Meaning of crayonista | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Someone who creates plans of transport projects without concern for practicalities.
2. A plan created by such a person.

Examples

“In case you haven’t been closely following our site through the year, a crayonista is someone who proposes rail schemes and seems to base their plans on a map or even a diagram and a set of crayons that they play with.”

“Bradford Crossrail is the Crayonista project that will never die.”

“Crayonista is the term used locally (though not unique) for a government official who comes up with hair brained schemes often related to road changes with weird shaped and coloured designs.”

“Over the holiday, Matt Yglesias at Vox drew up a fantasy idea — crayonista — to reroute the Yellow and Red Lines through central DC.”

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