Why are modern train stations not built with beauty in mind?
>>2031757>Moscow metroThe only worthwhile thing that lunatic ever did.>>2031757Still looks awful. Oppressive AF.
>>2031854What about picrel?
>>2031856It's barely passable and soulless, but it's better than not having it and having to deal with underground NYP.>t., actually rode through it, will be back to it this yearPenn Station is an intercity station for one of the most populated cities in the world that got smashed by the dying Pennsy to fit into a Tokyo subway stop.Moynihan makes you queue up for the platform escalator (show in picrel, the corded pathways) which is dumb as shit, but that might just be Amtrak brain damage. The ticketed waiting rooms are okay, and I appreciate that I can avoid being hustled for crack money and the seats and floor aren't covered in piss for once.
>>2031856>huge screens that would be perfect for information about the trains coming and going>just giant adverts>also no chairs, can't have people sitting for free while they wait, gotta pay and sit in a cafeit's almost a self parody of the USA in generalAttached is my local big station, big screens showing what train goes where, lots of seats, and shops/restaurants/bars in the main area as wellIt's not hard to get it right, but that place definitely gets it all wrong
>>2031688Because in communist countries the labor was free and those doubled as bomb shelters. That's why all the old Warsaw Pact countries have a way underground subway like 200ft down
I want to strangle every single big buck roadie fred and especially every single downhill-bike-in-a-park pomp who rides around just to do chainsaw sounds with their bicycle's very very expensive hub. "Give way, the asshole is coming!". Like, if you wanna make motorcycle sounds, get an actual motorcycle. A Harley actually sounds cool. A freewheeling bicycle sounds supremely annoying, and also means you are a weak shit who is not pedalling. Fuck you, go ride into a river.
>>2031882I have zipps too and I don't think they're that loud. they're a little louder than some generic garbage wheels I had back in the day on a cheap bike, they're about the same as my old mavics, and they are a hell of a lot quieter than chris bling. I think a lot of the complaining about loud hubs is just overactive imaginations coupled with the usual unracer seethe about nice things
>>2031893this is the only way a loud motor should sound likehttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/4wk8v5MwU7Qharleys just sound like they're broken, nothing cool about that
Silent hubs are the best hubs. Fancy ones reverberate the hollow plastic "carbon" tubes in an unpleasant way
>>2031895>generic tractor soundnahhttps://youtu.be/XxxP_Mr3fyI?si=zY-gfUnGPLXh5ZKr&t=21This is what ya needhttps://youtu.be/z7Cd_vYMD-M?si=E5siyrTYeebtuQs3&t=39
>>2031808>old Shimano 105 freehubI have a 2019 era 105 freehub and I love it. It's not silent but it's super quiet.I ride with a friendly sounding bell to not scare people. But I ride on the road so most of the time it's just to say hi to people I know
What the fuck is wrong with these mongoloid slackers? They completely underschedule longhaul trains everywhere outside the NEC so almost no one can use them for shorter trips and then wonder why ridership is in the shitter. Each route should be minimum 3x a day per direction.
>>2018347anon's talking about the underground portion with all the street venders and bums pissing in the stairways, not moynihan
>>1992029>The Sounder regional trains are great up to Vancouver and down to Eugene.Where is this ghost Sounder line that stretches from BC to Oregon?
>>2028861they were just following the Elon Levy model. trains are more efficient if you delete the passengers
>>2028386That's not amtrak's fault, that's due to the arcane way that California governs their state supported routes leading the San Joaquin rail authority to be stuffed full of the cheapest motherfuckers and thinking cutting the cafe attendant would be an easy savings. They totally didn't expect the blowback (somehow) and are now scrambling to attach a cafe car order to the next batch of Venture cars being built.
Still the most noble form of transportation is to be carried around by others, walking yourself is for plebs. Show us your palanquins then!
it's because the thread is so old
pictures age like women. threads age like wine
>>2024561But there are other threads that are older that still have photos
>>2014307is that ken-sama?
>>2024538Same issue with a lot of the sticky'd posts on various boards. Strangely, other people don't have the issue.
Cycling has doubled in Paris. Yes, it's realistic to think American cities can also have large amounts of cycle commuters. We just have to actually build bike lanes. And desu, we have the space.https://momentummag.com/paris-cycling-numbers-double/
Flyover American here. Are there any actual Parisians in this thread who can attest to how much Paris has changed recently?
