@Alon

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I write about public transport and do research for NYU's Marron Institute. I've previously lived in Tel Aviv, Singapore, the Riviera, New York, Providence, Vancouver, Stockholm, Paris.
LocationBerlin
Websitehttp://pedestrianobservations.com
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Show threadAlon7h ago
Another Ynet article reports on a StandWithUs survey of anti-Semitism in Brazil, finding very high levels of it on the left but not on the right. The top comment on the article says Brazil is "full of Muslims, anti-Semites, and ignoramuses" (Brazil is 0.2% Muslim).
Alon7h ago
A Ynet op-ed unironically uses the expression "what doesn't work with force will work with even more force." https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/hybcds0obl
עכשיו צריך לבחור: התשה, מכת תשתיות - או "דוקטרינת הדאחייה" בטהרן

ישראל וארה"ב השלימו את מה שניתן לעשות במערכה אווירית. הלחץ על טראמפ ונתניהו לסיים את המלחמה גובר, כשדווקא למשמרות המהפכה יש זמן וסיבה לגרור למלחמת התשה. אם איראן תמשיך לסרב למו"מ רציני יהיה צורך לחשב מסלול מחדש - מה שלא הולך בכוח, יילך בעוד יותר כוח

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Alon11h ago
Can someone calm me down and tell me that most Greens aren't bringing back turning the Autobahn speed limit into an important issue, and are instead focusing on European integration to allow for strategic autonomy and aid Ukraine?
Alon2d ago
Because capitalism is better at technological innovation than socialism, socialists end up rejecting technological innovation and treating it as a form of capitalist ideology. This is 100% because their best-known technological innovation was the Berlin Wall and they're still sad it fell.
Alon3d ago
Pedestrian Observations: EU, Germany to Accelerate Rail Investment in Response to Iran War https://pedestrianobservations.com/2026/04/01/eu-germany-to-accelerate-rail-investment-in-response-to-iran-war/
EU, Germany to Accelerate Rail Investment in Response to Iran War

As the American war on Iran led Iran to close the Straits of Hormuz, taking 20% of global oil deliveries offline, the German government and the EU have both promised that they are going to implemen…

Pedestrian Observations
Alon4d ago
Adrianna Tan4d ago

In the late 90s, violence against Chinese Indonesians caused hundreds of thousands of them to flee. One of those people was my best friend, who fled (like many) to Singapore.

Many others came to Philadelphia. South Philly is so Indonesian there are so many corner stores, bakeries, restaurants. I’ve been speaking Indonesian all day here. Getting free sambal.

I feel like the events of the late 90s (not even the only time that’s happened) are barely known outside of that region. But in my personal life, I know so many people impacted by that moment.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/chinese-indonesian-refugees-found-a-new-home-and-new-problems-in-the-us/

Chinese-Indonesian Refugees Found a New Home, and New Problems, in the US

In Philadelphia, home to the second largest Indonesian American population in the US, those who escaped the riots in May 1998 are living through a period of rising anti-immigration rhetoric.

VICE
Alon4d ago
Pedestrian Observations: Quick Note: Commuter Rail and Urban Bus Hubs https://pedestrianobservations.com/2026/03/31/quick-note-commuter-rail-and-urban-bus-hubs/
Quick Note: Commuter Rail and Urban Bus Hubs

I’d like to introduce the concept of bus hubs with commuter rail connections, but in an urban rather than suburban context. This comes from the project we’re working on to about Queens …

Pedestrian Observations
AlonMar 29
Pedestrian Observations: Why IBX Shouldn't Connect to LaGuardia https://pedestrianobservations.com/2026/03/28/why-ibx-shouldnt-connect-to-laguardia/
Why IBX Shouldn’t Connect to LaGuardia

Benjamin Schneider has an interestingly wrong proposal for how to extend the Interborough Express, currently designed to run between Southern Brooklyn and Jackson Heights, toward LaGuardia Airport.…

Pedestrian Observations
AlonMar 28
Linguistics feed: I find myself having atypical difficulty with keeping track of Finnish and Hungarian phrases I learn, song lyrics, etc. Somehow it was easier for me to memorize the lyrics to Gangnam Style than it is to random Finnish and Hungarian songs friends recommend me. Why is that?
AlonMar 23
Jon WorthMar 23

Today the best resourced, notionally most powerful organisation lobbying for greening Europe's transport system - Transport & Environment (T&E) - came out with its position on the forthcoming EU rail ticketing reform

It makes a good case WHY the reform is needed, but is horrible as to HOW

Explained 👇
https://jonworth.eu/transport-environment-tries-to-come-up-with-a-position-on-rail-ticketing-but-its-very-imprecise/

Transport & Environment tries to come up with a position on rail ticketing, but it's very imprecise

Transport & Environment (T&E), the lobby organisation that works to green Europe's transport sector, has today put online a new page about its position on the forthcoming EU reform of rail ticketing. They were pushing it on LinkedIn as well. You can find everything I have written about this topic

Jon Worth