Jean-Paul Torres

@jpaulito.bsky.social

630 Followers 433 Following

He/him • Queer neurodivergent latino living the car-free dream. Views expressed are my own. San Francisco, CA 🏳️‍🌈🇲🇽

Waymo blocking a bike lane on Townsend
Window seat video aboard a southbound Caltrain express at speed looking east over Brisbane Lagoon during sunrise.
Nighttime view of the 20th St stop (top of the hill at Dolores Park) with an eastbound J approaching.
Jean-Paul’s parents completing an assessment for accommodations in elementary school — and for the question “Please list your child's favorite hobbies, activities, and games, other than sports. For example: stamps, dolls, books, piano, crafts, singing, etc. (Do not include listening to radio or TV.)” his parents answered “Anything related to weather, Trains, BART”
Looking west out of a Sacramento-bound Capitol Corridor riding alongside 580 as it approaches Richmond.
A yellow line train bound for Pittsburg/Bay Point is boarding at West Oakland BART with a milky sunrise taking shape in the backdrop. Tule fog shrouding the station surroundings.
Crowd listening to BART general manager Rob Powers at the Regional Wayfinding and Signage debut at El Cerrito del Norte BART station.
Video of Caltrain’s new passenger information display showing the next four stations before skipping to the destination station (San Jose Diridon) and the next screen showing the entire line from San Francisco to San Jose with all stops served by the train.
Video of a southbound Caltrain heading south from San Francisco’s 22nd St. station over Islais Creek with interstate 280 ramps flying along side and over the railway under a clear sunrise.
Arugula salad served on a plate with persimmons grown in San Jose.
Crockpot with lid on. Inside the crockpot, mulled wine is being prepared.
Screenshot of the “Your account is deactivated” screen confirming Jean-Paul’s Twitter account is now deactivated.
Legacy BART plushie with a winking face imposed on the front of the plushie train car.
Screenshot of the SF.gov emergency text alerts page. It reads: Flash flood warning until 3:45pm. Take shelter and do not travel. Be in the know with official emergency alerts Use AlertSF, Twitter, Nextdoor and Facebook to get alerted about emergencies in San Francisco.
Jean-Paul engaging a conference goer at the California High-Speed Rail booth at the California Transit Association conference .
Foto de Jean-Paul en frente de un nuevo tren de Caltrain electrificado. Photo of Jean-Paul in front of a new Caltrain electric train.
Jean-Paul’s Spotify on repeat playlist includes Intro by M83, Seven Devils by Florence + The Machine, and Hot to Go! by Chappell Roan.
An image of a call to action handout that reads “Hayes Promenade's Permit Expires November 19th. We need your help to keep it going! Scan to email the city in support. It takes less than a minute!”
Image of Jean-Paul and his best friend on the ferry leaving San Francisco after nightfall with the Bay Bridge and moon in the background.
A black cup of coffee, banana, oat creamer, a glass of chocolate protein shake, and a teal bowl of plant-based Greek yogurt with chia seeds and flax seed meal mixed in topped with sliced strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries.
Highlighted text in a screenshot of a policy paper on electric trolley buses that reads, “Because of its exceptional existing trolleybus infrastructure and requisite worker expertise, San Francisco has a clear opportunity to be a leader on climate mitigation, electrification, and labor rights by protecting and expanding its trolleybus system.”
Image looking southwest along the Rockridge BART station platform in the median of Highway 24, with a view of San Francisco’s Financial District under a vibrant layer of orange hugging the horizon, fading into a faint yellow and light blue higher up. Passenger information display shows in glowing red letters: SF Airport, 8-car, YL Line, 5, 15 min
Video of me riding through campus at UC Berkeley, panning up from a view of the handle bar to the view of university buildings to include Sather Tower, also known as the Campanile.
Image of the Berkeley Haas Mobility Summit 2024 Reimagining Rail panel. Panelists from left to right: Brian Soland, Acting Director, Link 21, BART; Morgan Galli, Northern California Deputy Regional Director, California High-Speed Rail Authority; Adam Van de Water, Executive Director, Transbay Joint Powers Authority; and Egon Terplan, Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) Senior Follow, Department of City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley who moderated the panel.
Video from inside a BART train car looking out of the door windows out east with West Oakland in the foreground, and the East Bay Hills in the background under crisp clear blue skies.
Video of a BART train exiting an underground station in San Francisco.
Video of me riding my bike on 17th St approaching Folsom. A bicyclist passes by on Folsom and the view ahead shows the 17th St. vehicle lane backed up with car traffic but a clear bike lane.
Hours of operation for the Metro Museum in Mexico City (as of March 2024) Tuesday to Friday 10am to 6pm, Saturday and Sunday 11am to 2pm. Free entry. Closed on Mondays and holidays.
Traffic stopped at South Van Ness and Otis with a large truck towing a New Flyer articulated bus in the bus lane.
Screenshot of Google Maps of 13th Street and South Van Ness with lines drawn over the map to indicate where we chose to walk (in green) versus where we avoided walking (in red) to not walk in a noisy traffic environment that is created by the elevated freeway structure known as the central freeway in San Francisco.
Photo of Jean-Paul standing inside a moving BART train approaching MacArthur station taking a photo of another BART train moving in the same direction.
Image of twilight looking southeast with the sun rays touching wisps of a bottom layer of a scattered cloud deck aloft in bright orange in contrast to darker blue atmosphere with layers of pink, orange, and yellows closer to the horizon. In the shadowy foreground, london plane tree tops along Market Street reach for the bright sky with a couple of skyscrapers to the left a few blocks away.
Video of a handful of bicyclists in a bike share station protected bike lane approaching 8th and Brannan in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood.
Video taken during the morning commute from a southbound Caltrain passing a northbound Caltrain with the financial district in the background shortly after departing 4th & King in San Francisco.
A photo taken from Buena Vista Park in the early afternoon looking east across San Francisco’s Mission, SoMa, and Mission Bay neighborhoods in the foreground and the San Francisco Bay, the East Bay, and the East Bay Hills in the background.
Derek, Jerome, and Jean-Paul take a selfie together at dinner in the Castro.
Jean-Paul smiling taking a selfie in a BART car with his bicycle in the bike area in the background under a BART public service announcement that reads “Every day, BART riders save 52,000 gallons of gas from being burned”
A southbound train pulls into Millbrae station. It’s one of Caltrain’s new electric trains.
PowerPoint slide from the August 24, 2023 California High-Speed Rail Authority Board Meeting outlining the request for qualifications for the trainset procurement, testing and revenue operations timeline.
Caltrain’s new electric Stadler Kiss parked at San Jose Diridon across the platform from a diesel Caltrain train set.
View of Santa Clara Street from the overpass aboard a San Francisco-bound Caltrain shortly after departing San Jose Diridon station.
Devil’s Slide