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wayfarer, civil engineer by training, transit map designer by trade. finding beauty in what’s otherwise unnoticed. Eng/ไทย. Seattle/Bothell, นนทบุรี/Bangkok, Santa Barbara.

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Cover of 東京まちなかさんぽ (City Walk in Tokyo)

Cover of 東京まちなかさんぽ (City Walk in Tokyo)

Table of contents listing 32 walks grouped in 4000 step, 6000 step, 8000 step and 10000 step categories. Key to map symbols.

Table of contents listing 32 walks grouped in 4000 step, 6000 step, 8000 step and 10000 step categories. Key to map symbols.

Instructions on how to use this book. Steps, distance, time, elevation chart, points of interest with descriptions and photos, map of route with start, intermediate and end points, 1000 step markers, progress tracker

Instructions on how to use this book. Steps, distance, time, elevation chart, points of interest with descriptions and photos, map of route with start, intermediate and end points, 1000 step markers, progress tracker

Index map of central Tokyo showing areas covered by walks and page references.

Index map of central Tokyo showing areas covered by walks and page references.

Found this book in Kinokuniya with an interesting concept: city walks categorized by number of steps

Preview pages from publisher publications.asahi.com/product/2501...

07.03.2026 14:28 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Open top of spacious tote with files, books, pens, pouches and a bottle

Open top of spacious tote with files, books, pens, pouches and a bottle

Beige Anello brand tote bag with zipped top, hand straps, shoulder strap, front zipper pocket

Beige Anello brand tote bag with zipped top, hand straps, shoulder strap, front zipper pocket

Using one of my wife’s bags as my everyday carry and I like it?

07.03.2026 13:52 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Directory of exhibitors numbering in the hundreds in a large hall

Directory of exhibitors numbering in the hundreds in a large hall

Rows of tables selling doujinshi, fan and original artworks and crafts in large convention hall

Rows of tables selling doujinshi, fan and original artworks and crafts in large convention hall

Comic Square 9, Day 1

07.03.2026 13:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

How many of us transit nerds are also road geeks?

07.03.2026 07:13 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
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Introducing the SHUT UP Act, a bill that reduces harmful noise exposure and eliminates vehicle nuisances by making it a misdemanor to:

– modify your vehicle exhaust
– “roll coal"
– obstruct or cover your license plate
– excessively tint your windows
– use aftermarket LED headlights

1/6

07.03.2026 01:37 👍 82 🔁 17 💬 5 📌 8

Welcome to Santa Barbara!

06.03.2026 15:25 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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ไอ้แม้กลูกแม่

05.03.2026 09:36 👍 16 🔁 23 💬 0 📌 0
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United Airlines can now ban passengers who don't wear headphones United Airlines added a new rule that could ban passengers who don't use headphones when listening to audio on their devices.

Now do the bus www.usatoday.com/story/travel...

05.03.2026 03:01 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
This Was Almost Lost to History
This Was Almost Lost to History YouTube video by Linus Tech Tips

ReBoot! I loved this show as a kid and glad to see it is being preserved. (haven’t been watching any LTT lately so nice job)

05.03.2026 02:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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AI-generated artwork is officially not eligible for copyright protection after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the appeal.

The court ruled that a work must have a human creator in order to qualify for copyright.

(Link: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...)

03.03.2026 20:03 👍 14127 🔁 5965 💬 212 📌 790

I recall Service Summary documents from my research in 2012. Never knew that they went that way back!

04.03.2026 06:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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TTC Scheduled Service Summaries The TTC publishes its current service summaries on its Planning page, but it’s not unusual to want to look at the old versions for comparison and history. As a convenience to readers, here ar…

stevemunro.ca/ttc-schedule...

04.03.2026 06:23 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Endorsing literally the worst big-city mayor in the country—who doesn’t just oppose new housing, but actively fights it—is completely disqualifying.

He is shameless. He needs to be trounced in 2028.

04.03.2026 04:25 👍 26 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1

Costco makes good money by charging a membership fee and making people show their card at the door, but that’s not the only reason they do that. Shoplifting goes down when crooks must pay to get in.

Same principle applies to transit: if it costs money to get in, crooks and vandals go elsewhere.

