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Random musings of a 🏳️‍🌈 Honolulu-based kanaka descendant & transit enthusiast who likes trains, busses, and the melodic, dulcet tones of Puakea Nogelmeier.

Honolulu, HI
Joined November 2022
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TheBussy
2 months
The @hnldts / @GoBikiHI collab starts today! 🚲 Excited to see the evolution of bikeshare and complete streets together on O‘ahu, a tandem effort that previously did not exist. Hoping the synergistic effect means faster development of bike lanes and pedestrian spaces.
@jahorne
Jerome Alexander Horne
2 months
Do you consider bike share a form of public transportation? Feel free to elaborate why or why not. I personally think that bike share should be part of the public transportation network. Buses and trains will never go everywhere and bikes really are the perfect compliment to
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TheBussy
4 months
Why didn’t you just start here in the first place? 🤨
@ElonMuskAOC
Elon Musk (Parody)
4 months
@elonmusk One day we will have this
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TheBussy
11 days
Shhhh! The East Coast is asleep! Let’s talk about how cool our transit is:
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TheBussy
8 months
@chi_urbanist Oh yeah,colazzione, un caffè, then you go home for Pauso, drink a liter of wine, and then, well, you're still kinda drunk from lunch so might as well keep drinking until 1 in the morning. Italy, in a nutshell.
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TheBussy
2 years
It’s kinda wild when you think about it: there are no metros on the continent that have platform screen doors…
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TheBussy
3 months
A new era behins tomorrow. Segment 2 is going live! ⚡️🔌 Roughly 15-20 months until operational readiness w/ service to the airport 🛫 and Kalihi TC 🏙️.
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TheBussy
8 months
The calls are coming from inside the house… 😳.
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TheBussy
8 months
The problem is most US cities chronically UNDERFUND their bus agencies, leading to poor headways and fewer routes. When you have a well-funded bus system like we do here on Oʻahu, heaps of MC people ride. Pretty much everyone on my AM #4 commute to downtown are MC workers.
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@SyntheticusAlt
Syntheticus Humanitus🇨🇦 (Holowaifus) 🐺🌾🍎🪙
8 months
No one will ever accept buses, rail is the only way to convince middle class people to use public transit. Buses will forever be seen as “poor people transit”
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TheBussy
1 year
What is happening on Maui is a direct result of imperialism and land mismanagement. The loss of endemic dryland forests to cattle ranching and water diversion for ag has allowed invasive grasses to proliferate and change the fire regime of this ‘Āina.
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TheBussy
1 year
Currently the only operational rail transit on O‘ahu.
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1 year
Beautiful bean footage of the 🏳️‍🌈 train! Also **Puakea** 🥹📢 #Hal āulaniStation #HART
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TheBussy
1 year
Very transformative…but maybe keep it open until 8,9? 😒
@MayorRickHNL
Mayor Rick Blangiardi
1 year
Skyline is open! Today, you cannot overstate the word historic, you cannot overstate the word iconic, you cannot overstate the word transformative. Rides are free for the public through July 4. Don’t forget to get your HOLO card. For more info please visit
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TheBussy
10 months
Maui’s automated people mover w/ at-grade crossings and a driver that goes to a car rental facility 🤷🏽‍♂️
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TheBussy
1 year
Are there any other metros out there that have dedicated surfboard racks? 🏄‍♂️
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3 months
@the_transit_guy Scrap the light rail and get these bad boys instead
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9 months
@AldoButtazzoni @NuanceBro @CurrentRevolt When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. Leviticus 19:33-34
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TheBussy
5 months
I don't think it's fair to judge Skyline's initial operating segment. A lot of legacy metros took a few of years to meaningfully serve work and population centers. This is not to say the city can't do more to improve ridership, but Skyline is still a baby metro.
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@headwaysmatter
Run more buses and trains
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$10 billion to build, $85 million/year in operating costs Only 3000 riders per day! LOL
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TheBussy
4 months
When someone comes for Skyline, I remind them that Honolulu is building an entire 20 mile automated metro with 19 fully-accessible stations with platform screen doors for the less than the cost of MTA building a 1 mile tunnel + a station.
