crayonista

English

crayonista (plural crayonistas)

Someone who creates plans of transport projects without concern for practicalities.
- 2013, Pedantic of Purley, Word of the Year: Crayonista, London Reconnections:
  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.
- 2021, 61653 HTAFC, What is the purpose of Bradford to Leeds electrification?, Rail UK Forums:
  Bradford Crossrail is the Crayonista project that will never die.
- 2021, Unkel Kunkel, Beware the Crayonistas, my son, The Triumph Sports Six Club:
  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.
A plan created by such a person.
- 2018, Dan Malouff, Why Matt Yglesias’ crayonista to fix Metro is mostly wrong, Greater Greater Washington:
  Over the holiday, Matt Yglesias at Vox drew up a fantasy idea — crayonista — to reroute the Yellow and Red Lines through central DC.