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Jerome Alexander Horne

9 months

I want to take the United States from car required to car optional. Living car free shouldn't be an impediment to obtaining and keeping a job, having access to fresh food or simply enjoying time with loved ones.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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2 years

Fixed it.

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5 years

Technology won't save us from a policy problem.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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3 years

I should be able to live car free with relative ease in any city with a population over 100,000 people in United States.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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2 years

Is there any city in the U.S. seriously talking about building a bicycle freeway network? We need dedicated, paved and where possible grade separated bikeways that allow people on bikes to safely move throughout the city with out interactions with cars or pedestrians.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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1 year

😂🤣😂🤣

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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2 years

No lies detected. Source: @colvilleandersn

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3 years

Them: "Would you like us to comp your parking?" 🅿️ Me: "No, I rode the bus here. 🚍 Will you pay for my transit fare instead?" Them: "We don't do that." Me: "No? That's too bad." We should reward people for not driving instead of giving away free parking.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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2 years

The liberal blind spot for cars is really showing in the United States right now. We just have no imagination here whatsoever. It is possible to have a reality where cars aren't the sole focus of our transportation policy.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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2 years

One Times Square really is a travesty. Why they did this to building is a mystery to me.

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2 years

Say it with me: Bikes.🚲 Are.🚲 A.🚲 Legitimate.🚲 Form.🚲 Of.🚲 Transportation.🚲

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

2 years

Met a friend for drinks. Left my bag at the bar. Realized it on the bus a few stops away. Hopped off bus and onto the subway for one stop. Got my bag. Back on the bus in 7 min. Got home 10 min later than I would have. Not a big deal thanks to frequent transit. Frequency = Freedom

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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4 years

"I live in a city and yet I don't want density." "I don't want to pay higher taxes yet I don't understand why there are potholes everywhere." "Why is traffic bad? Why aren't these people on transit that I voted not to fund?"

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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5 years

“Urban transit systems in most American cities... have become a genuine civil rights issue - and a valid one - because the layout of rapid-transit systems determines the accessibility of jobs to the black community..." -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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3 years

Living car free shouldn't be a fantasy or an exception. It should be an acceptable norm and a viable option for people.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

3 years

Ah the old "I see empty buses" myth strikes again... You know what I see? A bunch of cars designed to carry 4-6 people with only 1 person in them all the time and the highways are empty at 2 am. Guess we should shut it down! So wasteful!

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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4 years

The suburbs are not a good place to raise children. Being trapped in car centric hellscape doesn't allow for the types of spontaneity, independence or cultural immersion that can happen in more urbanized areas for young minds.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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11 months

"The traffic we observe at any point in time is not a fixed and inexorable amount that must be “served,” but is simply the behavioral response of humans to the set of transportation choices available to them."

So Much for ‘Carmageddon’ (Philadelphia Edition) — Streetsblog USA

More capacity generates more travel, more sprawl, more pollution, and ultimately more congestion. It’s time to get off this treadmill.

usa.streetsblog.org

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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2 years

It's is my opinion that one of the most destructive things people have ever done is allow the private automobile to take over our lives and communities. We miss out on so much by isolating ourselves in cars and not experiencing space on the human scale with other humans.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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1 year

Demonizing people for living in the suburbs & driving cars is a dead on arrival approach if you want to spark real structural change. Most people live where they can afford to be & our current built environment precludes most from being able to safely walk, bike or take transit.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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5 years

Collision Matrix.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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2 years

Once again, I stand by my assertion that those who hold the power to make decisions about transit service should be regular riders of the system they oversee.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

2 years

I stand by my assertion that transit agency leaders & boards MUST be regular transit riders. No exceptions. It's unacceptable & a slap in the face to riders when those who have power to make decisions about systems are so disconnected from the daily lived experience of riders.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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1 year

How can you not love open gangway trains?

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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1 year

It is way too easy to obtain and keep a driver's license in the United States. I wish we retested people every 5-7 years and as people age, had the ability to tell someone you're no longer fit to drive.

It's Hard to Get a Driver's License in Holland — And That May Be One Reason Dutch Roads Are So Safe...

Even as Holland has become famous for its people-first infrastructure, U.S. advocates rarely talk about the arduous process Netherlanders must undertake before they're allowed to drive — or how...

usa.streetsblog.org

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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2 years

Them: "But Jerome, I see empty buses all the time! What a waste!" Me: "I see empty private cars sitting still taking up public rights of way all the time. Yet no one seems to see how wasteful that is. Imagine what we could do with that space if we gave it back to the people?"