@aarmlovi
@Alex_Armlovich
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@nilocobau Even with Honolulu's botched procurement, if NYC could replicate those costs per mile we'd be back in business! @ericgoldwyn and I have been talking about a HART case for a year now
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TheBussy
1 year
Prossima Fermata, Honolulu! 🏝️🌺🌈 Congratulatizione @HitachiRailIT ! Grazie per i nostri treni bellissima! 🚈🤙🏽🥰
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@cornpoppis @AP 2050: "I wonder why my kids never call me?"
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2 months
Happy 1st Birthday Skyline! @hnldts @HNL_RTD
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1 year
This is the future liberals want
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TheBussy
3 months
It’s a real thing you can try out today
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@cod1401
chelsea 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
3 months
It’s a real thing you can try today
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TheBussy
2 years
@SustainableTall Honestly the Philippines has much more pressing environmental issues to deal with. For one, most of the countries waste goes into open pit drains @and straight into the ocean untreated. Also rolling/timed blackouts (very common) will likely keep these units off.
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TheBussy
11 months
The problem with Twitter sensationalists — you aren’t hearing things from a local perspective. Here are FACTS 🧵🪡: • Only 10 of 20 trains are currently certified to carry passengers •Of the 10, 5 are actively used for interim service with 2-3 trains serving as backup
@sam_d_1995
sam
11 months
@AnonymousLeftie I am aware- I have looked at the transit plans of HART and even worked on it during my time in the senate. none of it justifies a mass transit line closing that early.
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TheBussy
24 days
Don’t get me wrong, I think Link is a really great, well planned light rail system. And there’s nothing wrong with it being light rail! But if you want to call it a “light metro” this has the be impossible:
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1 year
These two are up to something… 🤔
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1 year
@AmericanFietser It's weird to experience when you're from another state, but this is completely normal in California.
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10 months
This is henceforth known as the “Skyline foamer picture window”
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@alanthefisher
Alan Fisher
10 months
Got the PATCO foamer window this morning well heading to my parents place
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TheBussy
5 months
Skyline -- arguably the most picturesque Subway in the U.S. English-speaking world.
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@RAILMag
RAIL Magazine
5 months
RE: subway definition discussion from earlier this week from my son’s kids dictionary (suburb not cropped for fun coincidence) Caveat: U.S. English dictionary definition. Know other places use subway : underground passageway (historically, we used for that, but also trains)
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TheBussy
3 months
LA people collectively suffer from Stockholm Syndrome
@SoCalGoulah8
SoCal Goulah
3 months
Is L.A. the greatest big city on planet earth?
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TheBussy
2 months
RIP Sombrita?
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@metrolosangeles
Metro Los Angeles
2 months
Thanks to the @LACityDPW Sidewalk and Transit Amenities Program, new bus shelters will keep popping up across the city! ☀️ "The new bus shelters feature real-time bus arrival information, large canopies, additional shade, and increased lighting."
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TheBussy
9 months
Literally fuck this guy - vote his ass out! @repward
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8 months
Scream queen 👑
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2 years
@nicotransit Well the big one is you can’t fall or be pushed onto the tracks. 3rd rails and heavy trains tend to not be very forgiving.
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7 months
Just having a New Flyer XD60 wood grain floor moment 🪵
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27 days
A lot of people think Hawaiʻi is a true-blue state, however, liberal it is not! There is a HUGE old-boy network here, with lots of corrupt players in power! Yesterday, we made a dent in that. Hoʻomaikaʻi to the progressive candidates who won their seats! Make us proud! 🤙
@Keoni_DiFranco
Keoni #ProtectPololūValley🔻🇳🇨🇳🇨
28 days
Congratulations to Tina Nakada Grandinetti, Ikaika Hussey & Kim Coco on showing perseverance, running tenacious campaigns & changing the face of progressive politics on Oʻahu. Maika’i. We thank you for your future service to the lāhui. 🎉🎉
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TheBussy
1 year
Oh mah GAWD, I can’t believe I got to ride Skyline today!! 🤪 Was this even real?!
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TheBussy
1 month
What if instead of having multiple 'railroad' names we just call them Red, Yellow, and Blue Line? 🤭
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TheBussy
28 days
Kim Coco Iwamoto has always been: Pro-Affordable Housing Pro-Tenant Rights Pro-Climate Pro-Union Pro-Native Hawaiian Pro-Keiki and Pre-K care Pro-LGBTIQ+ Rights Anti-Big Corporate Excited to see her shine as House Rep for Dist. 25!
