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Simple field test of ChatGPT 5. "Produce a table of Bolivia's largest 15 cities by population in the latest census. Provide a link to the source."
It offered the 2012 Census data, and provided a link. But each of the top nine cities has a population that doesn't match the source.
#ChatGPT #GPT5

This is the first time a book I've contributed to has gotten the subway platform publicity treatment.
#histodons #Montréal #HigherEd

Lovely piece, and why I often take small hotel rooms in cities: so I'm forced out to go explore. I especially love this line: "I understood how a metropolis allows you to be solitary without being lonely." People who don't live in cities don't get this.
https://www.nytim…

Opinion | The Paris Métro Smell That Transports Me
A whiff of the Paris Métro flings me back to a summer I spent in France.

ICE arrests three "suspected gang members."
Population of metro Chicago: 9.4 million.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/chicago-immigration-enforcement-surge-begins-3-arrests-ice/story?id=125416779

NYC leads the way with historic move towards cleaner transportation: introducing battery-electric trains for a more flexible and efficient train network. #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate

Major city makes history with pivotal change to train network: 'A lot of flexibility'
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority is making a pivotal change to its train network, including the procurement of battery-electric trains.

paris_transportation: Paris Transportation (2016)
A multiplex transportation network of Ile-de-France, jointly representing the road network, train network, and subway network. Nodes are intersections, rail stations or metro stations. Different modes of transportation are given by different layers. Within-layer edges represent direct transference by a particular mode of transportation, and between-layer edges represent the conjunction of those layers at that node.
This network ha…

NYT names Real Estate Editor Nikita Stewart as its new Metro editor; she has held various NYT positions and worked at The Star-Ledger and The Washington Post (Addison Cummings/The New York Times Company)
https://www.nytco.com/press/nikita-stewart-is-our-next-metro-editor…

"Right now, a lot of condos [are] coming online that people don't really want to live in."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/unsold-condos-metro-vancouver-bc-2025-1.7647776

Increasing accessibility by public transport benefits local economy: the effect of a new metro line in Rome
Francesco Marzolla, Bruno Campanelli, Hygor Piaget Monteiro Melo, Matteo Bruno, Vittorio Loreto
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01449

Increasing accessibility by public transport benefits local economy: the effect of a new metro line in Rome
This study investigates the economic impact of Metro C, a major expansion of Rome's metro system. Using a difference-in-differences (DID) approach within a multiplicative framework, the research quantifies the impact of increased accessibility on local economic activities. The results show a statistically significant rise in the number of economic activities in areas affected by the new line. A mild decline in economic diversity suggests the emergence of spatial clustering of similar activities…

Trump has proposed a thesis:
Crime in D.C. will go down if masked paramilitaries flood the city and amble about the streets.
The task for the media, then, is to see if his theory stands up to the test
My former New Republic colleague Prem Thakker spent Wednesday morning at the Columbia Heights metro station witnessing a farce
as various troops and cops rode the escalators up and down and back again,
only to eventually nab a single alleged fare evader.
T…

The Useful Idiots in the Media Abetting Trump’s D.C. Takeover
Imagine if the president’s radical claims about reducing crime were actually scrutinized?

Back when #Billionaire #Bezos bought the #WaPo , the DC newspaper claiming to shed light on daily doings in the nation's capital , that paper was selling a quarter million copies a day,... Now after Bezos has neutered the news by pu…

Real Time Headway Predictions in Urban Rail Systems and Implications for Service Control: A Deep Learning Approach
Muhammad Usama, Haris Koutsopoulos
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03121

Real Time Headway Predictions in Urban Rail Systems and Implications for Service Control: A Deep Learning Approach
Efficient real-time dispatching in urban metro systems is essential for ensuring service reliability, maximizing resource utilization, and improving passenger satisfaction. This study presents a novel deep learning framework centered on a Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory (ConvLSTM) model designed to predict the complex spatiotemporal propagation of train headways across an entire metro line. By directly incorporating planned terminal headways as a critical input alongside historical headway…

Polarization-Controlled Dual-State Distribution of Bell and N00N Entanglement Over a Metro-Scale Commercial Quantum Network
Kazi Reaz, Md Mehdi Hassan, Jacob E. Humberd, Matthew L. Boone, Angel Fraire Estrada, Rick Mukherjee, H. R. Sadeghpour, Girish S. Agarwal, George Siopsis, Tian Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03701

Polarization-Controlled Dual-State Distribution of Bell and N00N Entanglement Over a Metro-Scale Commercial Quantum Network
We report the first demonstration of multiphoton, dual state entanglement distribution over a metropolitan scale commercial fiber network, implemented on the EPB Bohr IV quantum network in Chattanooga, TN, using an all fiber optic experimental platform. Employing a spatially degenerate, continuous wave type II SPDC biphoton source and fully fiber coupled linear optics, we generated a 4 photon entangled state. Through polarization projective measurements on two locally retained photons, we then …

Like, what? Am I supposed to report every senior member of the administration if I see them on Metro? Bankers? Anyone with a consulting service polo?
Do any of them even ride Metro?