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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4 years

I desire to live in a society where I don't get looks of concern or surprise when I say "I took the bus here." Or "I'm taking the bus home." Let's normalize riding the bus! - Also, we need properly funded and equitable bus service all across the US.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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1 year

I think WMATA should put a cafe car on Silver Line trains to Dulles. 🤣🤣🤣

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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2 years

Plans for my new house!

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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2 years

I'm always a bit suspicious of anyone with a Black Lives Matter or In This House, We Believe sign in their yard or window. The real test is how they would react if an apartment building was going up across the street or if a bus stop was placed in front on their home.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

2 years

Mark my words... My life's work will be dedicated to moving the needle that shifts the United States away from full car dependency. It won't be easy and it I may not live to see the full results of this endeavor but it's not for me. It's for the generations to come after me.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

3 years

An announcement: I got a new job as Director of Transit Leadership with @TransitCenter ! 🚇I'm moving to New York City! 🗽

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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2 years

"Make no small plans..." NYC Subway Map of planned expansions from 1920.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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1 year

I don't know why I like this building so much. I think the bronze/copper colors and the ever so slight taper on the way up plays a big part.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

3 years

An electric bus that comes every 45 minutes is still a bus that comes every 45 mins. Let's be sure to invest in both increasing service frequency with additional operational funding and upgrading to electric buses.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

3 years

Buses should get priority over all cars all the time. Period.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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2 years

I would love to see the next generation city builders (Where is Cities: Skylines 2?) not assume a highway connection at the start of the game. This was the default in SimCity and is the default in Cities Skylines. I feel like this preempts car centric design and planning.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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3 years

High Speed Rail is nice but don't forget about what happens when you get to your destination. We need robust local transit networks as well to ensure we get the biggest value of out High Speed Rail.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

2 years

I desire to live in a country where car ownership is optional, transit is plentiful and no one looks at me funny because I walked to a destination.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

5 years

People complain about empty buses (usually only those who have never been on transit) but no one seems to complain about all those overbuilt empty parking lots that litter our landscape.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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4 years

@IndyGoBus Red Line BRT brings me joy! All these people in their single occupancy vehicles...

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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3 years

Commuter Rail is dead. Let's call it Regional Rail! It should run often, all day, every day and be financially accessible to all people.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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2 years

If you currently don't bike, what are the main barriers holding you back from doing so? Your answer could be lack of safe infrastructure, perception of safety, ability level, and so on.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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6 months

"No one uses that bike lane!" "Well would you drive down a road that only went four blocks and didn't connect to any other roads?" We don't just need protected bike infrastructure, we need a protected bike network!

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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2 years

If 40,000 people died every year in plane or train crashes, we'd do everything possible to figure out why and prevent it from happening. However, this does happen every year with cars and we just accept it as the price for so called freedom.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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4 years

I'll keep saying it... Transit, Land Use and Housing should all be a part of the same conversation. We need to stop thinking of them as independent items.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

3 years

I've said it before and I'm saying it again... Executives at transit agencies and transit agency board members should be required to ride their respective systems at least a few times a month. No, the fancy "commuter bus" from the suburbs doesn't count. Get on a local bus!

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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2 years

You should be able to live a full and successful life without having to own and operate a private car! Most people drive in the U.S. because they have to not because they want to. The built environment makes it hard if not impossible in some places to do anything else.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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3 years

The main issue with cars is not how they are powered. The main issue with cars is that they are cars and take up too much space.

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3 years

I don't know who made this but it's so good! 😂🤣😭☠️

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3 years

Them: I can't find anywhere to park. 🅿️ Me: Yeah? Did you try walking two blocks? 🚶🏾‍♂️ We don't have a parking problem. We have a walking problem! Most Americans probably need to walk a few blocks more often anyway. Yes, I said that.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

2 years

We should just drop the term "commuter" from transit all together. No more catering to a specific group of people. Who are our riders? EVERYONE! The sooner we focus on running good service, every day, all the time, the better it will be for all people.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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2 years

I'm going to piss someone off but I don't care. Some of you on Transit Twitter are way too concerned about technical stuff that you completely miss the human element of transit. The lived experience of most transit users is not well represented in this space.

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2 years

High gas prices present an opportunity to highlight the falicy of building an entire culture and transport network around cars. When something goes wrong, there aren't a lot of alternatives for people because many of our communities preclude walking, biking or transit by design.