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TheBussy
1 year
I just love the way she screams 😍😍😍
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2 months
LFG!!! 🚌🚄
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4 months
My favorite stretch of Skyline is passing the Sumida Watercress Farm after Pouhala Station. An endearing symbol of aquaculture integrated into the greater urban fabric. Bonus: Brutalist Banking Building 👀
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1 year
"Perfectly balanced, as all things should be..." 🟠🔴🔵🟣🟢🟡
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@jeremyzorek Mind the g a a a a a p...
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Yes. Don’t come to Hawai‘i. It’s awful.
@StatisticUrban
Hunter📈🌈📊
10 days
Is this a better "comfortable weather" map.
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1 year
"Elevated Honolulu rail station with [loʻi]"
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6 months
@MichaelSFBA I think it’s the other way around 😆
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5 months
These colors don’t bleed 🚌🫡
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@spd_bird
Kezl🏊MFF
5 months
POV: You're a transit system/airline in the 80s/90s trying to determine a paint scheme/livery
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TheBussy
7 months
"The nation's first European-style gangway subway cars" vs the nation's actual first European-style gangway subway cars
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@FTA_DOT
Federal Transit Admn
7 months
History in the making! @MTA recently rolled out the nation’s first European-style gangway subway cars, including wider door openings to improve accessibility, hasten boarding & reduce train sitting time. The cars were supported by $3.5B in FTA funding.
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TheBussy
2 months
Guess what y'all, she's testing...
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@EAducator
cbhula
2 months
@HNLTransitFan Oh,, thatʻs awesome... mahalo. BTW I saw the Skyline past the airport the other day. :)
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TheBussy
10 months
We salute our veterans, and thank them for their service 🫡
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1 year
Under-reported and underapreciated! All those articles last week were too quick to jump to conclusions. But still very much an automated commuter rail-esque system until it reaches Middle Street in 2025+.
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TheBussy
3 months
I’m gonna ride so many trains this weekend…and it all starts with Skyline. 😎🚈
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It’s Rail Day in Hawai‘i nei! 🌺🌈🚈
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11 months
TIL: Urbanists are much more rational than Foamers 😆🚂
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4 months
Day 1 vibes: over-capacity, s/b a metro 🫤
@oranv
Oran V
4 months
And we’re on the first 2 Line train at South Bellevue!
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TheBussy
8 months
Māhū have been living amongst us since the beginning of time and Hawaiian pronouns are genderless. 🏳️‍⚧️ If you hate Hawai‘i, aloha kākou, and Hawaiian culture so much why the fuck would you even move here?
@StarAdvertiser
Star-Advertiser
8 months
OPINION: "The disease of wokeness has not only infiltrated Hawaii’s Legislature, it has completely transformed it into a partisan conspirator of irrelevant social change." ⤵️
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🎉🎂🚝
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2 years
@NY_ACTIONS @MTA @NYCTSubway @MTA really needs to start investing in platform screen doors
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**Whispers** (Who here likes BART?)
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TheBussy
1 year
@the_transit_guy You know it's telling when even Italy, with all it's corruption, red tape, daily pauso, and need for physically stamped documents from people who don't show up half the time, can build a sleek, functioning, high-frequency HSR system.
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TheBussy
2 months
Count me in for Hag+Fag 🗳️
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@UnseenJapanSite Japanese women have to put up with so much shit from men yet society has such high expectations of them. And god forbid they be vocal about it. I feel so bad for them.
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TheBussy
6 months
Dang. The special edition @PeteButtigieg HOLO card is kinda cute w/ the rainbow that turns into a route map.
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10 months
Meanwhile in Honolulu: everything + the kitchen sink 😆
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@RM_Transit
Reece "Think Positive" Martin🚇
10 months
The difference between wayfinding on transit in Berlin and Toronto is striking. Certainly reinforces the sense that we spend more to get less.
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TheBussy
3 months
Y’all might not realize this, but we used to have TheBoat
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@sdrx902
''tukwila girl''
3 months
yearly sanpoil / keller ferry appreciation tweet
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11 months
Whenever I see this map I just wanna FULLY GRADE SEPARATE
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@trihawkfalcon
Tristen
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@southbayforward @metrolosangeles Whenever I see this map I just wanna
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TheBussy
11 months
Skyline: coming to a San Diego near you?
