Why are trainfags obsessed with HSR when 99% of mechanized passenger travel is local.
>>2072500hands
>>2072500>offer below market rate for your house in your neighborhood>no one not retarded sells>retarded neighbor sells>they build a 200ft high pylon and remove the highway noise cancelling wall>everyone gets fed up and wants to move after the niggers and get in>they try to own the gubberment by selling for pennies on the dollar to Blackrock instead of The State of California>The State of California just buys the entire neighborhood from Blackrock at a bulk rate for dimes on the dollarwe sure showed them
>>2068851i lived in germany for 3 yearsi think i used hsr a total amount of 5 timeseven when doing intercity travel i would rather just pay for a flixtrain/bus or do the local ones than give them my money for their overpriced service to save a few hoursthe only way i could see HSR be worth it is if you travel around the country every week, and you buy one of theirs traincards where you pay a couple hundred euros and you can get 50% off of every ticket
>>2073175>the only way i could see HSR be worth it is if you travel around the country every week,Good thing that the people who actually RUN THE ECONOMY have to travel all over to meet with important clients all the time. High Powered Businessmen have to meet with stakeholders, clients, even occasionally give speeches to consumers and there is NO WAY to replicatehttps://www.youtube.com/@MicrosoftLynchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFmVMkbfJBc
>>2070197You don't know what the fuck you're talking about. Eminent domain is foundational to the HSR plan. They even have a fact sheet about it on the website.https://hsr.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/docs/programs/private_property/Your-Property-Your-HSR-Project-Factsheet.pdfIn America eminent domain requires just compensation, they can't just take it for pennies or pass some law saying it's in the public's best interest so pretty please just let us ignore the 5th amendment, and there are lawyers frothing at the mouth to help anyone in the path fight the state for higher payouts and get their own slice. And yet, while knowing that, during the planning stage the proponents of HSR cooked up some bullshit lowball numbers for how much the land will cost along the route so the project got approved based on wishful thinking and outright lies. Then they started actually buying land and surprise surprise most of those farms in the middle of nowhere they pretended they could get for dirt cheap are owned by big money families or corpos that don't just roll over when some government paperwork shows up. So the state ends up paying huge lawyer fees to try and undercut what the owners claim is fair market value, and end up paying even more than if they just agreed to the inflated asking prices up front.
I know there are better systems, but I like them.
>>2074798Tripping.
>>2074803I believe the montreal metro is this way.
Here's the only one I can say I've p[ersonally ridden: The KDFW AirTrans rubber tired transit vehicle. I rode these all the time as a kid in the 90s while moving terminals at KDFW. It was so cool. I found out only in 2019 while perusing KDFW that these niggas had been retired back in 2005. F. At least you can now view them in Frisco, TX at the Museum of the American Railroad.
sapporo subway my beloved
>>2074897This feels so wrong.
How do we prevent $3M+ LRT ouchies like this?
>>2074626>much bigger bullet>can be used as a clubYou are a poor thinker. Less shots force discipline and economy. Smaller caliber and more rounds only induce panic fire.
>>2074831they're boomers who got their license when all you had to do was not show up to the licensing office drunk, then pulled up the ladder behind them by demanding all new drivers MUST go to an accredited driving school (or be Indian)
>>2074831>has green light>tram is in blindspot>same direction/speed so little relative motion>no alerts to trams approaching
>>2074880>Drivers are a menace to pedestrians and bicyclists it should be way harder to get a license>NOOO NOT LIKE THAT
>>2074410Lol how heavy are those pick-up trucks? I'm surprised it got derailed from that angleHere it usually looks something like thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=macrvcSvfkE
If steel is so great, why do the companies that make the best steel tubing in the world use carbon for their forks?If steel is so great, why do the finest steel bikes in the world use carbon forks?It seems to me that steel has an aesthetic value that cannot be substituted by anything else, but as a material for building bikes, its value decreases the more that is demanded of a component.
>>2070609Sounds alright to me. Too bad everything is illegal there except wearing a grey organic cotton jumpsuit and eating beige vegan slop from a non-cancer-causing state-issued utility bowl
>>2070614the state of california is known to cause cancer
>>2034085A "good" modern carbon fork is going to cost more than the entire bike is worth, and unnecessarily nice. Just get an entry level modern bike with a generic carbon fork and it will wipe the floor with a 2005 bike of any category or price class. Sorry luddites, but old things ARE bad
>>2032229u just got btfo bro calm down
>>2058603It's there to show it's real steel so you can dent it and it won't break
Would more lifeboats have actually helped?
>>2070743The point of the lifeboats were to ferry people to a nearby ship. Which was the reason why there wasn't enough lifeboats for everyone.
>>2070743Well the evacuation was handled like shit so they'd have to be a component of a wider safety strategy that didn't suck, and nobody was testing for that kind of full evacuation because surely it can't sink, and because we have radio even if it does it'll take long enough for rescue to arrive, so basically yes but actually noalso holy shit it's been years since i was last on 4chan, when tf did the captcha get this bad
>>2070743At a certain number, you'd have to hang them over the sides, resulting in layers of cushioning when you hit the iceberg.
