Erik Weber

Transportation + cities + tech nerd. Bikes. NYC. Love good music & food. Lead ops @ HQ Travel. Previous: @JUMPbyUber, @Uber maps/ops, @FTA_DOT

[Erik Weber @vebah]

.@Delta and now you all reticketed us, we only have one of 3 seats and the reservation is messed up such that TSA won't let us thru security. HELP!!

[Erik Weber @vebah]

. @Delta I have an infant in arms on my ticket & your system won't let anyone check me in and issue boarding pass. Not me, not airport agent, not the station manager. Your help phone num just hangs up. Wtf??

[Erik Weber @vebah]

@Amtrak why is the NE Regional WAS-NYP leaving 2 mins later boarding but the Acela on same route is delayed?

[Erik Weber @vebah]

Thank you @NYCSpeakerAdams for taking action on this crisis and thank you @CMCarlinaRivera for cosponsoring! We need more housing in *everybody's* backyard in NYC. And once we set an example here it will be harder for upstate NIMBYs to fight their fair share!

[(ARCHIVED) Adrienne Adams @NYCSpeakerAdams]

Thank you to all 33 of my @NYCCouncil colleagues co-sponsoring this important legislation!

[Erik Weber @vebah]

@EllisHallama @MetroNorth Don't think you're making that show. 😕

[Erik Weber @vebah]

@toriostro @PaigeAndCharles @MetroNorth They're not communicating anything at New Haven either to passengers about to board toward GCT that the train is going to leave and then sit somewhere between New Haven and Milford

[Erik Weber @vebah]

@Boenau More the latter. Apropos, posted by @theoverheadwire this morning: https://t.co/7JzyKE3p9Q

[Erik Weber @vebah]

@the_transit_guy Wow. This all-modes regional map didn't exist when I was a kid spending summers in Munich. I probably spent 100s of hours staring at the S+U-Bahn map. I was so excited to discover a U-Bahn + Tram map one year. If this had been around, I think I would still be studying it 🤣

[Erik Weber @vebah]

@bobbyfijan On the flipside, neighborhoods where larger units are most in demand (eg Park Slope), lack of new housing in that format exacerbates supply on the low end of the market because subdivided units or buildings get bought and combined.

[Erik Weber @vebah]

@bobbyfijan There is also substantial impact on stock of larger family-friendly units if new studio & 1BR housing is hard to build because it substantially increases the incentive for investors to take existing larger units off the market and subdivide it

[Erik Weber @vebah]

@MetroNorth How and why is this possible?? Is there accountability for whether operating records and customer communications match? This is not just an "inconvenience," it's the fundamental purpose of the organization.

[Erik Weber @vebah]

@MetroNorth what happened to train 6538?? Everything shows track 19 departure. Hundred of ppl waiting. No train.

[Erik Weber @vebah]

@capntransit Absolutely, so let's just say the money is going to feed the hungry. Harder to argue against, whereas ppl who just oppose paying to drive into the city now can latch onto the pretty compelling argument that the MTA is mismanaged & will just 🔥 💵

[Erik Weber @vebah]

Completely unacceptable. This is why even the most ardent transit advocates have a hard time answering people who question why we should throw more money at @MTA with Congestion Pricing

[Erik Weber @vebah]

@MetroNorth what happened to train 6538?? Everything shows track 19 departure. Hundred of ppl waiting. No train.

[Erik Weber @vebah]

So good to know in hindsight...

[Metro-North Railroad @MetroNorth]

@vebah Good Afternoon. We apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused. A review of the operating records showed that the 3:02 PM train from Grand Central Terminal to New Haven departed at 3:03 PM from Track 20. ^psp

[Erik Weber @vebah]

Now the 1534 train is going to be absolutely slammed

[Erik Weber @vebah]

At 1502 a train pulls out from Track 20, next platform over

[Erik Weber @vebah]

How about just "man dies..."? Leading with cyclist makes it about the mode and is also a dog whistle to many people for 1) entitled MAMIL road biker
2) "scofflaw cyclist" who was probably doing something wrong

[How-Sen @HowSenChong]

Here’s a few better headlines:

"Cyclist dies after being hit by driver" or

"Cyclist dies from failure to regulate large pickup trucks" or

"Cyclist dies after city prioritizes cars over people for gazillionth day"

This needs to stop.

https://t.co/0bSVqQpAOi

[Scott Lemieux @LemieuxLGM]

I'm not sure there's ever been a better illustration of both the American Cult of the Car and the American Deference to the Rich than this extremely sympathetic profile of a wealthy woman who killed 2 kids driving 80 MPH in a residential neighborhood while inebriated

[Erik Weber @vebah]

Remember back when the Macy's floats were bigger than the trucks pulling them? #tbt