@ride_sd
RideSD
11 months
NEXT TUESDAY! RideSD Meeting with a special presentation by sandag to learn more about proposed transit connections to the SD airport. 11/17 6:30pm at Quartyard (downtown)
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3 months
Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈
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4 months
Listen as I sing the song of my people… 🚈
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10 months
Elevated. Automated. Light. Ⓜ️! 🚈
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1 year
OMG this shit is gonna drive me bonkers if it’s like that IRL… 🫠
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5 months
@climatetransit What a waste! Better to scrap it and build another freeway instead.
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7 months
I think the most fun moment yesterday was witnessing Skyline freaking out because it was 2 minutes behind schedule. ATC be like: “kill the humans if we must, adhere to the timetable for it is our God.”
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11 months
Happy Honolulu Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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@CryptoWiick13 @ericandre We love that moment for her.
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5 months
The iPad mini is a great transit companion
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4 months
“Where the ‘No hammock’ sign!?”
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1 year
NY/HI subway lines
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4 months
POV: riding your city’s elevated GoA4 automated light metro system 🚝💅✨
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1 year
@metrolosangeles Very nice. Welcome to the Jungle, baby. 😄
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2 years
@iamkennethchan How is Mexico City, with an extensive, well-used metro system rated below god-awful US cities like LA, Dallas, and…Houston?! Tokyo and Paris, with unparalleled transit coverage and access, not even in the top 5?! This list is a sham.
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1 year
What do these weirdos do? 🤔
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TheBussy
6 months
We already got new EVs 😎
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@hankgreen
Hank Green
6 months
If you don't want an EV for your next car, what is holding you back?
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When they run out of malasadas at Punahou Carnival so they had to fry new ones.
@nikicaga
Nikolaj🥥🌴🐝🇺🇦
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Does America even have any food worthy of this reaction
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1 year
Counting down the minutes 🥰
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1 year
Me to my cousin: “Oooh! please slow down so I can take a video…” My cousin: 🤨🙄
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TheBussy
11 months
My multi million dollar vehicle doesn’t even need a driver. 😎
@the_transit_guy
Hayden
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My multi million dollar vehicle with my own driver is pulling up 💅
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1 year
Apparently if you’re a certain private business you can monopolize an entire lane 24/7 Alt take: Beretania can survive with one less lane, so might as well make it a bus/bike lane 🤷🏽‍♂️
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1 year
Peak colonizer energy: Now that we’ve successfully displaced local Hawai‘i families for a part-time vacation condo, it’s time to go be white savior in the Philippines to celebrate outsourcing jobs. 😂
@nickgraynews
Nick Gray / How to Make Friends
1 year
I went to Manila, Philippines to visit my virtual assistants last week We have worked together closely for over 1 year now I could not run my life without their help! They picked me up at the airport in a new car that one bought thanks to her job with me Then I took them out
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We built one of the most expensive automated metros on earth but we’re only going to run trains until 7PM?! 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️ They should have just built regular commuter or light rail for a fraction of the cost! 🤬
@KHONnews
KHON2 News
1 year
Honolulu Rail's safety plan includes details on potential operating hours.
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TheBussy
4 months
I WANT BOXY PAPER SKYLINE TRAIN!!
@pepar_net
ペパるネット電車図鑑 展開図はサイトにて
4 months
Honolulu Rail Transit car This is a railway line in Honolulu, Hawaii, scheduled to open in 2023. Hitachi Italian trains will be introduced. It is a 20m class vehicle with a maximum operating speed of 55km/h. #b3d #papercraft
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@the_transit_guy I love how the viewers on Fox News never connect with the fact that the Fox News headquarters is located in New York.
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People at work: “Wow, you’re always traveling and going to amazing places, how do you afford all that?” Me:
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I can’t concentrate…all I can think of is her. 🥺 See you tomorrow babe. 🥰
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Thankfully missed the “meh” 2019 XDE60 and got an absolutely stunting 2022 XD60 w/ wood panel print floors. Aloha! Welcome aboard! 🤙🏽🌺🚌
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