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2 years

If we're being honest, transit frequency of every 15 mins should not be the base for frequent service in North America. 10 mins should be the absolute floor while striving for even better.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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4 years

Semantics matter. This is a better way of phrasing what people need to be doing.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

2 years

"Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced that the city would undertake a major expansion in the city’s network of separated bike lanes, with a goal to put 50 percent of the city’s population within a 3-minute walk of a protected bike lane within 3 years."

Mayor Wu Announces Major Expansion of Boston's Bike Network - Streetsblog Massachusetts

At a press conference in Roxbury this morning, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced that the city would undertake a major expansion in the city’s network of separated bike lanes, with a goal to put 50...

mass.streetsblog.org

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

2 years

Once at a meeting, a deputy mayor of the city said "We're a world class city." I then got up and asked who got to the meeting by any other means than a car. I was the only one. To me a world class city is one people don't need cars to get everywhere or even at all.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

3 years

When people say "no one rides the bus..." I interpret this to mean they have chosen to make a part of society invisible. Out of sight out of mind so they don't have to care about the miserable conditions of bus service in most of the U.S. We need increased operations funding now!

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

4 years

I'm not anti rail. I'm anti romanticization of rail that gets in the way of providing meaningful mobility enhancements to city transit systems with the humble bus.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

2 years

After living in NYC for a few months, its really telling how much walkability, good transit and density make quality of life better after spending a few days with my family in suburban Alpharetta, GA. Having to use a car to do everything is so limiting to me.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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2 years

Lately I've been saying the phrase "From car required, to car optional" as a way to describe the movement to lessen car dependency in the U.S. For me a small victory is taking families that have multiple cars down to one. Car lite living is progress.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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1 year

"In the coming years, @Amtrak will invest over $50 billion into modern trains, enhanced stations and facilities, new tunnels and bridges, and other critical infrastructure upgrades."

Article: Introducing a New Era of Rail in America - Amtrak Media

In the coming years, Amtrak will invest over $50 billion into modern trains, enhanced stations and facilities, new tunnels and bridges, and more.

media.amtrak.com

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

2 years

How about fully electrified trains?

President Biden

@POTUS

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Under my economic plan, the great American road trip will be fully electrified.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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1 year

This right here. Fare free transit is politically popular and it's a good sound bite. But until we radically increase service quality in the U.S., transit will never help us meet our climate or equity goals. A shitty bus once an hour is just that: shitty.

Buses Shouldn’t Be Free

The push for fareless transit is downstream of a larger failure: American urban elected officials have struggled to improve government services, especially infrastructure development.

www.theatlantic.com

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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2 years

🚫🚙🚫🚙🚫🚙🚫🚙🚫🚙🚫🚙🚫🚙 Original source: Unknown

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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5 years

Electric cars are still cars. They take up geometric space and the production of batteries could be problematic for climate goals. We need to reduce car use and make better land use and policy choices supporting walking, biking and transit.

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1 year

We need to fund transit agencies so they get out of a mode of lurching from crisis to crisis. Then, we must run good service all day, every day. Work trips only accounted for 20% of all the trips people take. Time to move beyond the "commuter" mindset.

Remote Work Flipped the Commuting Script. Now Transit Must Adapt.

Washington, D.C., like many other cities, has seen a rise in remote work since the pandemic began. The lingering trend is prompting new conversations around how transit agencies and their services...

www.govtech.com

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

2 years

Work trips or "commuting" are NOT the only types of trips people make. It's not a binary to work/to home situation. Our transport networks have been largely built upon this idea. We need a multimodal system that gets people anywhere at anytime regardless of status or income.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

2 years

Friendly reminder: It's time to phase out "commuter rail."

Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

3 years

We need to sunset the concept of "Commuter Rail" in the United States.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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1 year

An oldie but a goodie! I don't know why this cracks me up every time I see it. 🤣

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

2 years

Closed restrooms at transit stations are a massive public policy failure. We can't blame everything on COVID. Having worked at a transit agency, there are legitimate concerns about safety inside restrooms, but we've got to find a better way. Public Restrooms should be a right!

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

3 years

I'm just waiting for the call from U.S. DOT! @PeteButtigieg if your seeking to build out a diverse, passionate and experienced team for your new department, consider me!

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

3 years

The time has come to drop the term and operational model of "Commuter Rail." It is an outdated concept that should sunset. We just need good rail service period. Consistent, all day, frequent, multidirectional service for the people. All people.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

4 years

When you're an urbanist visiting a friend who drives everywhere... We went to downtown Raleigh last night and circled around looking for parking for 15 mins. My friend: "Parking is a problem here." Me: In my head "Your auto centric lifestyle is a problem." 🙄

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

4 years

What do you think when you see this photo?

