What is your city's train system like?
>>2080506I wish I could say that Switzerland doesn't have gay and cringe subways and only based and chad trams but of course those meddling frech-swiss had to screw it up. They actually converted a pretty kino little rack railway (formerly funicular) into an abhorrent rubber-tyred metro.
nature's bridge Pulkkilanharju in Lake Päijänne, Finland
>>2077132yeh, no americans around
>>2079112>American Derangement Syndrome takes another
>>2069942i drove 200km/h there once
>>2077025the stuff we put in coffee is not classified as vodka here
>>2079378>American DerangementThat's a pleonasm
do you miss flying or do you prefer the bus?
>>2080384All motorism is the lowest form of transport for the lowest of lives.But anyways, behold the possibilities the humble bus offers.
>>2080437I dunno man, it looks nice in this one picture but imagine how much nicer it would be if it was on a train. You could have properly enclosed compartments, a place to go to get food & drink at any time, a consistently paced ride without ever having to stop for traffic (assuming good rail infrastructure), bathrooms that are guaranteed to exist and be functional and larger than a shoebox. Trains are so nice you can comfortably ride them for weeks on end, a single day on even the nicest bus is enough to wear most people out.
>>2080384>>2080388Buses in my region are very modern, they have ac and usb charging ports, and the passengers are regular working class people and students. Still don't like it. Had to take a 2 hour bus trip once because the train drivers where on strike. I was so fucking exhausted after that journey that I couldn't bring myself to do anything the rest of that day. They're only useful for inner city travel where you can hop off after a few minutes.
>>2080442>You could have properly enclosed compartmentsI don't see wha you cant have them on a bus and I suspect this company has got plans to do that.I also don't see how it matters really, when you fly first for example you got like 6 to 8 seats or so there and even if they're all occupied its not really that bad like you hardly even notice other ppl bc the dividers.>a place to go to get food & drink at any timeThose busses have that>assuming good rail infrastructureThis is literally the issue. If there is only shitty rail you can sit and throw a tantrum or simply accept that the way to fast dorward it is this sort of bus.>bathrooms that are guaranteed to exist and be functional and larger than a shoeboxThis bus has a bathroom and seperate dressing room.>Trains are so nice you can comfortably ride them for weeks on end, a single day on even the nicest bus is enough to wear most people out.Motorism is for various kinds of undesireables anyways so why would I care if theyre worn out?
>ChatGPT Image Aug 7, 2026what is the purpose of this
My city is cutting bus routes starting in 2026, so tell me me/n/, do you ride bus routes for fun?
Yes. The 36 (Broadway), 22 (Clark) and 151 (Inner Lake Shore Drive) are my favoritesFor years it looked like the CTA would be forced to massively cut service, then the state legislature intervened at the last second and not only funded transit for the foreseeable future, but also increased the budget for operators and infrastructure Consider moving down here
>>2080332Oh and they're supposedly turning Metra into S-bahn style regional rail too but we'll see if that actually happens
I got a bike specifically so I wouldnt have to ride the bus anymoreDisgusting rolling hovels filled with filthy fucking vagrants I am never going to ride a bus again
>>2080387Yeah your needs to have a critical mass of "normal" people using transit regularly, otherwise the bus is a nightmare
>>2080466*your city needs
For the first time in over ninety years, there's a new international crossing between the US and Canada in Detroit. The Gordie Howe Bridge, built by the government of Canada at no cost to the United States, joins the Ambassador Bridge (1929) and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel (1930) in connecting Detroit and Windsor. The bridge will vastly increase trade capacity between the industrial Midwest and Canada's most populated area. With direct connections to limited access highways on both sides, the new bridge will avoid the mess of surface street routes required to use the other crossings. In addition to vehicle traffic, and unlike the other crossings, the Gordie Howe International Bridge allows for pedestrian and bike traffic to cross between the two countries. While vehicles pay a toll to cross, there's no charge for pedestrians and cyclists. This morning, the family of Gordie Howe had the honor of being the first to officially cross the bridge.
