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You literally can just build this for the same price and not be stuck for an hour in a queue of Tesla firetraps underground.

You literally can just build this for the same price and not be stuck for an hour in a queue of Tesla firetraps underground.

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Friend from Germany came to visit me in HK. He read news on how Shenzhen turned from a village to a global tech hub. I told him about Huaqiangbei electronics market, his eyes lit up "Can they upgrade my ipad with more storage?" "Of course." I said, a🧵of our adventures last week.

Friend from Germany came to visit me in HK. He read news on how Shenzhen turned from a village to a global tech hub. I told him about Huaqiangbei electronics market, his eyes lit up "Can they upgrade my ipad with more storage?" "Of course." I said, a🧵of our adventures last week.

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Los Angeles was built on the backs of the (at the time) world's largest electric rail network. Which was so impressive Meiji-era Japanese came, studied and copied it back home, becoming the Japanese urban railways we know & love today. Oh and then LA demolished their network.

Los Angeles was built on the backs of the (at the time) world's largest electric rail network. Which was so impressive Meiji-era Japanese came, studied and copied it back home, becoming the Japanese urban railways we know & love today. Oh and then LA demolished their network.

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My politics is whatever this is:

My politics is whatever this is:

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It is 10PM August 12, 2030: You are driving your XPeng P7i 3rd Gen Wing Edition down the Gardener Expressway in Toronto or Autoroute Métropolitaine in Montréaln then a street legal BYD Yangwang U9 Xtreme shows up beside you...

It is 10PM August 12, 2030: You are driving your XPeng P7i 3rd Gen Wing Edition down the Gardener Expressway in Toronto or Autoroute Métropolitaine in Montréaln then a street legal BYD Yangwang U9 Xtreme shows up beside you...

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Wild to look at IShowSpeed, one of N America's top streamers, react live when taking China's high speed rail: getting hype (1st vid), in doubt but then mind exploded (2nd vid), and converted to want travel by rail (3rd vid). Also...

Wild to look at IShowSpeed, one of N America's top streamers, react live when taking China's high speed rail: getting hype (1st vid), in doubt but then mind exploded (2nd vid), and converted to want travel by rail (3rd vid). Also...

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Gyeonju, a city of 200,000 has a better bus network than 95% of North America.

Gyeonju, a city of 200,000 has a better bus network than 95% of North America.

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You just described the Chinese High Speed Railway system.

You just described the Chinese High Speed Railway system.

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A famous block of buildings in Akihabara is set to be redeveloped into a 170m office tower. meaning many classic shots of Akihabara will be completely different. In my video below all the buildings behind the Chuo-Sobu Viaduct will be gone.

A famous block of buildings in Akihabara is set to be redeveloped into a 170m office tower. meaning many classic shots of Akihabara will be completely different. In my video below all the buildings behind the Chuo-Sobu Viaduct will be gone.

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Three underground Shenzhen Metro Lines that meet at this station were all built for less than 300 million INT$ per km. Each Shenzhen Metro Line here is capable of moving over 50,000 people per hour per direction in massive 8 car Type A trains. Meanwhile below is what spending over 450 million INT$ per km gets you in Toronto, an unventilated half underground tramway.

Three underground Shenzhen Metro Lines that meet at this station were all built for less than 300 million INT$ per km. Each Shenzhen Metro Line here is capable of moving over 50,000 people per hour per direction in massive 8 car Type A trains. Meanwhile below is what spending over 450 million INT$ per km gets you in Toronto, an unventilated half underground tramway.

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Nobody: Random Chinese city foreigners have never heard about:

Nobody: Random Chinese city foreigners have never heard about:

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There seems to to be a recent micro trend this month in Chinese social media to overlay the BBC News countdown intro style to Chinese cities. Below in order is for Changsha, Dalian, Xiamen and Qingdao.

There seems to to be a recent micro trend this month in Chinese social media to overlay the BBC News countdown intro style to Chinese cities. Below in order is for Changsha, Dalian, Xiamen and Qingdao.