>>2031864They are really struggling to make the city halfway decent for the Olympics, that deep embarrassment will probably be the catalyst for change
>>2031913Are they? I thought that the stadiums and housing were all pretty much prebuilt.
>>2031914There's a city beautification movement that always happens in the Olympic City
>>2031913Yeah I just don’t know if that will translate into upzoning. Hopefully. Upzoning would mean more city funds to improve public space and transit at least.
Light Rail EditionOld Thread: >>1972086
>>2031712TKMTY are unsponsored ADRs, I won't pretend to know all the details but it seems like if you can buy shares directly you should do that instead
old Seikan tunnel schedule
>>2031774>>2031775>Upside down on your botched first attemptWhat is this, a picture for Aussies? Jokes aside I'm surprised they didn't remove it ages ago when they were moved from Hakodate to Sapporo.
>>2031776Well the pic is from 2014
>>2031748re-write what you just said in math notation, and solve for it subject to your tastes and preferences. congrats you've just done applied economics.
Why are American HSR advocates so obsessed with Chicago?
It’s a geographic lynchpin and the ROW is already there.
>>2031657its a major city that isn't on a coast and isn't blocked by the rocky mountains. no one in their right mind would ever want to go to chicago under any circumstances and right now by train it takes like a week from nyc to chicago. the train fags think if we put hsr between nyc and chicago you can link every major mid west city to the east coast corridor and that would justify building the rail, even though again, who the fuck wants to go to chicago?
>>2031658This
>>2031657It was the lynchpin of the rail system in the pre-plane era, and it wants that status back.
>>2031807>lynchpin>>2031830>lynchpinbot
I am looking for a cheap 50cc moped to buy for about 20 miles of commute and back twice-thrice a week.At first I wanted to get the Chinese ones on Amazon, but after reading about them apparently not being reliable/lasting long, I decided to get a used moped from a more reputable brand. Since I don't have any experience with mechanics and is quite lacking in funds, buying something that might break easily is not a good idea.I went on FB marketplace and found some good deals. There is :>2016 Vespa 50cc for $350>2020 Genuine Scooter Buddy 50cc for $799>2007 Genuine Scooter Buddy 50cc for $500The Vespa is the cheapest but also the most broken(see webm). Parts of it are cracked and the owner admits in the description "broken key but start up good and is in good condition".The 2020 Buddy is a little expensive in comparison, but almost like new.The 2007 Buddy is the perfect balance of affordable, from reputable company for reliable scooters, and does not appear cracked at all(the owner even says he had it repaired at a shop before listing).The problem is that the 2007 Buddy is located 73 miles away from me in a different city. The other ones are at least in the area and I could pick it up by transit. The hill from both cities is steep, so trying to go in bus and go back on the scooter might not be a good idea. I considered uShip but the lowest estimated quote is around 121 (average 211, highest 272).Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2030931Do you think e-bikes would be reliable for 40 miles commute about 3 times a week?And in that case what would you recommend to look out for / to purchase that is within my budget?After doing some research I have seen that e-bikes tend to cost a lot because the motor+battery by themselves are expensive. In my case I would need range for at least 40 miles.I suppose the cheaper e-bike solution would then be to find a cheap conversion kit and battery and attach them to the cheapest used analog bike possible.Anyway thanks for this idea I will consider it as well.>>2030938pretty expensive for me but I'll try to look for used ones.>>2030955>any moped can be electrified. I suppose you meant any bike can be electrified?Yes that's what I was considering. Getting a cheap used bike and attaching motor+battery to it.But I haven't done much research yet.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2030969Once again anon, as I told you in the other thread, my bad if I did not properly consider your earlier point. It is indeed frustrating when you take time out of your day to give advice to someone who is less experienced, and they just brush it off with a dumb excuse. That being said even with a dorm I will need transportation to my job which is 21.5 miles away from my school, and that I do not believe is a bad excuse.Perhaps you will tell me to get another job that is closer to campus. And perhaps this is a good idea. But I don't think I can just leave like that, I have contract. And I highly doubt I will be able to get a job closer to campus, it was already hard getting what I currently have. But perhaps I am also refusing to try and get another job for the same reason I disregarded, at first, your very astute idea of simply subletting and getting a dorm closer.I will try to think this more thoroughly and avoid baseless, perhaps irrational excuses. Thanks.>>2030982>>2030983I appreciate your advice and it does make sense.That being said I absolutely cannot do that.I have transfer opportunities for Fall which I was very lucky to get, which is only for next Fall.If I don't fulfill certain requirements, which include not just GPA but also a certain number of credit hours, I will lose it.