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

3 months

“If trains were faster and reached more destinations, I don’t think I would ever fly domestically,” Grave said. “It’s such a frictionless way to travel… and I just find it a lot more enjoyable on the train..."

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

2 years

There's some awesome stuff at the @MTA Grab and Go Pop Up Shop! This is the first time they've ever held an in person outdoor event to allow people to purchase transit memorabilia at a discounted rate.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

4 years

Transit Oriented Masks (TOMs)

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

2 years

Every time I hear someone say we need to "solve traffic," I cringe. We should stop trying to treat symptoms, traffic, and get to the root cause which are cities that are designed and planned mostly centered around cars instead of cities centered around humans.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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4 years

Dear transit agencies, Hiring more cops to tackle fare evasion is a waste of money. Stop the madness. Decriminalize fare evasion. It's expensive to be poor. Perhaps create low income fare programs instead. Thanks, Jerome

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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2 years

A free bus that comes once an hour is still a free bus that comes once an hour. That isn't very useful for anyone. We need to spend a lot more money on transit operations to provide fast, frequent and consistently reliable service 24/7/365.

Free Public Transit Is Not a Climate Policy

Dropping the farebox on buses and trains can boost ridership and ease inequality. But the environmental case for making transit free is less clear.

www.bloomberg.com

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

2 years

After getting rid of my car last year and living in NYC for a few months, I've never once thought to myself "I miss my car." The few times I've been in a car recently it's actually been a bit jarring. It's been wonderful to move about on the human scale.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

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3 years

I'm a big fan of these signs on buses.

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Jerome Alexander Horne

@jahorne

6 months

Wrong. Baltimore is the birthplace of the American Railroad. It was built long before the car and had an extensive streetcar and interurban rail network. Baltimore has great walkable/transit friendly bones. Cars have wreaked havoc on the city and we must repair that harm.

David Rahnis

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@jemillerbalt Baltimore has always been a car city. We'll drive 5 minutes to get where we're going. Not sure if that's going to change. The bike and scooter people sometimes act like they own the streets, and this can create hazardous situations.

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2 years

I wonder how many transit CEOs actually ride their system on a regular basis?

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4 years

Yes, the United States absolutely needs more transit. But it's not enough to simply run more buses and build more trains. This effort must be attached to a greater endeavor of better land use/housing policy combined with transit in the same conversation.

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2 years

If you don't ride transit regularly, then you don't deserve and should not be on a transit agency board. No ands ifs or buts here. I said what I said.

Only One VTA Board Member Uses Public Transit

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is dealing with tight budgets, low ridership and out-of-touch officials.

patch.com

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2 years

What does it mean to be an urban planner? Does one actually need a degree to become one? Fun fact: My only degree is a bachelor's in music education.

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3 years

If we're being honest, a vehicle every 10 minutes should be the baseline for frequent transit, not 15.

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Hi! I like transit! I'm gay!

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3 years

My patience for living somewhere that isn't very walkable and doesn't have decent transit has grown razor thin. I can't imagine being anywhere else. Yet we've forced millions of Americans to live in suburban hellscapes with no real choice but to drive.

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2 years

I really wish more people could experience the freedom of living car free.

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9 months

I think Bike Share systems should be integrated into the local public transit operators. Bikes and transit compliment each other so well. Fare integration would be interesting to figure out. Imagine if your transit fare included a free transfer to a 15 minute bike ride.

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3 years

Don't worry, I've got @USDOT safe in my arms until @PeteButtigieg takes over!

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3 years

I don't know who made this but 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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1 year

Parking lots are about one-fifth of all land in U.S. city centers, making them "easy to get to, but not worth arriving at."

These maps provide graphic evidence of how parking lots "eat" U.S. cities

Parking lots are about one-fifth of all land in U.S. city centers, making them "easy to get to, but not worth arriving at."

bigthink.com

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3 years

It's important that leaders making decisions about transit actually be transit riders themselves.

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1 year

I'm again visiting my parents for the Holidays in the northern suburbs of Atlanta. I can't but help to fell trapped in the so called freedom of the suburbs because I need a car to practically go anywhere.

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Save Suburbia...🙄🙄 This sign was made by some Baltimore County residents in response to MTA Maryland studying some form of high capacity transit corridor north from central Baltimore. Learn more about the alternatives here:

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