Skip to content
By using Twitter’s services you agree to our Cookies Use. We and our partners operate globally and use cookies, including for analytics, personalisation, and ads.
  • Home Home Home, current page.
  • About

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Language: English
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Bahasa Melayu
    • Català
    • Čeština
    • Dansk
    • Deutsch
    • English UK
    • Español
    • Filipino
    • Français
    • Hrvatski
    • Italiano
    • Magyar
    • Nederlands
    • Norsk
    • Polski
    • Português
    • Română
    • Slovenčina
    • Suomi
    • Svenska
    • Tiếng Việt
    • Türkçe
    • Ελληνικά
    • Български език
    • Русский
    • Српски
    • Українська мова
    • עִבְרִית
    • العربية
    • فارسی
    • मराठी
    • हिन्दी
    • বাংলা
    • ગુજરાતી
    • தமிழ்
    • ಕನ್ನಡ
    • ภาษาไทย
    • 한국어
    • 日本語
    • 简体中文
    • 繁體中文
  • Have an account? Log in
    Have an account?
    · Forgot password?

    New to Twitter?
    Sign up
380kmh's profile
Haunted Forrest 🌲
Haunted Forrest 🌲
Haunted Forrest  🌲
@380kmh

Tweets

Haunted Forrest  🌲

@380kmh

#TrainTwitter - trains & train stations - passionate opinions on public transit & civic design - transit bureacrat, but all views here are my own

Pioneer Valley
patreon.com/380kmh
Joined March 2011

Tweets

  • © 2018 Twitter
  • About
  • Help Center
  • Terms
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookies
  • Ads info
Dismiss
Previous
Next

Go to a person's profile

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @

Promote this Tweet

Block

  • Tweet with a location

    You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more

    Your lists

    Create a new list


    Under 100 characters, optional

    Privacy

    Copy link to Tweet

    Embed this Tweet

    Embed this Video

    Add this Tweet to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Add this video to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Hmm, there was a problem reaching the server.

    By embedding Twitter content in your website or app, you are agreeing to the Twitter Developer Agreement and Developer Policy.

    Preview

    Why you're seeing this ad

    Log in to Twitter

    · Forgot password?
    Don't have an account? Sign up »

    Sign up for Twitter

    Not on Twitter? Sign up, tune into the things you care about, and get updates as they happen.

    Sign up
    Have an account? Log in »

    Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes:

    Country Code For customers of
    United States 40404 (any)
    Canada 21212 (any)
    United Kingdom 86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
    Brazil 40404 Nextel, TIM
    Haiti 40404 Digicel, Voila
    Ireland 51210 Vodafone, O2
    India 53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Reliance
    Indonesia 89887 AXIS, 3, Telkomsel, Indosat, XL Axiata
    Italy 4880804 Wind
    3424486444 Vodafone
    » See SMS short codes for other countries

    Confirmation

     

    Welcome home!

    This timeline is where you’ll spend most of your time, getting instant updates about what matters to you.

    Tweets not working for you?

    Hover over the profile pic and click the Following button to unfollow any account.

    Say a lot with a little

    When you see a Tweet you love, tap the heart — it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love.

    Spread the word

    The fastest way to share someone else’s Tweet with your followers is with a Retweet. Tap the icon to send it instantly.

    Join the conversation

    Add your thoughts about any Tweet with a Reply. Find a topic you’re passionate about, and jump right in.

    Learn the latest

    Get instant insight into what people are talking about now.

    Get more of what you love

    Follow more accounts to get instant updates about topics you care about.

    Find what's happening

    See the latest conversations about any topic instantly.

    Never miss a Moment

    Catch up instantly on the best stories happening as they unfold.

    Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 13

    Japanese solution to stubborn property owners who are in the way of planned infrastructure: just wait them out and build incrementally when/wherever you get a chance You can see the result on this eventually-a-highway corridor in the Tokyo suburbspic.twitter.com/jc7gwkb1DH

    12:33 PM - 13 Feb 2018
    • 28 Retweets
    • 103 Likes
    • Simon Sarris Niko Wile E. Peyote, Mediocre Genius Christopher Wyatt 👻Norman🎃Hackerman☠🧠🛴 Psycho Pete Marc Thankful4Christ masquerobot ISMAIL
    7 replies 28 retweets 103 likes
      1. New conversation
      2. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 13

        At first, only a few vacancies will exist on the corridor--these are turned over to grass or sometimes asphalt. Once enough vacancies exist that a portion of the ROW is clear, construction will start...but not of the final highway, rather, of a placeholder road w WIDE clearance

        2 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
        Show this thread
      3. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 13

        You can see in the last pic that this extra width is temporarily being used for grassy barriers between sidewalks and the main road--in more urban contexts, the extra width will more likely be converted entirely into sidewalk, as you can see in this picpic.twitter.com/pUqXr630k0

        1 reply 1 retweet 13 likes
        Show this thread
      4. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 13

        The result is that people get to start using a highway ROW before it's actually a highway, and more importantly, that property is handed over at a pace that's amenable to each owner--even if it means the final product takes a long time to be built.