>>2030868I had many 50cc as a young guy and i don't know the Genuine Scooter Buddy, my advice will be to get a japanese one, Vespa is ok too but i don't feel the one in the vid.
>>2030868Sym or Kymco, watch the oil, get services regular. Will be bulletproof
>>2031779As a Jamaican I read this as "Suck your mother or Kymco"
Confess your sins, /n/.
>>2028882I did that once and it felt pretty good in the moment but I was ashamed of myself later for acting like a child. I'm still torn as to whether it's the right move or not. It sure feels good, but am I really better than them if I indulge in that kind of thing?
>>2028883It's not about being better, it's about sending a message
>>2028884that must have looked pretty funny to bystanders
>>1986208*Shrug*One day it just went down and we never heard back on mike. No further communications were made, I guess it was clear for everyone that it was time to go.It was on life support for so long and and no-one had the skills to fix it. Like you see what 4chan has to do to be able to continue doing the chan thing, manual approval was all we could muster. Like there were days when 50% of content was "the smoking lady and the sad children".
>>2031824It was a response to >>20233341524 signing off! I tried to do my part and obviusly also did Mike, Tex and GE, but as a whole it simply was not enough and 1chan is no more!
MH17 2: Electric Boogaloo
>>2028740>>2028794https://tass.com/politics/1894845Bet you feel stupid now doncha?
>>2028967>"Vladimir Putin offered his apologies that the tragic incident had occurred in Russia’s airspace and once again conveyed his deep and sincere condolences to the families of the plane crash victims and wished those injured the quickest recovery," the press office said in a statement.that's not an admission of anything now is it
>>2029007Why does russia hate civilian airliners so much?
>make this thread>even bigger fucking disaster happensSorry, my bad
>>2029240seems like everyone forgot about jeju so let's have another round on azerbaijan
Must see Japanese doc showing a day managing Tokyo Metro trains, lot of detail with 100 cameras! Overworked fainting salary men always causing delays!: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/5001446/
How do you mix training for cycling with a proper strength routine?I'm trying to raise my FTP, need to lose like 10kg by next year for climbs BUT the Physiotherapist told me I need to do more strength/weight training for my body... Specially my back and shoulders.I'm currently doing:>Intervals 3x/wk>Strength routine (Kettlebell + pullups) 2x/wk>Long ride on weekendsI've literally never done any strength stuff in my life before and generally hate it compared to cardio.
>>2026424>gifamateur
why do zoomers have so much hate for "trying hard"? why is try hard an insult? phones have raised a generation of nihilists, zoomerism is a death cult
>>2031640It's their way of being a contrarian rebel, think of it like Gen X's "lazy cool." While Gen Z was growing up, Millennial pop culture was very try hard which was our contrarian move against lazy cool. It's that thing where culture ping pongs. You think us Millennials go hard? Mini-Millennials, Gen AI, Gen Alpha, goes even harderhttps://youtu.be/njE3EknkkBY
>>2031640in the childhood films I saw the not try hard got the girl.>t. try hard that stopped and is back
>>2031640copy/pasting the best shit i ever read about this:Given how useless I’ve been today, I’m not going to do it justice. However, since tomorrow’s likely to be more of the same, and since I suspect the response will be “you don’t know what tryhard means” (probably true), I might as well get it over with. Let’s do this shit in point form:– there’s nothing worse than being stuck playing team sports with people who aren’t working their asses off– in the face of a cold and uncaring universe, tenacity is the most valuable form of strength, and learned helplessness is the most pernicious weakness– if someone’s born with abilities they didn’t have to work for, we praise them as naturally gifted; if someone’s born with money they didn’t have to work for, we ridicule them as a trust fund baby– untapped potential is fool’s gold– “I could do ____ if I tried” is a statement of cowardice, not confidence– lack of effort or commitment does not excuse or lessen the severity of a failure; rather, it means you have failed twice– if you’re an asshole, and you set world records and win gold medals, congratulations: you’re still an assholeI’m not making excuses for vanity, arrogance, attention whoring, poor priorities, or any other pathological behaviour. Quite the opposite; I’m proposing that we target the pathological behaviour directly, rather than taking the lazy way out.Now here’s the flipside:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
