Btw, this is the main train station for a metro area with a population roughly the same size as Miami, DC, Philly, or Atlanta. (In case you’re wondering how far behind we are)
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Our biggest economic competitors have train stations that look like this and Americans want to debate whether we should have trains that connect major cities?
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43 years ago, France proved trains could reach 235 mph. Today, the Acela, the fastest train, in the world’s largest economy, averages just 67 mph. Don’t let anyone tell you we’ve truly tried high-speed rail in this country and it didn’t work.
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The idea that this Big Boy was rotting in a parking lot in Pomona, CA for six decades until Union Pacific rebuilt every component to get it working again is actually awe inspiring.
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You know GDP per capita does not correlate with quality of life when a place like this is poorer than every US state.
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“What if we put strip malls and endless cul-de-sacs here?”
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This is basically like off the shelf technology that our policymakers refuse to implement in the biggest economy on the planet.
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When people are given a protected bike path that takes them where they want to go, people will use it!
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There is no city in the US or Canada as dense as Barcelona and yet they’ve been able to convert streets into permanent public third spaces.
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That DC metro transfer is perfect
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This man who placed his telescope in the middle of a Brooklyn road to show strangers what Saturn looks like has done more for traffic calming than any elected official in the lower 48. Let’s protect this man at all costs.
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How can this country not want this?
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Yeah I wonder why airlines are against high speed rail between major neighboring cities
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I feel conflicted, but my opinion is that the design of this crossing is flawed and this doesn’t seem to be the driver’s fault. In your view, whose fault do you think it is?
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For every new highway we build and/or expand, we should mandate we build rail in the median.
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It’s a massive policy failure that more cities in the country don’t look and feel like this.
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The new Kanas City airport terminal opened today! An airport that was in desperate need of expansion, has consolidated all three terminals into one brand new 40 gate terminal. Now it needs a rail connection…
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Newark Street in Jersey City went car free a few years ago and I just wonder why we didn’t do it earlier…
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In a state with a $225 billion economy, it’s good to know the only rail transit is a people mover for an airport that primarily serves another state’s metro. (Cincy Airport in KY)
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It’s always “we need to compete with China on AI” and never their train infrastructure.
