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May 31, 2022 21 tweets 18 min read
There's been a lot of great buzz around the @AmtrakConnects plan for new regional train corridors. But a little-known section of the infrastructure law could set the stage for massive passenger rail expansion on a national level 🚆🧵 Section 22214 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act directs @USDOT to study the restoration of "any Amtrak long-distance routes that, as of the date of enactment of this Act, were discontinued." A study is the first step toward a new route, detailing cost and benefit
Jul 21, 2020 16 tweets 7 min read
iD 2.18 is now live for editing on osm.org/edit, featuring:
🖐️ Tablet touchscreen support
✍️ Stylus support
🗂️ Multiselection tag editing
☑️ @osmose_qa integration
🎁 Loads more! iD map editor running on a tablet showing Seward, Alaska, wi iD now handles all common touch interactions as you'd expect. Nearly everything in the app has been optimized for multi-touch, like navigating, selecting, editing, copying, pasting, and aligning.

(Smartphone screen sizes aren't fully supported… yet!) Infographic reading "Tap to select. Double-tap to zoom iD's edit menu open for a selected building showing labeled
Feb 21, 2019 15 tweets 6 min read
iD v2.14 is now live on openstreetmap.org featuring live issue flagging + quick fixes, @ImproveOSM integration, and more!! Thank you to all contributors and iD mappers ❤️

See this thread for highlights or read the full release notes at github.com/openstreetmap/… iD now flags many more deprecated tags. You can upgrade or remove them with one click ⬆️🏷️