Post AT5VLLqTPRUmjDOZfM by Moon@shitposter.club
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(DIR) Post #AT4YjZjFY1xtRRIblA by yogthos@mas.to
2023-02-26T13:17:36Z
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American journalist discovers a train
(DIR) Post #AT4cLJ3OIGyuaiP3Qm by niclas@angrytoday.com
2023-02-26T14:02:10Z
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@yogthos Shanghai-Beijing is over 1000km in a straight line. Yet, I always (4-5 times) took the ~5 hours (I think in the beginning it was 4.5 hours) train, rather than the hassle (and waiting) of airports and crammed space on plane. With 230V in the wide and comfortable seat, self-service of coffee when I need refill and splendid view (if Business class at front window), flights simply can't compete.
(DIR) Post #AT4rH2YlAuB7adV2FU by feld@bikeshed.party
2023-02-26T16:49:12.290061Z
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Well our limited trains are expected to get TSA type of nonsense so yeah it wouldn't matterWe just need to get rid of TSA
(DIR) Post #AT50QZ5IW76wepKr0S by doomy@mastodon.social
2023-02-26T18:06:55Z
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@feld @yogthos agree tsa is useless but flights are still horribly expensive and much more prone to delays. trains are always the better solution topography permitting đź‘Ť
(DIR) Post #AT50QZuhR0EBEFNu7s by feld@bikeshed.party
2023-02-26T18:31:00.698132Z
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I've never been stuck on a plane for 29 hourshttps://news.yahoo.com/passengers-stuck-delayed-amtrak-train-110125498.html
(DIR) Post #AT50wkAapxk0Iy9kjg by doomy@mastodon.social
2023-02-26T18:33:31Z
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@feld @yogthos one cherry picked example. still better than a plane, plus that was an auto train for people specifically vacationing in florida who want to bring their car...
(DIR) Post #AT50wkdf5szdl7ky2q by feld@bikeshed.party
2023-02-26T18:37:34.383217Z
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ok here's an article from last summer when travel was peaking> 17-hour trip from Lorton, Va., to Sanford, Fla., into a 35-hour nightmare.> More than one-quarter of Amtrak customers encountered delays in June, according to on-time performance data, with an average delay of 76 minutes.This is never going to get better if we have to share our passenger rail with freighthttps://archive.is/R2Llk
(DIR) Post #AT50wkq4LkuyNbYsNs by doomy@mastodon.social
2023-02-26T18:35:10Z
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@feld @yogthos plus we have no investment in rail yet it outperforms in safety and reliability. imagine if our govt dumped the money going to airlines into improving right of ways.
(DIR) Post #AT50wlWFouf6URIZ8a by doomy@mastodon.social
2023-02-26T18:37:21Z
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@feld @yogthos in just 2021 the US cancelled ~100k flights which is much more of a time waste than the auto train delay!
(DIR) Post #AT53Zy6b9tfkjA7SW8 by fcktheworld587@social.linux.pizza
2023-02-26T19:07:17Z
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@doomy @feld @yogthos the security theatre gives Normans a sense of safety
(DIR) Post #AT53f4fGCRA0WAlbPs by datatitian@social.coop
2023-02-26T18:52:30Z
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@feld @yogthos @doomy Not wise to judge train travel as a whole by Amtrak. America is intentionally bad at trains as a part of a cia coordinated anti-communist propaganda campaign.
(DIR) Post #AT53fBVwjSrxlJSlN2 by fcktheworld587@social.linux.pizza
2023-02-26T19:08:14Z
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@datatitian @feld @yogthos @doomy fr
(DIR) Post #AT53kYAruUs7UNA8FU by fcktheworld587@social.linux.pizza
2023-02-26T19:09:15Z
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@datatitian @feld @yogthos @doomy trains are, by definition, the most efficient possible mode of transportation
(DIR) Post #AT54K5PaKIcyhxzUXY by Thomas_Ekstrom@mastodon.nu
2023-02-26T13:47:06Z
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@yogthos To start and finish in the city must be the best feature with travel by train. By those comments a-bow by journalist is also preferable ant time-saving.
(DIR) Post #AT54OsZRUpz8KXt3dg by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2023-02-26T19:15:12.099463Z
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@yogthos > Taylor RainsAuthor is named T. Rains?