paris_transportation: Paris Transportation (2016)
A multiplex transportation network of Ile-de-France, jointly representing the road network, train network, and subway network. Nodes are intersections, rail stations or metro stations. Different modes of transportation are given by different layers. Within-layer edges represent direct transference by a particular mode of transportation, and between-layer edges represent the conjunction of those layers at that node.
This network ha…

As national consensus on vaccines unravels, Mass. and other states chart disparate paths (Jason Laughlin/The Boston Globe)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/03/metro/healey-covid-booster-massachusetts-trump-kennedy-vaccine-2/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250904/p3#a250904p3

Just 41 years after the Bethesda Metro station opened, we are getting a WMATA-standard sign to show people approaching on foot from the west where the station is.

Friday Links 25-21
Some "AI" related stuff today, with the idea of prompt engineering being requirements engineering and how these new tools can enable non-programmers to get closer to the code.
I also liked how much Wil Wheaton likes a new metro line.
https://christof.damian.net/2025/0…

Friday Links 25-21
Don't Need Money   by Poorly Drawn Lines Some "AI" related stuff today, with the idea of prompt engineering being requirements engineering a...

paris_transportation: Paris Transportation (2016)
A multiplex transportation network of Ile-de-France, jointly representing the road network, train network, and subway network. Nodes are intersections, rail stations or metro stations. Different modes of transportation are given by different layers. Within-layer edges represent direct transference by a particular mode of transportation, and between-layer edges represent the conjunction of those layers at that node.
This network ha…

Unified Crew Planning and Replanning Optimization in Multi-Line Metro Systems Considering Workforce Heterogeneity
Qihang Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14251 https://

Unified Crew Planning and Replanning Optimization in Multi-Line Metro Systems Considering Workforce Heterogeneity
Metro crew planning is a key component of smart city development as it directly impacts the operational efficiency and service reliability of public transportation. With the rapid expansion of metro networks, effective multi-line scheduling and emergency management have become essential for large-scale seamless operations. However, current research focuses primarily on individual metro lines,with insufficient attention on cross-line coordination and rapid replanning during disruptions. Here, a …

Weather Alerts Metro #Vancouver -
Warnings
8:10 AM PDT Monday 11 August 2025
Heat Warning in effect for:
Metro Vancouver
This is a heat warning. Temperature are very high and there is a moderate risk to public health.
What: Temperatures reaching 33 degrees Celsius combined with overnight lows near 17 degrees Celsius.
Metro Vancouver (inland and eastern sections)…

Getting a generation accustomed to armed soldiers everywhere https://bird.makeup/users/macfarlanenews/statuses/1959782970694226299

Scott MacFarlane
National Guard joint task force says it's increasing National Guard presence at "pre-specified Metro locations in conjunction with the start of the school year for many Washington, D.C. schools"

Headway management is a net good, but it's no fun being on the bus that's being slowed down to maintain headway. You've got places to be and that bus is draaaagging, missing every light on purpose.
https://www.sfmta.com/media/42843/download?inline

Hey, #Milwaukee! The neighbor across the street said that she would trap the yard cat and her kittens for me, but I need somewhere for them to go and supposedly all of the shelters in Metro Milwaukee are either full or close.
Is anybody interested in fostering three cats?
(Boosts would be appreciated)

Looks like Metro is having a normal one (circa mid-2000s)

NY&NJ Harbor&Tributaries Focus Area Feasibility Study Draft Report was just released.
In it, US Army Core of Engineers looks at seawalls and similar to mitigate coastal storm surge risk in the #NYC metro
Public comment period July 24, 2025 – August 25, 2025
There are 3 spots of actionable items (FY2028 cost, added value):
1) East Harlem (cost $762million, $1.264 billion)
2) East Riser Meadowlands (cost $249million, value added $428 million)
3) Oakwood Beach Staten Island (cost $55million, value added $87 million)
I only know item 1 well enough to comment.
https://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Projects-in-New-York/New-York-New-Jersey-Harbor-Tributaries-Focus-Area-Feasibility-Study/
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A DOJ lawyer accused Harvard of 'indifference to antisemitism.' As a Harvard undergrad he wrote a paper from Hitler's perspective. (Hilary Burns/The Boston Globe)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/metro/trump-harvard-doj-lawyer-antisemitism-hitler/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250902/p21#a250902p21

PSA: The Paris metro door hurts btw, tested tor you.

paris_transportation: Paris Transportation (2016)
A multiplex transportation network of Ile-de-France, jointly representing the road network, train network, and subway network. Nodes are intersections, rail stations or metro stations. Different modes of transportation are given by different layers. Within-layer edges represent direct transference by a particular mode of transportation, and between-layer edges represent the conjunction of those layers at that node.
This network ha…

From SPEC
Repair Café News
Next up:
📍 Kitsilano Community Centre
📅 Saturday, October 11, 2025
🕤 9:30am–1:30pm PT
Bring your small appliances, clothing, bikes, and more — our team of volunteer fixers is ready to help you repair, learn, and connect with your community. Full schedule available and registration for the October Café available at

Repair Café - SPEC
SPEC brings together repair volunteers and community members at Repair Cafés in Metro Vancouver to fix household items and divert waste.