shoutout to all short peoplei'm so happynever felt so freegoing around with mybicycle
>>2031665>more seat tube will show*more seat POST, sorry
>>2031677>Where i live you just got it shown how its done from the beginning and thats it.wow take me to this fantasy land where every noob cyclist has their saddle height set correctlysounds amazingnot the fucking real world though mate
>>2031677Almost every new cyclist I've ever had the opportunity to give guidance too has had that thing where they're afraid they can't flat foot the ground with both feet at the same time
>>2031718literally why the Townie bike was made.it's not a speed bike it's a comfy commuter
>>2031761That cruiser is sick
What tech, policies, city designs, etc, can be used to alleviate traffic congestion in the U.S. of A? I've seen some people suggest that we need to essentially obliterate The current car centered transportation networks we have in favor of stuff involving buses and trains (a ridiculous pipe dream Yes I know but I would also like to know if fixing the traffic issues is actually possible)x.com/the_transit_guy/status/1849965574513983784?t=LnWnXPGzOCHpUBPjXa30pQ&s=19
I’m in the Bay Area (yes rage at me and call me a faggot etc) and our subway system is about to go out of business within a few years. It was probably one of the largest subway systems in the country. Daily ridership before Covid was like 500k and now I think it’s like maybe half that. Unfortunately this subway system has never really been a recreational transportation system, by which I mean people using it on their own time to get around to stuff they are doing. It’s always been almost always just a work commute system. It’s used in off hours and off days, but nowhere even close to work commute and this was the case before Covid as wellUnfortunately here more than anywhere, the remote/hybrid work schedule for gay tech workers fucked the subway system. When you have so many people either no longer commuting at all, or commuting 40-60% less, revenues fell off a cliff. There’s very few American metro areas in my opinion where a subway system could be feasible. America is very spread out and the difficulty/added steps/added expense in getting to your closest station, and then from a destination station to your real final destination, is pretty debilitating to taking a subway when you can just take your car door to door. Over here, the most frequently used stations were all the San Francisco stations and the handful of Oakland stations, with a few here or there that had some sort of vibrant downtown or mall like Berkeley. I can’t really think of any major metro areas in the United States that would qualify. New York obviously, San Francisco, Chicago. Where else? Los Angeles and any major areas in Florida and Texas are extremely suburban and not closely packed urban areas.
>>2031747Then transit ridership would still increase.So would green energy production.
>>2031772>>2031746lol no. people hate transit because its at least 4 times slower and filled with assholes
>>2023278>6 lane highwayAsking for it. Lane hopping retards cause so much traffic it's unbelievable.Anyway the solution for solving traffic in LA is to get rid of california. Fuck that place.
>>2024145Because it's cheaper, as stated in the post you replied to, you dense fuck.
I want to get a secondary bike for doing errands, shopping etc around the town. I want something relatively small (don't have much space in the bike storage), with mudguards and a rack, maybe a basket too. I found this selling for 80€. Would it be worth it, and would it work for my use? Anything that would need an upgrade right away to turn it into a nice bike? Also, if I wanted to turn it into a dropbar (to make it more narrow for storage), how much money would that take approximately?
>>2027691People will often want their dream bike of their youth. Thats why there are so many boomers in vettes. They couldnt afford one in 1978. Oh and post bike.I like his builds>>2027685
>>2027675Oh it's a wheeler. Any idea from which country these frames are from? I actually bought one.
>>2028019WHEELER was founded in 1972 by CH Yang, one of the future pioneers of the Taiwanese bicycle industry, without any prior knowledge of the industry or technology. Mr. Yang, a visionary who was then working in advertising, realized that the bicycle industry was about to boom after a Japanese cooperation partner asked him about bicycle production in Taiwan and founded WHEELER in response.
>>2028057Neat. I've got a 6100 (?) one. Currently has 23mm tires. I used a 3mm and 4mm hex key to measure the tire clearance and the chain stay has about 3.5mm clearance left (on each side of the wheel). You think it can fit 25mm tires?
>>2025440Fixie or safety bicycle
