Philip Mark Plotch

Transportation researcher, professor, author of "Politics Across the Hudson", Last Subway", "Mobilizing the Metropolis". Fulbright scholar. Opinions my own.

[Philip Mark Plotch @profplotch]

I'm looking forward to this.

[Philip Mark Plotch @profplotch]

SF may need to slash service on light rail, street cars, buses, and trains. Voters can vote on 2 ballot measures to bail out the system. I just wrote about the one that I find fascinating. https://t.co/Ze8L4gKeBb

[Philip Mark Plotch @profplotch]

Biggest news coming out of Illinois since a White Sox fan became pope. New head of Chicago's new transit agency. @streetsblogchi . @greenfieldjohn @talia_soglin

[Philip Mark Plotch @profplotch]

After 1993 World Trade Center bombing, two security teams examined how terrorists might attack the complex again. Including by air. @EnoTrans looks at 9/11 and transportation -- 25 years later. https://t.co/NaeUHMSzoi

[Jeff Davis @JDwithTW]

Instead of a regular issue of ETW this week, we have a special edition focusing on the changes that the 9.11 attacks brought to transportation, assembled by my colleague @profplotch with tons of expert content: https://t.co/LJPfwWbzYk

[Reed Schwartz @reedschwartzsf]

Check out @APA_Planning's article on the Transit Abundance Playbook, highlighting @profplotch's article on knowledge sharing among agencies:
https://t.co/kinG9veMg5

[Philip Mark Plotch @profplotch]

Do you know why many transit agencies are NOT documenting the lessons they learn from managing large projects????https://t.co/GNaizA5orw

[Philip Mark Plotch @profplotch]

Special edition: How transportation agencies and their leaders responded to 9/11, the lasting effects of the attacks on transportation, and the critical insights that have become clearer with time. https://t.co/IE7h7Sz5RP

[Philip Mark Plotch @profplotch]

I am really proud of @EnoTrans special edition: 25 Years After 9/11: Transportation Responses, Lasting Impacts, and Critical Lessons. https://t.co/gir0bj30qy

[Philip Mark Plotch @profplotch]

Delighted to have been on the most recent Talking Headways / @StreetsblogUSA) podcast. https://t.co/muxd4aLJxM.
The podcast takes a deep dive into urban design and transportation policy issues. And check out @theoverheadwire.

[Philip Mark Plotch @profplotch]

Whoa. In letter to Congressional leaders, US DOT Secretary just asked for more $ for Penn Station. And, he wants to rename it. He didn't say what name he wants, but I have a feeling I know. #PennStation #Amtrak

[Philip Mark Plotch @profplotch]

In @EnoTranspoWkly: 250 years after we declared independence, some things haven't changed. https://t.co/EefMqu5NnT

[Philip Mark Plotch @profplotch]

Thank you @RepMaxwellFrost for leading national efforts to improve transit. And for speaking at our event. https://t.co/Nhu17ilXns

[Philip Mark Plotch @profplotch]

Just released a report with @CALSTART and @BrookingsMetro to help transit agencies buy higher quality buses for less money and get them delivered faster. See https://t.co/bSnQ8LCPmF

[Philip Mark Plotch @profplotch]

When government agencies are afraid to share the lessons they learn -- we are all doomed to repeat their mistakes.

My article at https://t.co/sCGOcOjhAn

Thanks to @IFP and @AidanRMackenzie and @willpoffwebster

[Philip Mark Plotch @profplotch]

New report. And an event to go along with it. https://t.co/Nhu17ilXns

[Philip Mark Plotch @profplotch]

This 1978 video is fascinating for so many reasons. The Village People singing YMCA on old abandoned piers in NYC's Greenwich Village. https://t.co/6PcYSfocvJ

[Philip Mark Plotch @profplotch]

I loved my webinar this week with press folks. See article about it at https://t.co/dntGGFRWln

[Philip Mark Plotch @profplotch]

18 minutes til great free webinar (from my favorite non-profit): How transportation news is shaped and covered by reporters and government officials. https://t.co/yr6Y9OX8m9
@rachelswan, Andrew Hawkins, @CommutingLarry, Jawauna Greene.

[Philip Mark Plotch @profplotch]

It's going to be a great 1-hour webinar (and it's free): How transportation news is shaped and covered by reporters and government officials.
https://t.co/yr6Y9OX8m9
@rachelswan, Andrew Hawkins, @CommutingLarry, Jawauna Greene from @starledger, @SFChronicle, @Verge, @MarylandDOT