(DIR) Post #AT56bmi6nOL1pPDpZo by seanking@kazv.moe
2023-02-26T19:41:18.643448Z
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@yogthos
(DIR) Post #AT58ln9KDaZpzfqsRE by kabo@liberdon.com
2023-02-26T20:05:31Z
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@yogthosYeah, for short distances like that. About the same distance as Dallas - San Antonio.
(DIR) Post #AT59cOBtkBGRvz8Tgm by undergroundbeef@mastodon.social
2023-02-26T18:11:11Z
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@yogthos the distorted view of trains here in the US is strange. Take the Boring Company for example. They say they are going to build tunnels under cities that will have trams to carry people around to reduce or bypass traffic. Cities are clamoring to have them dig a hole for them. Meanwhile subways have existed for over 100 years and are in use around the world, including parts of the US.
(DIR) Post #AT59cP8OEi3IrOVBrM by ldcolton@masto.ai
2023-02-26T18:49:40Z
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@undergroundbeef @yogthos Also, the Boring Company is a scam to actively destroy any chance cities might adopt high speed rail systems because the company's owner also owns a car company and would rather you buy one of those than get on a train.
(DIR) Post #AT59cQEo8KmQHaVpVA by yogthos@mas.to
2023-02-26T20:14:12Z
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@ldcolton @undergroundbeef on a related note, Musk admitted Hyperloop was about getting legislators to cancel plans for high-speed rail in California. He had no plans to build ithttps://time.com/6203815/elon-musk-flaws-billionaire-visions/
(DIR) Post #AT59oU0pvQ3LSrjEZc by brianonbarrington@mastodon.world
2023-02-26T18:05:04Z
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@yogthos The distance from Boston to Philadelphia is about the same as that from Amsterdam to Paris. Surprise! There’s a train there too (Acela), with nice seats etc. The big problem the USA has is that it’s a large, empty country on a huge, empty continent. European countries are small, densely populated countries on a smallish peninsula off of Asia called Europe.
(DIR) Post #AT59oUadmIh1FuTpNg by chucker@norden.social
2023-02-26T19:23:48Z
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@brianonbarrington @yogthos yes, the US has wide swaths with low population density, but New England’s rail network is a joke to central Europe’s both in max speed and network density. Population density isn’t the reason. Lack of investment is.
(DIR) Post #AT59s3ktUTD1BhydXs by yogthos@mas.to
2023-02-26T20:06:51Z
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@lispi314 oh yeah rail transit in Canada is absolute shit, and largely for the same reasons as well
(DIR) Post #AT5JR3gscdiCi4rZgm by feld@bikeshed.party
2023-02-26T22:04:40.949348Z
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We must operate within the boundaries of our existing system. Train travel is not getting any better any time soon. Maybe never. I do not believe you can convince enough of America to support the massive changes required to achieve this or acquire the land needed for new corridors without the use of state violence.
(DIR) Post #AT5MMh9ykT4rXK5Jxo by feld@bikeshed.party
2023-02-26T22:37:35.870554Z
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pretty sure that's actually the bicycle, but it's impractical for long distance travel
(DIR) Post #AT5UGhGSFLWPkwlSrI by adriennelacava@toad.social
2023-02-26T22:07:24Z
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@feld @yogthos @doomy Don’t you know Amtrak sucks in 99.9% of the country? Passenger v cargo lines duel for the same rails, it’s poorly funded. Biden is trying to fix that. With euro class passenger shuttling, America would prosper in many ways.
(DIR) Post #AT5UGhvvl8hNpaAaVU by feld@bikeshed.party
2023-02-27T00:05:59.986344Z
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I hope he's successful but I'm highly skeptical we will be able to achieve new rail corridors throughout the country designed specifically for passenger transit.
(DIR) Post #AT5VLLqTPRUmjDOZfM by Moon@shitposter.club
2023-02-27T00:18:21.204474Z
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@feld @yogthos @doomy @adriennelacava TSA tried to interfere with train travel but train travel sucks so bad already that nobody would tolerate the additional humiliation of gate rapists, people literally rebelled and they had to back off.
