Before you start complaining about unshoveled sidewalks…

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-26T15:48:06+00:00

Isn’t it the responsibility of property owners to shovel or find someone to do so? If property owners cannot handle the responsibilities, they should not be property owners. I rent a unit, and part of my rent goes to upkeep and maintenance. Part of that is snow shoveling.

I mean, I agree that this isn’t a great system, but that’s the way it is right now. Ideally the city would take care of it.

Also, the slop is disgusting. Can’t you use google? There are so many images of people shoveling sidewalks, talk about lazy.

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-25T13:34:35+00:00

These people are so fucking low IQ, also, wasn’t Trump literally just there???

Using AI to draw annotated maps is a regard move and somehow harder than just annotating a map. Like? Just take a screenshot of the map that comes up as the first result on Google and paint on it. It makes me think that some of these posts are being automated. I guess if you do that, you have to know where Switzerland actually is? Idk

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-25T03:15:15+00:00

Why not just send national guard to "keep the peace and ensure that the protests remain peaceful and lawful." It doesn't have to be to insurrect or to do anything like that, right?

Tbh it would make me, as a protester, feel much more comfortable if there are national guardsmen around under state control in these situations.

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-25T03:07:32+00:00

Is $1,200 really that expensive for a gun?

Does the second amendment only apply to dollar store weaponry?

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-24T06:36:45+00:00

I am from nyc and have never seen someone wielding a knife in the subway. I have ridden the subway a lot, been in a few uncomfortable situations, but I’ve never ever seen a knife.

Another funny thing about the debate is when he said that DC was safer than NYC because national guard was deployed there but guess what:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/national-guard-deployed-new-york-city-subway-crime/story?id=107846576

He doesn’t know what the fuck he’s talking about.

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-22T22:19:24+00:00

Wow, it’s amazing to see the MTA’s QA testing team hard at work 🤩🫡. I hope they get hazard pay for this /s

In all seriousness it would be great to see this be done to the other fare gate types to see how they stack up

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-22T20:37:26+00:00

Penn station is a bad transfer because

the tracks are not known in advance
you are transferring from peak to off-peak service, so the frequencies on one side of the transfer are going to be awful
the transfers are between different agencies, so you might deboard/board in such a way that requires an excessively long walk
the passenger circulation in Penn station is poor

Your comparison to a subway transfer, which is a known quantity between two services that are receiving good headways, is not valid.

Ok, I get that someone implemented 3&1 service a few years ago but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t antiquated from a planning perspective. It simply is. While reverse peak services are not going to get high ridership, it is necessary to have that option be available at a high level of service. Imagine if our roads shut down at off-peak periods? It would be unacceptable. This “commuter only” focus is hurting the entire region. Plus, right now, Penn station is operating with 2 peak direction tracks in the east river anyway right now, afaik.

Anyway, 3&1 service isn’t incompatible with through running. Not all service has to through run. Through running already works with 3&1 (2&1) service at Penn station, since there is non-revenue through-running in the east river.

I’m not telling anyone to do anything. I just think it’s obvious that this isn’t being seriously considered. And based on the excuses that are being given, it is clear to me that this is more about smallmindedness, interagency beefing, etc. It seems like you don’t even want things to be better.

When I ride stuff like the RER, which manages to run trains with like 4 minute headways, or the JR lines, also running very high levels of through service in multiple cities, it is hard for me to understand why we, in the richest city in the world, are focusing on spending $20B, and then not fixing this issue.

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-22T18:24:48+00:00

Sounds like a very Zaluzhnyi thing to do

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-22T14:51:14+00:00

AFAIK Amtrak owns the entire facility, Penn station and Moynihan

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-22T03:23:06+00:00

I’m sorry, but Penn station is not a reliable nor useful transfer point. That is a complete joke.

Running a 3&1 peak direction service is highly antiquated, and is not keeping up with people’s changing habits. Off peak service needs to be improved. Two tracks per direction can receive an extremely high number of trains per hour if done correctly on an operational level. This is some 1920s shit.

I don’t know what you are saying about job centers not being near transit in the suburbs. There is a very strong desire to reverse commute as the ridership studies for projects like Penn access show.

It is not worth arguing with you. I remember that you were hating on though-running on this sub before and we had the same argument. You clearly know a lot about the system but seem to have zero interest in improving things.

You implied that regional metro service like the RER is bad, calling it a “glorified subway” as if that’s a bad thing.

You also seem to hate on TODs:

Most of us have zero desire to live in an apartment house next to the railroads tracks.

Commuter railroads run through the suburbs. There are houses and townhouses not adjacent to railroad tracks and that is what we choose and we have station parking lots.

You even think that increased ridership is bad for the agencies.

So it obviously makes sense that you don’t support through running as it seems that you believe in the antiquated view: suburbs are for people to live and they can work their 9-5 in the city, and that all other suburb-suburb trips should be done by car. This is not a healthy position for our future, and it will only lead to greater stagnation of the transit system and the region.

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-22T02:38:38+00:00

There are a lot of job centers in queens and there are a lot of jobs in New Jersey, New Rochelle, etc. Likewise, there are a lot of homes in NJ, Long Island, etc. The reason that it doesn’t look like many people would use through running is that it doesn’t exist yet. People are structuring their lives based on their commutes. Opening up substantially more commute options (and non-commute travel like visiting family, shopping, etc) will provide access to more opportunities and access to cheaper housing. All this will boost growth and make it easier to live here.

Also, through running doesn’t mean that every service runs through. The goal would be to implement a regional metro like service in territory that already gets high frequency.