04.03.2026 00:13 👍 59 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 1
Plan Highlights
FY 25 Metrolink Reimagined: strategies applied to weekdays
FY 28: strategies applied to weekends
FY 29: Half-hourly SBL, Hourly VCL, AVL, OCL and other improvements systemwide, including weekends
FY 32: Completion of further SCORE project segments
FY35: LinkUS project completion
FY35: New VCOC line
FY 37 Southside island platform project completion, half hourly: OCL (part of VCOCL)

Plan Highlights FY 25 Metrolink Reimagined: strategies applied to weekdays FY 28: strategies applied to weekends FY 29: Half-hourly SBL, Hourly VCL, AVL, OCL and other improvements systemwide, including weekends FY 32: Completion of further SCORE project segments FY35: LinkUS project completion FY35: New VCOC line FY 37 Southside island platform project completion, half hourly: OCL (part of VCOCL)

New information on Metrolink SCORE is out:
- SCORE Phase 1 not complete until after Olympics
- Half-hour service on SBL, AVL, VCL by 2032 - but not on OCL until 2037
- LinkUS will combine VC and OC lines, delivering the Tripper service we modeled in #Electrolink!

Good projects, slow timeline.

03.03.2026 23:35 👍 40 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 4
An information pylon at a transit center with a new header.

An information pylon at a transit center with a new header.

New directional signage at a transit center.

New directional signage at a transit center.

New directional signage at a transit center.

New directional signage at a transit center.

I hear people on this app like signs...

03.03.2026 18:09 👍 23 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
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งานปั๊มฟอยล์ครั้งแรก!!? โอเนียโร่สีสวยมาก
ขายงาน CQ บูธ A51-A54 ค่ะะ
#CQ9_SAT #CQ9_SUN

03.03.2026 12:35 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

This isn't a good move. Sleep scientists have loudly warned that permanent daylight saving time isn't a good idea. The @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social ought to listen to the sleep scientists and reconsider this decision. It's also going to lead to a lot of confusion from early November until early March.

03.03.2026 05:48 👍 22 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0

It’s so refreshing to hear someone telling the truth about the LA establishment, which has no higher goal than giving the appearance of doing something while doing nothing. A change from people who want to do as little as possible to people who want to see how much is possible.

03.03.2026 05:56 👍 82 🔁 17 💬 2 📌 0
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Nice work by CM Katy Yaroslavsky to get coffee kiosks in all the new Metro D Line stations opening in May! cdn.mc-weblink.sg-mktg.com/weblink/MTc3...

02.03.2026 03:09 👍 93 🔁 20 💬 3 📌 2
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#ภพนภามีแมว จตุจักรก็มีแมวนะ #SundayCat #MarchCat #2026Cat

01.03.2026 02:06 👍 14 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 0

My first impression of the 2 WTC design is it reminds of the Sears Tower with its bundles of tubes but with bright glass instead of black.

27.02.2026 01:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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OH: a Surfliner passenger talking about the decision to take whether to take the 7:10 or 8:10 southbound from LAUS to San Diego this morning.

Love it when a plan comes together.
lfportal.nctd.org/weblink/0/ed...

26.02.2026 23:52 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Need to bring this energy to every bus in North America, and not just about the signals

27.02.2026 00:44 👍 42 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

At least it’ll be in a square and not a circle.

26.02.2026 23:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Union Station to LACMA in 20 minutes, starting May 8th!

26.02.2026 18:43 👍 21 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 1

There is hg (same prefix as the hectare) but most just call it 100 g or use colloquial names like ขีด (tick mark) in Thailand for pricing food and small bulk items.

26.02.2026 15:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And I’m intrigued by the possibility of a junction that allows direct Issaquah-Seattle service like the Oakland wye.

26.02.2026 01:57 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

South Bellevue would be less out of the way than East Main or Downtown Bellevue.

26.02.2026 01:53 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Is light rail over Mercer Slough more difficult than widening 520 through the Arboretum waterfront?

“Surface” along 405 is going to involve lots of digging and retaining walls next to neighborhoods and you still need a viaduct from 405 to the 2 Line. Doesn’t look like Eastrail is being used here.

26.02.2026 01:45 👍 15 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0