Ben Ross

@benrosstransit.bsky.social

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Transit advocate. Environmental scientist. Social Democrat. Author of Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism.

Cars parked in bus lane.
From Carew, American Labour's Cold War Abroad, p. 248.
On the left 8 cents per day. On the right, $2.25 per hour.
Montgomery Mall Transit Center.
Map of SD 39 vote with MARC stations added.
Extend the Metro to Germantown. We can't build infrastructure anymore. Our plan to make building greeat infrastructure possible again, lower commute times, and spur renewable energy and high tech investment.
Tunnel
In June 2026, Purple Line crews will begin Live Wire testing of light rail tracks and systems with a Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) between the Lyttonsville Operations and Maintenance Facility and Bethesda Station
Ride share options, like Uber, will be a "limited, supplemental option," said the CEO of the host committee.
Aerial photo image showing location of Trump's boyhood home and a property recently advertised as a corner store for rent.
"the erection of high apartments on upper Fifth Avenue, which is to the advantage primarily of only a few property owners, builders, and brokers, and the disadvantage of every one else in the city
thankfully we can rely on the supreme court standing up to trump if it benefits the wall street
Intersection of Frederick Road and Watkins Mill Road, Gaithersburg, MD, with a total of 29 lanes including a double left turn lane from eastbound Watkins Mill to northbound Frederick.
4 lane elevated superhighway with bus stops
Moderate Democratic voters would be less likely to support a candidate who backed new housing in their neighborhood by 41% to 15%. Very liberal voters would be more likely by 41% to 20%.
Department store flanked by giant parking lots.
Ad from Elect Chicago Women, which Downballot says is AIPAC-linked.
Mejia 28.8%, Malinowski 28.0%
Current view from photo location
The clients of Jones' firm include United Healthcare and Lyft.
This role suits a certain kind of left, one that sheds concrete tasks and defines itself by its ability to embody the metaphysical essence of leftness.