>>2070921>Normal sea temperatures are around 6 to 7 degrees centigradeAYYY
>>2070743https://youtu.be/hdqUMNLydFc>>2070921>>2074821Picrel.
Post your favorite or most used train station or bus stop.Once a year or so I like to start this thread, it usually ends up pretty interesting.
it ain't much but I've always loved the comfiness of this particular stop
>>2035500the fuck are you doing here ontario bro. get me the hell outta hereee
Pretty Barebones. Service is decent at least
>>2073913I actually find a basic concrete platform in the trees the most comfy station type.
>>2073913hiya neighbor
> solves bikepackingNothing personal kiddo
>>2072769give me these or give me hydros, that's all I fuck with. would consider cable-actuated hydros with compressionless brake housing on a drop bar build (fuck me hydro brifters are all $$$) but that's as far as I'll go
>>2070570This is incredible secret copy pasta just for us.
>>2072769those brakes are harder to set up and worse exactly because they don't have that stuff
>>2074766I just threw up in my fucking mouth. That shit is NOT Aero.
>>2074786My dick is aero and your asshole is my wind tunnel.
Ocean liner fans rejoice! The Queen Mary reopened for hotel guests in May and in June, I had the privilege of spending two nights on board. I'll be uploading my album of the ship over the next few days and discussing the history of the ship that I learned while onboard.
>>1956400fuck you, sicophant. you aren't that politician, you aren't winning.
>>2055193did you look through it yet?
>>2064012im looking through it right now thank yousurprised the thread is still up, just came here to bitch about aviation desu
>>2026834>mad about free money Why is it a dead industry?
Stay a man and you'll have more fun
post examples of road construction, transit route planning, intersection management, and other retarded city council decisions even the most cagebrained cannot defend
>>2074428>I dont live in the city>the city must be bulldozed >so have an easy way keep hollowing it out>cause a nigger drug addict scared my grandparents and 10 of their friends out of their life savingsI know. https://youtube.com/shorts/zTB04UeAf9o>>2074441Cities being for the people that live there, not for the people that are passing through, is the definition of not retarded.....>>2074457They are all surly, middle aged, dim bulb, jeets.
>>2073144Virginia?
>>2074467Northeast more beltway. Say whatever you want about "the mixing bowl" but the can at least pretend its justified cause of the traffic. No such case here.
>>2074518*bmore beltway
>>2074457>>2074441keep in mind that retardo bong larper "urbanist" Evan Ediger is literally the way that he is because he grew up in NJ.honourable mention to NJB who grew up in suburban Onterrible, which is almost as bad as NJ
The Amtrak redemption arc continues?>https://media.amtrak.com/2026/04/amtrak-takes-big-step-towards-new-long-distance-trains/>It’s official! We’ve started the procurement process for Amtrak’s largest-ever Long Distance train order.>Our customers deserve the best, and this new fleet will move us full speed ahead into a new era of American train travel.>We’ve issued a formal request for suppliers to bid on the new Long Distance fleet replacement contract. Interested carbuilders are now preparing their proposals for submission. Following an extensive evaluation, we plan to announce our selected supplier by the end of 2027. >This once-in-a-generation fleet replacement program was developed in close coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration, with the goal of modernizing overnight and cross-country travel for a fleet that includes many cars today approaching nearly 50 years of operations.>The program calls for more than 800 new railcars across 14 routes.
>>2071117rail isn't as heavily subsidized as air travel and I don't want them to be. then you get shit like the tsa and other authoritarian bs we don't need.
bumpy.
>>2070948Good. Why can't AI take you there? Are you a luddite who refuses to use an AI-Native transit?
>>2071115I hate unhandily incapable "people".
They need to do a cross country auto train. Currently the only one is from DC to Orlando, set up so the politicians can enjoy going to disney world.
>*combines the aggressive solipsistic entitlement of an exurban helicopter parent SUV karate lessons karen with the sanctimonious humblebrag better-than-you instagram mentality of a childless upper middle class urbanist in your path (literally in your path because it's in your physical path being as expensive and space-hogging as an actual car, while being as slow and annoying and needy and pointless and "look at me" as a dutch bike, in everyone's path) in your path*>*heh, nothin' personnel kid, as in, look at these kids of mine that I am effectively using as human shields, so give me everything in return for nothing or you're a monster and I will have you cancelled for not buckling immediately and catering to my massive sense of entitlement, kid*When did cargo bikes go from being a crusty, get-it-done, no-nonsense niche improvised delivery tool for reasonable humans, to being the single most punchable conspicuous consumption fashion accessory in the history of wheels?Also, cargo bikes hate thread, and yes I took my meds thanks for the reminder though
>>2070157I'm surprised no one is seething over this post
>>2070133
>>2073028Why? We all know India is a disgusting stinking dump full of poorfags with potbellies, no muscle, and intestinal parasites. There is literally no comparison to Western cyclists.
>>2052089>koon designAre we really gonna allow him to get away with effectively saying "nigger rigged"?