Fired DOJ employee could face prison for throwing sandwich at officer
After his arrest, Charles Dunn allegedly told one of the officers: “I did it. I threw a sandwich.”

“If you touch any law enforcement officer, we will come after you,” Bondi posted on X Thursday.
“This is an example of the Deep State we have been up against for seven months as we work to refocus DOJ.”

Fired DOJ employee could face prison for throwing sandwich at officer
Police allege that the man approached law enforcement officers, including Metro Transit Police and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, and began yelling obscenities.

Some plants from a very nice walk to the Metro today

Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation after being in the US for 20 years; he was arrested while covering a Georgia rally in June (Dan Raby/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/mario-guevara-protest-arres…

El Salvadorian journalist arrested during metro Atlanta protest could be deported today, ACLU says
A journalist arrested during a protest in metro Atlanta could be deported today after a judge reopened his immigration case.

Bayesian spatiotemporal modeling of passenger trip assignment in metro networks
Xiaoxu Chen, Alexandra M. Schmidt, Zhenliang Ma, Lijun Sun
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22403 https…

Bayesian spatiotemporal modeling of passenger trip assignment in metro networks
Assigning passenger trips to specific network paths using automatic fare collection (AFC) data is a fundamental application in urban transit analysis. The task is a difficult inverse problem: the only available information consists of each passenger's total travel time and their origin and destination, while individual passenger path choices and dynamic network costs are unobservable, and behavior varies significantly across space and time. We propose a novel Bayesian hierarchical model to reso…

paris_transportation: Paris Transportation (2016)
A multiplex transportation network of Ile-de-France, jointly representing the road network, train network, and subway network. Nodes are intersections, rail stations or metro stations. Different modes of transportation are given by different layers. Within-layer edges represent direct transference by a particular mode of transportation, and between-layer edges represent the conjunction of those layers at that node.
This network ha…

paris_transportation: Paris Transportation (2016)
A multiplex transportation network of Ile-de-France, jointly representing the road network, train network, and subway network. Nodes are intersections, rail stations or metro stations. Different modes of transportation are given by different layers. Within-layer edges represent direct transference by a particular mode of transportation, and between-layer edges represent the conjunction of those layers at that node.
This network ha…

paris_transportation: Paris Transportation (2016)
A multiplex transportation network of Ile-de-France, jointly representing the road network, train network, and subway network. Nodes are intersections, rail stations or metro stations. Different modes of transportation are given by different layers. Within-layer edges represent direct transference by a particular mode of transportation, and between-layer edges represent the conjunction of those layers at that node.
This network ha…

Car Free Days return to Metro Vancouver with expanded lineup
Car Free Days are back and bigger than ever with nine events across the region. From Maple Ridge to North Vancouver, streets will transform into pedestrian-only spaces, filled with art, music, food trucks, and local vendors.
Car Free Days invite residents to experience their vibrant neighbourhoods without cars — encouraging walking, cycling, and transit as greener, more sustainable ways to get around.
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Harvard hiring investigation could upend employment practices for institutions well beyond academia (Aidan Ryan/The Boston Globe)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/18/metro/harvard-trump-hiring-investigation-diversity/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250819/p60#a250819p60

DC Metro advertising: 70% off back to school looks OR we can help you rain death from orbit!

“Terracotta’s porous surface
allows water to slowly evaporate,
carrying heat away and cooling the space around it,”
says Adithya Pradyumna,
an environmental health researcher at Azim Premji University in Bengaluru.
Drawing on this principle, architects in India’s sprawling metro areas
are turning to terracotta for new passive cooling solutions
that range from clay refrigerators to perforated tiles,
ventilated screens, and facades
that al…

Terracotta Is a 3,000-Year-Old Solution to Fighting Extreme Heat
Companies are adapting this humble clay-based ceramic to keep people cool—without electricity

paris_transportation: Paris Transportation (2016)
A multiplex transportation network of Ile-de-France, jointly representing the road network, train network, and subway network. Nodes are intersections, rail stations or metro stations. Different modes of transportation are given by different layers. Within-layer edges represent direct transference by a particular mode of transportation, and between-layer edges represent the conjunction of those layers at that node.
This network ha…

paris_transportation: Paris Transportation (2016)
A multiplex transportation network of Ile-de-France, jointly representing the road network, train network, and subway network. Nodes are intersections, rail stations or metro stations. Different modes of transportation are given by different layers. Within-layer edges represent direct transference by a particular mode of transportation, and between-layer edges represent the conjunction of those layers at that node.
This network ha…

From Movement YVR
Cars expensive! Transit cheap!A new study finds that high transportation costs are driven largely by owning vehicles and people who live by rapid transit have a lower cost of living. We're absolutely shocked! (Just kidding, we aren't surprised at all.)The Metro Vancouver Housing and Transportation Cost Burden Study
Update just dropped, check it out here: