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I've added a new feature to Transit Explorer—the database of the world's fixed-guideway transit systems: The ability to compare cities, side by side, at the same scale. Here, for example, is Washington vs. Chicago, and Singapore vs. London! Play around: www.thetransportpolitic.com/transitexplo...

There is perhaps no car manufacturer more than Volkswagen where Germany’s erratic approach to electrification is having a greater impact.

Genuine question: Can anyone explain to me why Dubai Metro is building this branched Blue Line instead of just extending the Red and Green Lines?

Shocking.

NYC bus speeds are up 5% since automated enforcement of illegal parking and standing in bus stops and bus lanes for more than five minutes began, though the share of license plates that are unreadable by cameras has risen from 7% in 2024 to 17% in Q1 2026 gothamist.com/news/the-mta...

A few more pictures of the new underpass. A lot of energy was spent to prevent car users from ever taking it "by accident". A curb modal filter on the western entrance, traffic lights, and the bus lanes narrow to a single lane under the tracks. @chittimarco.bsky.social

Good news: 10 years on from the referendum, it turns out that Brexit created 15,000 jobs, added billions to the economy and resulted in a tax windfall and a building boom. Bad news: all those Brexit Benefits happened in Frankfurt www.fr.de/frankfurt/so...

Champions League der Recherche vom Spiegel. Ein Südtiroler 'Ministerpräsident" findet Erwähnung. Eine "Stadt" namens Brenner...

Eurozone unemployment rates fell to 6.2%, tying the lowest on record, in data released this morning, while the EU held steady at 6% Czechia (3.1%), Bulgaria (3.2%), & Poland (3.3%) had the lowest unemployment, while Finland (10.5%), Spain (10.3%) & Sweden (9.2%) had the highest

#Finland opens world's longest car-free bridge, intended for bicycle riders, pedestrians and mobility device users, and transit riders. #Helsinki's Kruunuvuori Bridge is 1,191 metres long, and will soon be served by trams. newatlas.com/architecture...

Civils and tracklaying have been completed on the 44km, €2.7 bn segment of Milan-Venice HSR between Verona and Vicenza. It's due to open for revenue service with the winter 2026 timetable change. veronapadova.it/completate-l...

Eine der irrsten Ideen der Ära Durnwalder: Bruneck zur "Universitätsstadt" zu machen.

Nach nem Dreivierteljahr kann man jetzt auch endlich den Südtirol-Fix365-Pass mit der App verknüpfen und entwerten. Gut, besser als nie. Aber vermutlich heißt das auch, dass das Warten auf die für September 2025 angekündigte App aufgegeben wurde und erst mal an der alten App weitergebastelt wird.

The median age in #Italy has increased by *four years* since 2015. Damn.

Wie ist das eigentlich möglich? Haben die eine Positivliste zulässiger Zeichen definiert (inklusive à und ù usw.), aber niemandem ist der Gedanke gekommen, dass im Jahre des Herrn 2025 es auch italienische Staatsbürger mit "ausländischem" Zeicheninventar geben könnte? @christophmoar.bsky.social

There’s a paradox around remote work. Jamie Dimon says it will kill productivity, while startups are hiring for remote roles. Who is right? With Abhinav Gupta and Elena Simintzi we try to resolve this dispute Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Substack: arpitrage.substack.com/p/remote-wor...

One of Italy's oddities: most new technical installations will still use "hybrid" sockets that can accommodate German Schuko/Europlug, but also the "traditional" Italian 3-prong Type L plug, a close-to-extinction technical standard by and large unused in any device built in the last 2-3 decades.

India’s demographic shifts are a crossroads: they could spark overdue debates on reproductive freedom, women’s rights and future labour markets — or be weaponised to deepen ethnic divisions. scroll.in/article/1088... How Indians respond will shape the fate of the country’s democracy. By Rukmini S

I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.

NEW from me: Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent. That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀

The car crisis tops today’s EU summit but leaders keep staring at the wrong problem The issue isn’t the 2035 engine ban - it’s demand falling off a cliff today With @sandertordoir.bsky.social and @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, we show why flipping regs won’t help - and what the EU can do instead.

Interesting comparison on display along the Pustertal railway in South Tyrol, Italy. Left: catenary portal from the late 80s. Right: RFI's 2025 edition. The size escalation comes probably down to standardization efforts. Correct, @chittimarco.bsky.social ? (photo isn't mine)

Social media use begins global decline. For the first time, time spent on social media is falling worldwide. An analysis of 250,000 adults across 50 countries shows average daily use dropped nearly 10% since 2022, reversing a decade of growth. buff.ly/z7nfRnN #ShareGoodNewsToo

Hat jemand aus der journalistischen Zunft Südtirols eigentlich schon mal was zum lustigsten aller Steuerhinterziehertricks geschrieben? Auf immer und ewig handgeschriebenes Zettele "Bancomat außer Betrieb" raushängen und schon ist der rechtlichen Pflicht scheinbar genüge getan?

#Berlin makes losses in the millions on its ... residential parking permits. Because the price of about €10 per year is lower than the costs to the administration (which is about €42). www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/koste...

Wer's immer schon mal wissen wollte: Auf der Brennerbahn fahren täglich zwischen Bozen und Trient (nur eine Richtung) 54 Personenzüge - erste Fahrt 5:00 Uhr, letzte 23:15 Uhr. Bei rund 18h Betriebszeit (die 2h Wartungspause am späten Vormittag ignorierend) ergibt das im Schnitt 1 Zug/20 Minuten.

We don't realize how radically different (and overall better) intercity rail travel is today in many European countries compared to before WWII, which is generally considered the peak of the railway era. trains per day, Milano-Roma (one direction) 1938 = 18 tomorrow = 91 five times more

And this is true also for regional service on most lines that survived the cuts of the postwar years. Daily trains between Bologna and Imola (one direction) 1938 = 11 1975 = 21 1998 = 31 ( w/ 1 hourly-ish clockface IR regional express) 2025 = 58 (with 2 hourly clockface fast and 1-2 hourly locals)

Italy has seen a strong post-COVID jobs recovery—employment rates are up 4%, hitting their highest levels on record Unfortunately, that still leaves them with by far the worst employment rates in the EU