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Ah yes the high speed railway system that carries over 9 million people per day is empty.

Ah yes the high speed railway system that carries over 9 million people per day is empty.

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A long overdue thread of my experience on the Xiamen BRT, a 67km long fully grade separated BRT that carries over 300,000 people per day and wants to be a metro.

A long overdue thread of my experience on the Xiamen BRT, a 67km long fully grade separated BRT that carries over 300,000 people per day and wants to be a metro.

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I'm pretty sure an electric train is cheaper, safer and more sustainable than whatever Tesla is pumping out these days.

I'm pretty sure an electric train is cheaper, safer and more sustainable than whatever Tesla is pumping out these days.

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The Beijing Subway Line 1/Batong running the the median of the Beijing–Tongzhou Expressway is the better way.

The Beijing Subway Line 1/Batong running the the median of the Beijing–Tongzhou Expressway is the better way.

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There seems to be a large uptick of N Americans going to Xiaohongshu and getting massive culture shock. Will seeing China's public transport content on Xiaohongshu (examples below) change their minds on what is possible with urban public transit and...

There seems to be a large uptick of N Americans going to Xiaohongshu and getting massive culture shock. Will seeing China's public transport content on Xiaohongshu (examples below) change their minds on what is possible with urban public transit and...

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I was told elevated trains ruin neighbourhoods.

I was told elevated trains ruin neighbourhoods.

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Tokyo: A station built in the 1920s that does not look like crap, feel like crap, is dirty as crap and runs like crap. New York: IMPOSSIBLE.

Tokyo: A station built in the 1920s that does not look like crap, feel like crap, is dirty as crap and runs like crap. New York: IMPOSSIBLE.

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I thank him and we have coffee to celebrate (and not be rough with the phone), then take metro to a Chaoshan Hot Pot place for dinner and head back to HK.

I thank him and we have coffee to celebrate (and not be rough with the phone), then take metro to a Chaoshan Hot Pot place for dinner and head back to HK.

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My politics is whatever this is.

My politics is whatever this is.

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Wild that throughout 2024 high speed trains in China carried 3.27 billion passengers. That's a daily ridership of almost 10 million people per day, on high speed trains alone.

Wild that throughout 2024 high speed trains in China carried 3.27 billion passengers. That's a daily ridership of almost 10 million people per day, on high speed trains alone.

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I was told elevated rail ruins neighbourhoods.

I was told elevated rail ruins neighbourhoods.

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A railfan at around 11:00PM captured a period on the Beijing-Guangzhou HSL where China Railways schedules a pack of 8 high speed sleeper trains heading to various destinations in south China from Beijing. Lead by an inspection train all 9 trains cleared this section in 2 hours.

A railfan at around 11:00PM captured a period on the Beijing-Guangzhou HSL where China Railways schedules a pack of 8 high speed sleeper trains heading to various destinations in south China from Beijing. Lead by an inspection train all 9 trains cleared this section in 2 hours.

JR Urbane Network

163,218 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce

Los Angeles was built on the backs of the (at the time) world's largest electric rail network. Which was so impressive Meiji-era Japanese came, studied and copied it back home, becoming the Japanese urban railways we know & love today. Oh and then LA demolished their network.

Los Angeles was built on the backs of the (at the time) world's largest electric rail network. Which was so impressive Meiji-era Japanese came, studied and copied it back home, becoming the Japanese urban railways we know & love today. Oh and then LA demolished their network.

JR Urbane Network

245,507 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce

It started out 2 Fridays ago as a meme, last Friday it became a movement (now with detractors). Apparently around 600,000-400,000 people from all over China on Friday and Saturday night (Oct 8 and 9) came to Zhengzhou and sharebiked from Zhengzhou to Kaifeng to... (a thread)

It started out 2 Fridays ago as a meme, last Friday it became a movement (now with detractors). Apparently around 600,000-400,000 people from all over China on Friday and Saturday night (Oct 8 and 9) came to Zhengzhou and sharebiked from Zhengzhou to Kaifeng to... (a thread)

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I was told elevated rail ruins neighbourhoods.

