Transportgooru

Lost the old acct. & the 13K followers :) Still passionate about cities, mobility, climate change, energy, and public policy issues. Opinions R Mine & Mine Only

[Transportgooru @transportgooru]

Move over, Gout Gout.. Make room for Orville Rogers!

[Siim Land @siimland]

This is what peak performance looks like at 100 years old

Orville Rogers broke the 60-meter world record in his age group with a time of 19.13 seconds in 2018

He also broke the 400-meter record with a time of 4:16:90

[Transportgooru @transportgooru]

@airindia You all have to be embarrassed for the appalling behavior. For crying out loud, you are a flagship carrier for India and you have brought nothing but shame in handling this chaotic situation. Can @AAI_Official intervene before the situation gets out of hand??

[Transportgooru @transportgooru]

Whatever @airindia is capable of doing, there is one thing this airline is absolutely not qualified to do - flying!!!

Absolute shit show after they moved/cancelled the flight AI 4217 (Mumbai-Dubai). Passengers are irate and dressing up the airline staff! Tensions flaring now

[Transportgooru @transportgooru]

@airindia Oh, we understand. Cancellations happen but the way you handle things after cancellation is what is exposing your team’s utter incompetence. I’ve been begging to get us past the immigration so we can catch another flight.. it’s now more than an hour and no help whatsoever

[Transportgooru @transportgooru]

Well, not sure what @flyspicejet maintenance regime looks like.. but this doesn’t seem very hygienic. I looked around and every seatbelt is dirty. Yes, I get ur “low cost carrier” echo, but this is unacceptable, esp on an international flight. Do better, @AjaySingh_SG!

[CyberRobo @CyberRobooo]

🤯Absolutely insane. Unitree's humanoid robot team's performance at the 2026 Spring Festival Gala

The significance of the humanoid robot's performance lies in letting 1.4 billion Chinese people know where the future lies.

[Transportgooru @transportgooru]

We are almost a quarter of way through the 21st century, living in the most advanced technology/tools driven society that mankind has ever created.. and yet, @IndiGo6E cannot find a way to stop sticking these silly tags on our passports. Let’s do better guys!

#Aviation #India

[Transportgooru @transportgooru]

An eerie replica of scenes from the 2004 movie The Day After Tomorrow.. but with Kamchatka as the backdrop

#ClimateCrisis #livingInDenial

[DeepWebSlinger @deepwebslinger]

In a crazy never before seen weather occurrence in Kamchatka Russia, the entire city is buried in an incredible amount of snow. The worry now is the flooding that's going to happen when it melts this spring.

[New York Post @nypost]

Mamdani takes the subway from Astoria on first day in office

[Transportgooru @transportgooru]

So, just quietly @Microsoft hiked their annual subscription fee for Microsoft 365 by $31.87.. Hmmmm!

Maybe it’s their way of saying - Time to switch to Google suite?

[Transportgooru @transportgooru]

Couldn’t be more excited to see a Mayor who is not only super kind to his people but also so eloquent in addressing the mobility challenges, esp for those with special needs.. Bravo 👏 @ZohranKMamdani.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

This moment says everything about why Zohran Mamdani won.

A journalist in a wheelchair asked about accessibility and Mamdani didn’t talk down to him, didn’t deflect, didn’t politicize it. He listened.

He’s the kind of leader who respects everyone, every faith, every class, every flag.

[Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife]

Public transport often treats bikes as a luxury—or worse a competitor—but without them leaves revenue on the table.

For 25 years, the Dutch have extended their railways’ reach through (300,000) parking spaces and (25,000) shared bikes.

The result? A doubling of train ridership.

[Arun Bothra 🇮🇳 @arunbothra]

A few years ago, city bus service in Odisha had fare slabs like ₹5, 7, 10, 13, 15… up to ₹25 or ₹30.

Conductors often struggled with change, leading to delays, arguments, and irritated passengers and staff.

As managing director of the company, I discussed the problem with @PrashanthBachu, a brilliant urban mobility expert. He suggested: “Simplify it. Make it ₹5–10–15–20…”

Our team was very hesitant. As a govt company, we couldn’t raise fares. This meant we could only reduce fares to simplify the slabs — ₹7 → ₹5, ₹13 → ₹10, a clear revenue drop !

Prashanth said it wouldn’t. This sounded illogical but his reasoning was brilliant:

• Faster ticketing reduces freeloaders, those who get off before the conductor reaches them.
• Happier passengers and staff mean smoother service.
• Globally, fares are in easy multiples.

We took the risk and implemented it.

Result? Everything improved. We had fewer complaints and happier staff. And the biggest surprise: Revenue went up by 3%.

Sometimes, simplifying is smarter than increasing.

@CRUT_BBSR

[Rerum Novarum // Intel, Breaking News, and Alerts @officialrnintel]

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- The seven hostages are reported to be Gali and Ziv Berman, Matan Angrest, Alon Ohel, Omri Miran, Eitan Mor and Guy Gilboa-Dallal.
With the remaining hostages to be released at 10 A.M.

[Transportgooru @transportgooru]

Wait.. he wasn’t aware of all this “authoritarian dictator” stuff when Trump met Putin in Alaska two weeks ago? A red carpet welcome on American soil?

[Sidhant Sibal @sidhant]

Trump's trade advisor Peter navarro:

"Shame to see Modi getting in bed, the leader of biggest democracy with 2 biggest authoritarian dictators, Putin & Xi Jinping. Not sure what he is thinking. India has been in cold war, sometimes hot war with China"

[Transportgooru @transportgooru]

#India’s leaders at all levels - city, state and central - have to accept that the country needs a wholesale revamp of #infrastructure design, policy and enforcement! This is unacceptable/ unsustainable (so much productive time & fuel is spent idling in traffic)

#DemandBetter

[🚨Indian Gems @IndianGems_]

Gurgaon is completely choked 😮What's the solution to resolve this?

[Transportgooru @transportgooru]

Hmmmm.. in a nation that moves 24 million people everyday on its rail network, @IRCTCofficial seems to have some IT infrastructure issues.. as a newbie, I struggled mightily first trying to register on the website and fighting with the booking. It has to be better @RailMinIndia

[Transportgooru @transportgooru]

So, I’m just learning that @Nespresso really doesn’t give a hoot about recycling despite bragging about their lofty sustainability goals/accomplishments? What a shame!

4 days of waiting for these used capsules to be picked up (and making a couple of phone calls to nudge them.

[Transportgooru @transportgooru]

“Number two, they can’t even tell you where this Palestinian state is.”

Hmmm… Brits, the created this post- colonial mess, profoundly disagree with this above statement. :) #justsayin

[Arsen Ostrovsky @Ostrov_A]

U.S. Sec State @SecRubio on Fox with Brian Kilmeade, on those rushing to recognize Palestinian state:

"It’s irrelevant.  It doesn’t mean anything.  First of all, none of these countries have the ability to create a Palestinian state.  There can be no Palestinian state unless Israel agrees to it.  Number two, they can’t even tell you where this Palestinian state is.  They can’t tell you who will govern it.  And I think number three, it’s counterproductive."

[Transportgooru @transportgooru]

Sad to see how walking infrastructure (sidewalks, pedestrian crossings, etc) is pretty much non-existent in urban India. Safety of pedestrians is at grave risk the moment they step into these streets, esp in Tier 2 cities like Madurai #MakeIndiaWalkAgain #SmartCities @ShivAroor