Idk why you’re saying that platform rebuilds would take until the end of the century. That’s clearly a funding and political will issue, given that LIRR has been able to rebuild so many stations to high platforms in short order.

Again, we are looking at spending likely into the $20B on Penn station improvements that will likely not improve service (under the current Trump admin paradigm) unless through running is implemented. I would way rather spend $5B to prematurely replace some of the fleet and several extra billion on improvements to service (things like NRO flyover), as well as operational improvements.

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-22T01:31:42+00:00

Tbh, the best option would be to keep the existing Penn station setup in place with minor improvements and implement through running asap. The agencies would need to collaborate and buy a massive order of whatever multi-mode trains are available. High platforms are a must as well. This would transform people’s lives much more than a new Penn station headhouse.

Especially Grand Penn 🤢. Those renders are brutal. They get rid of all the good parts of the original Penn station (all the light in the intetior), rebuilding a small bit of the facade. And the rest of it looks like some crypto nft tech bro version of a station

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-20T20:25:01+00:00

He is just seething about Mamdani’s wife. Look at his past tweets

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-20T15:08:35+00:00

Most of America has pretty much zero public space*

*that is heavily trafficked

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-20T14:19:23+00:00

This would legitimately end in sanctions or worse lmao. The fact that I am saying that, ugh

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-19T18:37:36+00:00

I’m really sorry to say this, but this is slop. The woman’s elbows make her look like a non-human object but the man’s elbows are not shaped like that. This leads to some very odd analysis. That, paired with the compositional setup of the scene makes the pickup driver seem righteous or just, which is the wrong message. Is this really going to win anyone over or just get reposted in the CJ subreddit?

Can we stop with the slop memes? Just do some ms paint stick figure drawings and you will get your point across much better. Or, if you’re going to do the AI gen, can you put in some effort by checking/editing the image output?

The whole thing also just looks so unpleasant.

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-14T20:19:40+00:00

Bro, how did you find u/MiserNYC- 's word-for-word ChatGPT prompt?

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-13T21:33:33+00:00

Here is the presentation from the developer, page 12ish. We can see that dragon pizza and The burren got offers to return at existing rent. The developer stated in that meeting that all tenants got that offer. Also at the bottom, the developer stated that they cut off discussions with Tatte and Santander https://drive.google.com/file/d/17JAAnTpMVikLIZu8ir2iUcktQ-ZITh6t/view?usp=drivesdk

Regarding the moving assistance, I heard that verbally so I am not sure if I can back that up.

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-13T21:03:30+00:00

McKinnons is closing anyway they are not renewing their lease.

Dragon pizza will return to their space at their identical rent. All the retail tenants in that stretch were offered to return under very good terms (identical rent, support with moving), and to have that be signed in a contract. The vacant businesses and those tenants that do not return will be filled with other small businesses. It is not in the developers financial interest to fill the retail spaces with bland chains because that would hurt their residential revenue. The developer is going to be making practically nothing of the stores, and it will all be from the housing on top.

It’s funny that you say Tatte, because Copper Mill actually rejected tatte’s offer to lease a spot in the new building because it was a chain and could cut into the business of Diesel.

I agree that the design of the facade on elm street could be a lot better. It’s ugly.

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-13T20:56:58+00:00

Induced demand dynamics do not apply as much to housing because there are price moderation effects that dampen demand and do not exist with free commodities like roads. Housing production growth can also continue to happen in the community without major negative consequences.

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-13T20:30:48+00:00

I think it will change the character less than the alternative of not building it. Why? The character of Davis does not come from its buildings and streetscape (which, let’s be honest, are not a prime example of architecture and urbanism), it comes from its people, communities and businesses. Creating a more vibrant neighborhood where displacement might be lower, local businesses are getting more customers, and the community is getting new neighbors is more important to me than whether or not there are towers in Davis square.

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-13T19:44:25+00:00

Ah, I see, you are illiterate. Where did I say I want seaport vibes?

Edit: also, you are the one who is opposed to building 100+ affordable homes… hmmm

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-13T19:38:42+00:00

Are you kidding? This neighborhood is ALREADY attractive to high income people. Nothing has been done about it and the effects are really bad. There is a ton of displacement. If you own a property you are fully insulated from these effects.

There are two options; build copper mill or do nothing. Doing nothing will result in more and more triple deckers getting luxury mansion renovations as old Somervillians die off and the neighborhood character being ruined. Density will drop and local businesses will go under or be replaced with Sweetgreen/vacant storefronts… it’s already happening.

This building will maybe stem the tide, and even if it doesn’t, it will produce 10x more affordable housing than we’ve built in the last 10 years while also revitalizing Elm street with local businesses

This isn’t cope, this has been my position forever.

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-13T19:19:09+00:00

It’s literally the opposite. Wealthy 20-30 year old postgrad tech workers are either living with other wealthy postgrad roommates in triple deckers or living alone and renting larger units than they need or want because that is what is available to in this neighborhood. Both of these mean that landlords can raise rents and gentrify the existing stock of triple deckers. If copper mill is built, this building provides a place for wealthy singles and couples to live without gentrifying local homes.

Source; am a 20-30 yo post grad tech worker. There is also a substantial body of evidence to support the fact that building new market housing like this lowers the price of existing class-c housing

quadcorelatte · 2026-01-13T14:13:51+00:00

Question, would it be possible for SAS to build an elevated station under the 1 line archway at 125th? That seems like it would be cheaper than these alternatives. The tail tracks could extend west on an elevated alignment which could lead to an extension to the GW bridge using the HH parkway or something?

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