>>2078501They should rename the Peace Bridge in Buffalo to the Tim Horton in compliance with the custom
>>2079440Plus Niagara Falls is now full of Indians, just like Tim Hortons.
>>2078517Anywhere in the US is better than everywhere in canada.
wtf I live here
>>2080352You live on /n/?
Post your ride during sundown Post your favorite lights and light setupsDo not: Be a haterTalk shitPost daylight ride photos
>>2073782yeah, country drivers are usually worse and more often drunk. however there is less traffic overall so it evens out. but still, get lights. and as tempting as it is to get gorillion watt lumenblasters, they dont actually make you harder to hit
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>>2072414Seasons shoud be longer so you can enjoy them once you've gotten used to them
I don't like night rides but long distance means facing the darkest hours of the night
some rail workers
Want to show my new vibe coded London rail app at https://navlndn.com It an unnecessarily detailed enhancement for your Citymapper/Waze/Google maps. Has real time lift guides, visualized route disruptions, step-free wheelchair user info, all sorts of other things most people won't use but it's there if you want to nerd out.
Why are you begging for money for a vibe coded app where you're contributing nothing new and it's off the back of other peoples hard work and data?
>>2078998The app is free m8And nowhere else has all the data compiled in one place that this app does - compiled with substantial effort and independent data gathering btw. Link to it if you know otherwise.
>>2078998>off the backs of other peoples hard work and dataDo you think programming languages are a natural property of the universe or something? Even if you're using machine code and programming completely offline with no reference materials you're still leeching off the back of other people's work, get over yourself
Should public transit focus on access or efficiency?Access means you have full access to underused (but possibly vital to some) routes and night/weekend service at the cost of undermining the "public transit is efficient" argument, but efficiency means you cut those routes and timetables.Can't have both in a single system.
it should favor profitability, which then means it will make SANE DECISIONS, which means its sustainable>>2079327>cities get magic returns on revenue by giving subsidized travel to minimum wage workersidiot
>>2079778NTA but China has demonstrated this. Not exactly in this way but close enough.
>>2079778>cities get magic returns on revenue by giving subsidized travel to minimum wage workersyeah, we should quit building roads for the exact same reason. we should only build roads that charge a fare and if they're not profitable we should tear them up
>>2079200If I can't get everywhere in the city it's not effective public transit, just a commute/shopping line.
>>2079200Privatise and deregulate the whole lot.>>2079275Paid for more than twice over from car and fuel taxes.>>2079343Imaginary thinking
The end of ebike terrorism is in sight. Let's not count our chickens before they hatch, but I'm tentatively feeling hopefully about this. During the time that the last thread was up, hundreds of people were killed by ebike fires. We need to put a stop to this. I just hope they make sure to add prison time for people caught with unlicensed ebikes.
>>2053316You're likely replying to an AI slop post generated by grok
>>2076936im gonna start doing thisthe dentist will learn to fear the 2smoke
>>2050007Just as ridiculous as saying everyone driving a car behaves like an asshole.So just how fat are you? Be honest.
>>2078522Why are ebike terrorists trying to act like they're better than other motorists. At least normal motorists sometimes have insurance and can theoretically be locked up and put in prison when they kill people (even if it's "no criminality suspected" 100% of the time)actually you are all the same to me
>>2080278if an ebiker is caught the same bad shit would happen thoughbeit, and many drivers do not have insurance or have fraudulent registration/plates
Would more lifeboats have actually helped?
>>2070921>The absence of the Californian who could've arrived at the scene before Titanic fully sank. This greatly contributed to the death toll.Pretty debatable desu
>>2070743lol no
>>2070743That's a most definite maybe.
>>2074102>The point of the lifeboats were to ferry people to a nearby ship. Which was the reason why there wasn't enough lifeboats for everyone.Still is, most passenger ships skirt around the requirements with large numbers of automatic deployable rafts that double as lifeboats, but they're not very comfortable and there have been multiple recorded cases of survivors dying of exposure in them even after they got out of the water.