After trying a bike trailer I really can't understand the point of a cargo bike. The trailer is removable and easily stored when you're not using it. But with a cargo bike you're stuck with an enormous and awkward platform all the time.
nature's bridge Pulkkilanharju in Lake Päijänne, Finland
Did you know Finland?Well, did you? If you knew, why didn't you stop Finland?You knew Finland, but you didn't tell Finland.
>>2069862>Pulkkilanharjutf you just call me, bitch?
>>2073029"The Line" before the line, yet more stupid.
>>2074845Why? They have plenty of water.
"Wofür ist das?"-EditionAnything public transport in German-speaking Europe is fair game.
>>2066632Würde mich nicht wundern wenn der Pfaffensteigtunnel noch vorher fertig wird (offiziell noch 6 Jahre, also sein wir mal nett und nehmen 2038 an) und sich dann dort wegen irgend einer Fehlplanung nicht anschließen lässt...
https://www.focus.de/panorama/welt/bus-brennt-in-der-schweiz-ab-mehrere-tote-und-verletzte_7cf1f740-2f00-414f-ba4f-738d58dab783.html...
*sigh*Insanely Badly DesignedThe Hidden Crownhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR-pi4w76QM
>Ludwigshafen Hochstraße
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I live in the USA and work for NJ Transit, in New Jersey. I'm a carman/car inspector in the mechanical department on the rail side. I normally tell people that we pretend to inspect and repair the trains. I find that the workers here are some of the most backstabbing, gossipy grown toddlers I have encountered in my working life. I think it's because most my co-workers have too much free time since most of them only do like 1-3 hours in an 8 hour shift, so they have too much extra energy to spare. Does anyone else here work for a railroad and feel the same or care to share contrary experiences? Could you cite your job title and which railroad you work for if possible also.
>>2068598>Plus retirement is a ponzi scheme so it always get pushed up in years, especially given the demographic collapse of the USA and elsewhere.This.The instant it becomes clear that "there is no retirement for you, sorry", is when the shit will really it the fan.That's part of why some places keep fucking about with trying to force people to have retirement that is independent of governments or company packages.If you're smart you have numerous plans, because while you may get some form of retirement, the money will likely be as useful as Weimar bills.
so the thread tl;dr:railways should just hire foamers instead
>>2072300No, foamers are weirdos. >>2072227I asked various AI engines and if you work for a railroad and get fired you won't get an equivalent of unemployment insurance.
>>2072300Here is a foamer shutin almost having an orgasm on video after seeing some rare vintage train equipment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lutNECOZFw&t=5sKeep those weirdos away from railroad work...
>>2067110Important thread.
[this image was created by the first political refugee of color from germany's systemic logic after 1945]
mental illness is fun and all but the idea that one >NEEEDS a 5 ton truck to transport themselves and only themselves (with no cargo) to work and back every day has done and absurd amount of damage to the north american psychenot even cars in general, just that you need a tank to drive 2 miles up the road because otherwise you might die because everyone else has tanks and so you have to "win" potential collisions. Why are there so many collisions? why do your neighbors drive tanks? why do your neighbors drive at all when they are likely to hit you? why, despite fleeing the cities and not having to deal with any "nons" ever again, do you still live in a Low Trust Society?
I think that people dont trust each other because they are in those segregation tanks all the time always breathing hitler's memory erasing gas. (listening to what ever is playing on the radio installed in the gas chamber by hitler so that he doesnt have to listen to the screams against the silence of the concentration camps.)The force that keeps them locked in the gas chamber is the gas chamber its self. Its really fucking frustrating.The key is education but let me tell you, the white liberals are the largest block to getting the intelligence out there so that we can focus on the fix. The white liberals make me want to scream my fucking guts out over the sound of hitler's army on 4 wheels. The white liberals think they are the good guys but they censor what I am speaking about WAY more than the conservatives. The key is making running the gas chamber unconscionable but I'm not 100% sure how to do it right now.
https://voca.ro/185F4MsqG6QR
who would leave their legs out side?
The gas chamber state wants isolation. The 5000 pound concentration camp oven with wheels on it is a segregation tank. You cannot talk to your neighbor through two inches of steel and a tinted windshield. You cannot hold hands through the third row. You cannot build a community when everyone is sealed in their own private gas chamber, breathing their own private exhaust, forgetting their own private memories.The train is the opposite. The train forces you to sit near strangers. The train forces you to see the person next to you. The train forces you to exist in shared space. The train is solidarity on wheels. The gas chamber state cannot have that. Solidarity is the only thing the gas chamber state cannot survive. So they kill the train. They starve the train. They defund the train. They put all the lithium into 5000 pound individual ovens instead of one train that could move a hundred people with the same energy.One Tesla has enough lithium cells to power a train. A real train. A train that carries bodies instead of isolating them. A train that does not need a dog at the wheel. A train that does not need a smile at the gate. A train that just moves.The gas chamber state knows this. That is why the train is always late. That is why the tracks are always broken. That is why the empty bike rack is the monument and the train station is the ghost.The gas chamber state does not want you to move together. The gas chamber state wants you to move alone. In your own tank. With your own exhaust. With your own ghost.The dog is in the driver's seat. The dog is driving the Tesla. The dog is waiting for the train that will never come because the gas chamber state spent the lithium on ovens.
