Nolan Hicks
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Investigations at @streetsblognyc. Examining railroad modernization @nyumarron. Prev: @NYMag, NYP-Metro, NYDN. DMs confidential. 🤘. 🏳️🌈. Bsky: @ndhapple
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Joined October 2008
The HTML friendly version of Momentum is live (in beta): . - Ctrl+F just got a lot easier. - Link directly to each chapter . - All footnotes are anchored. - The underlying documents have been uploaded to a DocumentCloud repository for easy searching.
The NYU-Marron report on electrification is out: It pairs electrification and other components to develop a high-throughput infrastructure framework, which slashes time off of existing commuter and intercity rail services. We call it Momentum --
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The very kind folks at High Speed Rail Alliance are hosting a virtual talk for Momentum next week, May 9! I've been instructed to bully you all into coming (albeit, once again, virtually) -- Other site saw it first.
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Plus, Sam generously let me include a shoutout to my bosses at @StreetsblogNYC for giving me the time in recent weeks to get Momentum done and out the door. (Ty bosses!).
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Today’s paper!
NEWSDAY EDITORIAL: Electrify those diesel lines, LIRR; the recent NYU-Marron study is a blueprint for how to get it done. "For a region where public transit is an economic life line, that's the spark Long Island needs.". --
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In today’s paper =>.
NEWSDAY EDITORIAL: Electrify those diesel lines, LIRR; the recent NYU-Marron study is a blueprint for how to get it done. "For a region where public transit is an economic life line, that's the spark Long Island needs.". --
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NEWSDAY EDITORIAL: Electrify those diesel lines, LIRR; the recent NYU-Marron study is a blueprint for how to get it done. "For a region where public transit is an economic life line, that's the spark Long Island needs.". --
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Reupping for the Sunday crowd =>.
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RT @randimarshall: In yesterday's Point, we took a look at a new study from @ndhapple through NYU that analyzes the potential costs and ben….
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Reupping for the AM =>.
Brand new bullet trains aren't the only way to provide faster passenger rail service. Upgrades to existing tracks “can deliver a whole lot of what high-speed rail promises using the infrastructure we already have," @ndhapple finds in a new report.
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NEWSDAY's The Point: "The report, by transit writer Nolan Hicks, provides a long-needed updated and comprehensive look at what electrifying the LIRR would cost and what the impact would be." --
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RT @urbenschneider: Brand new bullet trains aren't the only way to provide faster passenger rail service. Upgrades to existing tracks “….
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RT @Cat_Victim: The gist of Momentum is that trains here (NYS, Tristate area) could be improved a lot & travel times reduced without gettin….
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