Scott Englander

On-peak hours: clean energy | entrepreneur | consultant; Off-peak: #newurbanist | tweets about energy, mobility, cities, walkability, environment

[Scott Englander @ScottEnglander]

We need "leadership on these transit and transportation funding issues.  Not bold leadership…nothing I am advocating for is bold. Not visionary leadership…nothing I have written about is visionary," …but "leadership that has a realistic & accurate understanding of the moment"

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Senate needs to get in line with House, Healey on transit funding
- @JimAloisi
https://t.co/V6BzbSG96C via @cwbeacon

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Dear Team Sandro,
We're absolutely blown away by the generosity of our community, friends, family—and total strangers—435 GoFundMe donors so far who are making the challenges we’re facing with Sandro’s treatment that much less daunting. Here's an update: https://t.co/SdmXldVwO8

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I have difficult news to share & am asking for your help. Our 21-yo @OhioWesleyan rising senior & wrestler, Sandro, was diagnosed with rare spinal cord cancer & left unable to walk. We face daunting challenges to get thru this crisis. Pls donate & share 🙏
https://t.co/8d8mNDQn6u

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Mother Nature: “Do you need me to be more explicit?”

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@jglarusso Scary. I wonder if your account has been hacked. Were the new follows at the top (recent end) of the list?

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Behind-the-meter solar is working its magic on a sunny, not too hot New England day. A puzzle: Estimated contribution of BTMPV @ 13:20 was ~4850 MW, whereas 2023 CELT forecast of BTMPV installed year-end 2023 was 3657 MW (AC *nameplate*). Losses can't account for a gap that big.

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ICYMI, check out the impressive new @transitmatters Data Dashboard. The design makes it easy to see visual metrics for MBTA speed, service, and ridership, and quickly filter it by line or time period. Providing this information so accessibly fills a critical public service gap.

[TransitMatters @transitmatters]

📈 TransitMatters Labs is excited to announce the launch of the all-new Data Dashboard!

🧵 The new version of our Data Dashboard makes it easier to explore our more popular metrics: service, speed, slow zones, & ridership: https://t.co/ZkHcDIrLAW

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@transitmatters After August 2021 or so, "plateaued" might be a better characterization than "steadily increased."

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@StrongTowns …for which no one takes responsibility, but which millions pay for with their health or their lives. And with so much infrastructure built 50 years ago to serve sprawl now needing replacement, much of the bill is only now coming due.

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@StrongTowns So true. Sprawl typically isn't financially sustainable. The cost per acre to maintain (& eventually replace) infrastructure & provide services is often greater than the meager tax revenues collected per acre from low-density development. Then there are the environmental costs…

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@rmchase @modacitylife That's what I love about Zurich—a crystal-clear river/lake right in the center, with people swimming in it & relaxing or dining on the banks.
In the US, the Clean Water Act was passed when? Yet our urban waterways are still unswimmable due to combined sewer overflows and runoff.

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@BlineTransport Bravo. THANK YOU @BlineTransport.

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@qzondervan Thanks, great work!

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@bellachu10 So the body is in the freezer?
🤣🤣🤣

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@berkie1 This bears an uncanny resemblance to the dystopian fake town in the 1975 film A Boy and His Dog.

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@jerrymberger @BostonGlobe Based on experience in every other place they've been tried, providing protected bike lanes is the best way to do that.

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@berkie1 @jfh In 2019, a broader study of crash data from 12 large US cities over 13 years found that neighborhoods with a greater prevalence of protected and separated bike facilities were "strongly associated with better road safety outcomes for all road users."

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@berkie1 @jfh In NYC, street redesigns that reduced space for vehicles to create protected bikelanes on 8th & 9th Ave led to 35%-58% reduction in injuries among all road users, including people driving & walking. https://t.co/zVukUvGJDk

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@JimAloisi https://t.co/8iyLalrnBX