roshmusimgs @BryonTRussell @Uber @lyft @DoorDash Sorry you saw this and thought it was better for car traffic"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-14T01:19Z 130.2K followers, XXX engagements

"@roshmusimgs @Uber @lyft @DoorDash Yes no one goes to Union Square anymore"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-13T21:07Z 130.3K followers, XXX engagements

"It's interesting that Sweden has more billionaires per capita than the USA while also offering XXX days of paid parental leave universal healthcare free college and excellent transit; policies I was told would be "socialism" if implemented here"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-07-28T19:41Z 130.3K followers, 1M engagements

"The unintended consequences of eliminating property taxes would be fascinating: What do you mean the city next door got a brand-new school and has a better police department than ours Everyone will still expect the same level of services and infrastructure in every zip code"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-12T16:11Z 130.3K followers, 122.6K engagements

"Something I really love is labeling entrances and exits to subway stations and tying that into data so Google Maps will tell you which means of egress to take when leaving your stop paired with wayfinding inside to guide you further"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-15T22:09Z 130.3K followers, 14.4K engagements

"The view from Amtrak as you enter NYC is one of the best in the city"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-04T13:19Z 130.3K followers, 196.3K engagements

"@soulkhan Glad people are getting an insight on the state of my replies"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-13T18:23Z 130.3K followers, 5716 engagements

"Interesting that the communist talked the most tonight about making it far easier to build apartments and the Republican said he was against more housing. Housing politics in this country is crazy"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-17T02:40Z 130.3K followers, 16.1K engagements

"Our biggest economic competitors have train stations that look like this and Americans want to debate whether we should have trains that connect major cities"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-09-01T14:59Z 130.3K followers, 6.8M engagements

"@roshmusimgs @BryonTRussell @Uber @lyft @DoorDash And you think car owners which NYC has the fewest of in the country would be a better use of space LMAO"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-14T15:12Z 130.2K followers, XX engagements

"@AndrewCFollett So based on this logic Louisiana and Indiana should have no dem districts when they also vote around XX% for Dems"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-16T04:17Z 130.3K followers, 7526 engagements

"Im the first to talk about governance in blue cities but this talking point is funny what are the big red cities with a better quality of life housing situation culture walkability and transit that blue cities should aspire to"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-10T02:49Z 130.3K followers, 254.4K engagements

"I just find it hard to believe that those who decry government overreach and tyranny think this is great"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-15T00:14Z 130.3K followers, 47.8K engagements

"@typesfast @CAgovernor Great keynote yesterday"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-15T17:03Z 130.3K followers, 2468 engagements

"@erickson_68 Now do Texas Tennessee Kentucky the Carolinas Florida Utah Wisconsin and Iowa"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-17T00:20Z 130.3K followers, XXX engagements

"Its a gorgeous station but Spain can build nearly X miles of subway for the cost to overhaul this station"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-16T12:39Z 130.3K followers, 65.8K engagements

"@austinmmonteiro Just to be clear Austin you're in favor of the discharge petition for the Epstein file release"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-11T19:59Z 130.3K followers, XX engagements

"@VGrubsky Well Los Angeles needs a lot more transit and far better land use for sure"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-15T02:44Z 130.3K followers, 11.6K engagements

"Harris got XXXXX% of the vote in the state and the Republicans gerrymander in 2023 resulted in Democrats winning only XX% of the seats but tell me more about how Prop XX is undemocratic lol"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-13T20:11Z 130.3K followers, 138.9K engagements

"In 2025 having gay characters in media is considered woke. Yet in 1977 Bea Arthurs Maude featured a scene in a gay bar where she defended the establishment and called gays human beings at a time when the countrys approval rating was under 1%. Imagine the backlash today"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-12T01:45Z 130.3K followers, 25.4K engagements

"For the many who arent reading the piece I conclude that it doesnt give me a good plan and the map above was made by myself from what it said. So the map and artifacts were not created by AI"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-11T17:30Z 130.3K followers, 5385 engagements

"Im sorry but its so odd that not being able to pump your own gas has bipartisan support in New Jersey in 2025"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-09T00:37Z 130.3K followers, 125.7K engagements

"Im so sorry but if you believe in letting people die in emergency rooms because they dont have proper worldly documentation its an affront to God"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-03T21:22Z 130.3K followers, 4.9M engagements

"Hey so where are we on the Melbourne airport rail link"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-09T05:52Z 130.3K followers, 7292 engagements

"50th ranked in education btw"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-09-23T21:52Z 130.3K followers, 2.9M engagements

"@darren_stallcup Interesting he cant send the national guard to the Capitol building but can to any city he wants. Huh"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-16T02:45Z 130.3K followers, XX engagements

"@PatrickSchuess1 Now do Florida Texas Missouri Iowa Georgia Utah"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-13T20:47Z 130.3K followers, 2548 engagements

"Other countries are just eating our lunch when it comes to building transit and its so embarrassing"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-14T13:22Z 130.3K followers, 38.1K engagements

"@BanterBard987 But the Republican outright refused to build housing. that's what I am saying"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-17T03:55Z 130.3K followers, XXX engagements

"Debate aside even towns like this used to see multiple trains per day to connect them to the nationwide rail network"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-13T04:40Z 130.3K followers, 39.6K engagements

"Its absolutely wild that you can take this train to and from an airport and you can fly and land in the United States and your only option will be rideshare a bus that comes every XX minutes or to rent a car. Are we genuinely not embarrassed"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-09-19T00:20Z 130.3K followers, 3.6M engagements

"Wheres the street parking"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-11T22:16Z 130.3K followers, 73.5K engagements

"To their credit Republicans in Utah Montana Texas and North Carolina have passed major pro-housing legislation and yet theres something about the water in the Northeast where Republicans HATE more housing"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-10T22:58Z 130.3K followers, 3222 engagements

"I asked ChatGPT to build a rail system for the Midwest that wouldnt be considered a fantasy. It came back with nine new regional rail lines and five higher-speed trunk routes. Thoughts"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-11T16:13Z 130.3K followers, 77.4K engagements

"@SecDuffy The president has literally been golfing Sean"
X Link @the_transit_guy 2025-10-12T17:38Z 130.2K followers, 1251 engagements