(DIR) Post #AT5ViqGiSjcJkEs5iK by skylar@wolfgirl.bar
2023-02-27T00:22:37.044870Z
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@yogthos i wonder what could be stopping america from having nice trains
(DIR) Post #AT5WMqwdMsihQPYaMS by Nero@breastmilk.club
2023-02-27T00:29:57.052676Z
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@skylar @yogthos well yeah, niggers. Plus Europe doesn't spend jack shit on military defense so they can afford medicine and trains. America spends extra on military shit and lets Europeans use it for free at our expense.
(DIR) Post #AT5Wntnkr33s6VIfqa by teknomunk@apogee.polaris-1.work
2023-02-27T00:34:45Z
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One of the usual suspects: bankers.https://yewtu.be/watch?v=qQTjLWIHN74"This shift in approach was best epitomized by JP Morgan"
(DIR) Post #AT5WoL3zUn5keg6WP2 by Twoinchdestroya@poa.st
2023-02-27T00:34:55.310030Z
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@Nero @skylar @yogthos Look at Africa and tell us how well they maintain our infrastructure.The argument of “Why can’t America have nice things”, our government loves bureaucracy and commies, so all our money goes to housing and feeding nigs, goes to funding wars around the world, and goes to pockets of those that hate us.
(DIR) Post #AT5q3h9BZLcccTZObo by fcktheworld587@social.linux.pizza
2023-02-27T04:10:33Z
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@feld bikes are the most energy efficient mode of personal transportation, yes.From the perspective of moving the most people/cargo from point a, to point b, it does not get any better than a train
(DIR) Post #AT6JumlKJtfs3N4tDE by charliebrownau@pieville.net
2023-02-27T09:45:06Z
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@yogthos Time to bring back wood boats that travel country to country without ((( AIR PLANES )))Also noticed its called a Air Planenot an Air CURVEbecause it travels in the AIR above the Flat Plane
(DIR) Post #AT6RCSMRbrG1fgoRMG by dushman@asbestos.cafe
2023-02-27T11:06:45.596204Z
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@yogthos CC @f_o_u_r_t_y @meso
(DIR) Post #AT6dyvFAj6PQbEHttQ by scottmichaud@mastodon.gamedev.place
2023-02-27T00:48:27Z
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@feld @yogthos @doomy @datatitian So the biggest argument against rail is that, while it would be stupid to not support it, people will be stupid and not support it?
(DIR) Post #AT6dyw3rgcxV8S0NuK by feld@bikeshed.party
2023-02-27T13:29:30.543361Z
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Consider that to build high speed rail we will have to go through the process of:- In many cities, buying and destroying entire city blocks because we need a new straight path for the high speed rail. It won't displace white people, I can assure you of that- spending trillions of dollars acquiring land for the new rail corridors because people and corporations aren't stupid and will refuse to sell for anything but highest possible dollar. So many owners you need to broker deals with it may take decades to settle- millions of Americans in rural America whose towns only exist and thrive because of the highway traffic that goes through their towns. Do you think they will be in favor of newfound poverty so we can have trains? You're destroying their way of life
(DIR) Post #AT6kysMu7G4fMRpTnM by adriennelacava@toad.social
2023-02-27T14:44:49Z
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@feld @yogthos @doomy You may be right, especially if it’s turned into a political feud. And the airline lobbies are muscled up bulldogs. Personally I think they should own the development, and become *real transport titans lol.
(DIR) Post #AT6kysx3wozvAakM9g by feld@bikeshed.party
2023-02-27T14:47:59.124969Z
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They're already doing a swell job convincing half the country that electric vehicles are a plan by the far left to take away freedom to travel because ... electricity rationing, or something?They haven't started to invest in anti-train rhetoric and they've already successfully convinced Fox viewers that e.g., AOC wants to make your car illegal and force you to take a train that only arrives once a day
(DIR) Post #AT7Hu1nouSzheyiOvo by Stellar@mk.absturztau.be
2023-02-27T20:57:15.788Z
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@yogthos@mas.to 160$ ???!!! he fucking got ripped off
(DIR) Post #AT9TPGt2MgALEQAxPs by celesteh@post.lurk.org
2023-02-28T21:04:40Z
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@feld @fcktheworld587 I bicycled from Amsterdam to Copenhagen on a first class cycle route. It cost €0 and took 3 weeks.