crayonista

plural crayonistas

1. Someone who creates plans of transport projects without concern for practicalities.

   Bradford Crossrail is the Crayonista project that will never die.

   2021, 61653 HTAFC, What is the purpose of Bradford to Leeds electrification?, Rail UK Forums

   2 more 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.

   2013, Pedantic of Purley, Word of the Year: Crayonista, London Reconnections

   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.

   2021, Unkel Kunkel, Beware the Crayonistas, my son, The Triumph Sports Six Club

2. A plan created by such a person.

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

   2018, Dan Malouff, Why Matt Yglesias’ crayonista to fix Metro is mostly wrong, Greater Greater Washington