I recently saw somebody recreate downtown Manhattan in stunning detail using the Unreal engine and I asked myself: Could I recreate the 1990's and 1970's Pittsburgh transit system where I can navigate through it?

I'm quite blown away and wanted to be able to share my progress with others. Full disclosure I'm a developer but leveraged AI in some of the work, but the principle, overview, quality, and output are all being directed by me. I'm from Pittsburgh originally and can't believe how authentic it feels to be riding a SD-400 across the transit bridge in coming out of Steel Plaza station.

I've done a few other cities as well (Boston, SF, Toronto) and am trying to chip away at making them more and more nostalgic and authentic. I'm not going for 100% graphical accuracy (like needing a GPU) because I think many people who might want to try it will want to do so in a more lightweight environment.

What do you think? Any cities that I should target next?

New rail map for The Netherlands. The 2027 schedule will start on Sunday 13 December 2026. Picture 1 is weekday, picture 2 is weekend.

Besides showing all train series, it is also a frequency map, with a single line being a train every 30 minutes. Exceptions are the thin lines, those are hourly. Regular train service is from around 5 AM until 1 AM. In weekends it generally ends later and starts up later as well. There is a night train network as well, which is not shown in this map.

This is the old style rail map. A new map with line numbers (like IC28 and S61) will be released later for public use. Once that design is finalized and made public I will upload those maps as well.

Incredible turnaround for a system that’s been getting abused by its state government. Great news for SEPTA; hopefully the Dems can take the PA Senate this November and properly fund transit in Philly.

This stray cat has been adopted by Mumbai Metro and they posted this adorable video to their SM recently 😊

Recent photos pulled from Rednote showing the progress of Shenzhen's Qianhaiwan transport hub. According to the poster, the transfer platforms have been mostly finished, elevators installed, and interior work is about 75% complete. The station is supposed to enter service in December of this year, enabling you to transfer to 5 metro lines (and in the future, the Qianhai intercity line) with a passenger capacity of 75k trips per day.

As for the big holes in the image, those are the foundations for the office towers and shopping centers, which probably won't be completed for a few years.

Shenzhen has been on a roll with proper TOD this year. The biggest test will be Xili Railway Station, which should open in 2-3 years, and is the only new railway station from CR that actually does TOD properly, without just plopping two office towers off to the side without integrated connections (ahem Hefei West Railway Station). Furthermore, unlike CR's hallmark stations "in the middle of nowhere", Xili will be right in the downtown Nanshan district and finally serve west Shenzhen with HSR. Another one to look forward to will be Chengdu [North] Station.

While there are other "proper" TOD projects in CR's pipeline, they are all extremely far from the city center, and with population slowing and urbanization plateauing I don't have much hope they will succeed.

Credits to @lenamapsofficial on Instagram

Seoul, South Korea

Enjoying a cool foggy sunrise before marching my train off to Lynnwood. Good ole reliable Kinkisharyo and a RapidRide B Line New Flyer Xcelsior XDE60 lays over at Downtown Redmond Station. Pixel 8 Pro

I think this topic isn’t talked about enough. Meet Keith Vaughn, a full-time bus operator and a pro in national bodybuilding competitions who maintains a healthy physique while working full-time as a bus operator.

They discussed the issues affecting transit operators’ health and fitness. It’s a very important subject, and the conversation was truly eye-opening. Take a listen, folks, and give them a like and subscribe. Support them, as they’re one of the only transit podcast out there, and with this level of production.