        1 reply 2 retweets 13 likes
        Show this thread
      5. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 13

        I like this concept as a way of restoring rail service on now-abandoned ROWs in the USA. Sometimes these get built over, and it's assumed that there's no way to get homeowners to relocate w/o paying them a lot of money, so the ROWs are written off as irrecoverable...

        1 reply 1 retweet 13 likes
        Show this thread
      6. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 13

        ...but suppose you can designate such a ROW as a long-term priority, and buy up the properties one at a time as people move out at whatever pace suits them. It would take a long time, but eventually you'd have the entire ROW cleared without breaking any eggs.

        3 replies 1 retweet 13 likes
        Show this thread
      7. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 13

        Best of all, the entire process will be very incremental--at every step of the way, people who live nearby can adjust, and the construction can take place in smaller, cheaper increments.

        1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
        Show this thread
      8. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. Marc Thankful4Christ‏ @m_nwwn1 Feb 13
        Replying to @380kmh

        Does this work well for them? Just wondering. It seems like here in the U.S. there's always the fear that if it's not approved and done at once that it might never get done/finished, or the need for something to be done quickly to be functional enough to make a difference

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 13
        Replying to @m_nwwn1

        it usually works--once something is approved, it will progress inexorably until it's complete; rather than a fear that something won't get finished, the fear is that it'll just take longer than you wanted...but certainly get finished. big exception (sort of...) is Narita Airport

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 13
        Replying to @380kmh @m_nwwn1

        Very very stubborn property owners were so tenacious there that they literally bent the runways to go around the houses, and built underpasses so that the property driveways would still connect to main roads. Result is the airport is open now but below intended capacity.pic.twitter.com/nxYULsdnhl

        4 replies 9 retweets 39 likes
      5. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 13
        Replying to @380kmh @m_nwwn1

        (capacity as in runway capacity--also, nobody is expecting them to be able to expand this airport in future)

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      6. FinnDood Wettenhovi-Aspa‏ @Dood_1918 Feb 13
        Replying to @380kmh @m_nwwn1

        At that point why would you still stay there? compensation for selling not enough? You'd think all the air traffic noise would start to annoy at some point.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 13
        Replying to @Dood_1918 @m_nwwn1

        I wonder the same thing--just spite I suppose

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      8. FinnDood Wettenhovi-Aspa‏ @Dood_1918 Feb 13
        Replying to @380kmh @m_nwwn1

        Admirable

        1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
      9. Alan‏ @akgerber Feb 13
        Replying to @Dood_1918 @380kmh @m_nwwn1

        farm in the middle of the runway, wowpic.twitter.com/KX2R97sDbU

        0 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      10. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2.  ©️@  🅱 🅾 🅾 s e‏ @awesomecaboose Feb 13
        Replying to @380kmh

        Basically, just wait until they die or their kids sell; rather than using eminent domain?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 13
        Replying to @awesomecaboose

        yes, and they will wait DECADES

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4.  ©️@  🅱 🅾 🅾 s e‏ @awesomecaboose Feb 13
        Replying to @380kmh

        Seems inefficient tbh

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 13
        Replying to @awesomecaboose

        Worth it imo, rather than kicking people out of their houses

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      6.  ©️@  🅱 🅾 🅾 s e‏ @awesomecaboose Feb 13
        Replying to @380kmh

        I suppose if they made a higher offer or made it very unpleasant to live in the path of construction it would create more incentive; but it's interesting to see a more hands off approach

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. boonotshriek  👻‏ @donoteat1 Feb 13
        Replying to @380kmh

        ain't this only possible because the average lifespan of a japanese house is significantly lower than that of an american or european house?

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. boonotshriek  👻‏ @donoteat1 Feb 13
        Replying to @donoteat1 @380kmh

        actually, thinking it over that might still be completely irrelevant i guess

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 13
        Replying to @donoteat1

        Ya I was gonna say, the turnover surely helps but probably isn't prerequisite

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. End of conversation

    Loading seems to be taking a while.

    Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

      Promoted Tweet

      false

      • © 2018 Twitter
      • About
      • Help Center
      • Terms
      • Privacy policy
      • Cookies
      • Ads info