>>2074234its just 1 easy captcha after a bit
How do these large cargo backpacks compare with a bicycle trailer? I need to haul 100kg of cargo on a bicycle
>>1957568>100kgget a trailerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj0CmnxuTaQ
>>2074013>I'm a messenger
>>2078013didn't that guy get paralyzed
>>1957712Thank You for Your Service
>>1964713if it makes u feel better this photo made me mald for being a amercuck
Was he retarded, malicious or both?
>>2080093concern troll retard really trying to weasel his way out of admitting that people in first world countries think motorcycles are cool
>>2080104>be me>first world country>wealthy for said countries and global standardsIMO nothing is more embarassing, effeminate, latent homosexual and weak than motorized personal transportation. It's even more embarassing when the user does obviously not only do so for the utility but also some kind of signalling, like 'OMG look at me im a homosexual brown person and relatively impoverished'
>>2080082>Are you implying no man was ever deceived? Mass hysteria is not a thing? Marketing has no point?no, that's why there are cyclists after all>inb4 more hysterical ramblings about """""motorists""""""
>>2080105>OMG look at me im a homosexual brown person and relatively impoverishedbut enough about your pedalling cope
>>2080105counterpoint: the sound of electric motors is soothing and the sound of gas/diesel engines is exciting, and you are SOULLESS, HEARTLESS, and absolutely YOULESS if you don't think machinery in general is fun and that riding a creature is also fun, and that combining the two isn't hella mad fun
Do you guys ever have conversations with other people on public transportation, or try picking up girls there?>yet another day riding the subway sharing a car with plenty of cute girls, normal looking guys, and never make conversation with anyone to try to make friends or get a date>it's been like this nearly daily for 10 years>even see the same people getting on and off at my same stop, they live near me, and still never speak to anyone
>>2078044Yeah I've found that I have to put myself in naturally disarming situations. Going downtown and chatting with my sister or a friend on the train? Displays some level of social competence and usually breaks the silence of the car, opening up the floor for trying chit chat. Only problem is that you don't get the satisfaction of "pulling muh self up by muh bootstraps" that you get trying to talk to someone on your own from a cold start. I was thinking earrings would do the same thing but at a certain point you'll be so unthreatening (read: look like a bitch) that no woman would take you seriously
>>2012325Talk?Hell no, it's CHIKAN TIME!
>>2078049Earrings don't make you look nonthreatening, they just make you unappealing to women who are not into men who wear earrings. You can work on making your body language or apparel or overall presentation seem nonthreatening but earrings are not it.
>>2012325>Do you guys ever have conversations with other people on public transportation,Do you mean convos with the topic about transit? Or actually riding on transit and talking to other riders? Not so much the latter now-a-days because in the past 5 years the racial demographics have changed so dramatically here. What used to be 95% caucasion is now 75% paki's and pali's (thanks a lot Trudeau) and they aren't friendy, racist, and are smelly. They don't like us so aren't to conducive to casual conversation. Most riders are on their phones. Funny to watch their anxiety climb when their phones become disabled, especially among teenagers.>or try picking up girls there?No, I have better luck at the playgrounds and schoolyards. ;-)
>>2078102Being a cute girl on the tokyo metro would be fun
what is the VIA Toronto - Sarnia train like?this must be one of the least relevant termini of a passenger route in North America
>>2080139we are a 50% white country among under 30 year oldsits only going to get worse
>>2080171>Fly into Toronto>The two flags they have hanging at equal height in the customs area are the Canadian and tranny flags.>Staffed almost entirely by brown people.Your country is already cooked.
>>2080121Interdasting&underrated, thanks for the first-hand account.Any more Canada train stories?
>>2080172sounds really nice to me
>>2080121Well at least we got one good post before the enscreechment
>learning spanish>start drinking heavily>day labour at Lowes>get into 4mm, 5mm, 6mm hex specs>boss wants me to adjust his handlebar
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>>2070322Who is he waiting for
>>2064898i'd have thought anyone taking a shit at tesco wouldn't really want to commemorate or celebrate the act but whatever ?
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