I was told elevated rail ruins neighbourhoods.

JR Urbane Network

184,532 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce

My politics is whatever this is:

My politics is whatever this is:

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110,188 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce

Wild to look at IShowSpeed, one of N America's top streamers, react live when taking China's high speed rail: getting hype (1st vid), in doubt but then mind exploded (2nd vid), and converted to want travel by rail (3rd vid). Also...

Wild to look at IShowSpeed, one of N America's top streamers, react live when taking China's high speed rail: getting hype (1st vid), in doubt but then mind exploded (2nd vid), and converted to want travel by rail (3rd vid). Also...

JR Urbane Network

458,253 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce

My politics is whatever this is:

My politics is whatever this is:

JR Urbane Network

103,869 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce

I like how everything is called Japan yet I rode this train in Busan, South Korea. I even filmed this exact spot.

I like how everything is called Japan yet I rode this train in Busan, South Korea. I even filmed this exact spot.

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62,423 görüntüleme • 3 ay önce

Comprehensive inspection train that will operate on Malaysian ECRL being tested in Beijing. Taken by 同湾机务段.

Comprehensive inspection train that will operate on Malaysian ECRL being tested in Beijing. Taken by 同湾机务段.

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Houston does not even hold an LED candle to the Greater Bay Area.

Houston does not even hold an LED candle to the Greater Bay Area.

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There seems to to be a recent micro trend this month in Chinese social media to overlay the BBC News countdown intro style to Chinese cities. Below in order is for Changsha, Dalian, Xiamen and Qingdao.

There seems to to be a recent micro trend this month in Chinese social media to overlay the BBC News countdown intro style to Chinese cities. Below in order is for Changsha, Dalian, Xiamen and Qingdao.

JR Urbane Network

154,783 görüntüleme • 11 ay önce

I wonder what real cities do when they are hemmed in by water and mountains?

I wonder what real cities do when they are hemmed in by water and mountains?

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Taking the Shinkansen to Nagasaki, I got to experiance the "Relay" service to connect to the isolated Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen. All because a prefecture does not want a Shinkansen running through it.... (Lil thread)

Taking the Shinkansen to Nagasaki, I got to experiance the "Relay" service to connect to the isolated Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen. All because a prefecture does not want a Shinkansen running through it.... (Lil thread)

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56,891 görüntüleme • 3 ay önce

I rode the first NB Shenzhen Metro Line 13 train entering the Line 13 Phase II North Extension Project.

I rode the first NB Shenzhen Metro Line 13 train entering the Line 13 Phase II North Extension Project.

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15,317 görüntüleme • 24 gün önce

In 2025, due to scheduling quirks, G156 needed to stop for 16 mins at Zaozhuang Station and let three trains serving faster stopping patterns to pass. Meaning if you took G156 you get non-stop Chinese HSR passing action, with 6 trains passing during those 16 mins.

In 2025, due to scheduling quirks, G156 needed to stop for 16 mins at Zaozhuang Station and let three trains serving faster stopping patterns to pass. Meaning if you took G156 you get non-stop Chinese HSR passing action, with 6 trains passing during those 16 mins.

JR Urbane Network

26,956 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce

There seems to be a large uptick of N Americans going to Xiaohongshu and getting massive culture shock. Will seeing China's public transport content on Xiaohongshu (examples below) change their minds on what is possible with urban public transit and...

There seems to be a large uptick of N Americans going to Xiaohongshu and getting massive culture shock. Will seeing China's public transport content on Xiaohongshu (examples below) change their minds on what is possible with urban public transit and...

JR Urbane Network

205,484 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce

Does your station have a station inside it? KL Sentral does.

Does your station have a station inside it? KL Sentral does.

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