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With more trillions.We did waste trillions building freeways, but we’re on track to fix that.
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With more trillions.We did waste trillions building freeways, but we’re on track to fix that.
SoundlyHow do you sleep at night?
Calling out bullshit is not mansplaining.
Once we stop wasting money on highways, they’ll be plenty to spend on building out the rail network.With more trillions.
A more energy-efficient mode of long-distance travel does not begin to address the real problem, which is local commuting, local automobile-dependency. We need to eliminate bedroom communities and strip malls. We need to retrofit our communities, towns, cities and neighborhoods along New Urbanist lines.Once we stop wasting money on highways, they’ll be plenty to spend on building out the rail network.
Agreed. We can build more local rail and bike lanes while also building long-haul high-speed rail. Stop spending money on freeways, stop providing drivers with free parking. Car dependency will wither and die if we stop subsidizing it.A more energy-efficient mode of long-distance travel does not begin to address the real problem, which is local commuting, local automobile-dependency. We need to eliminate bedroom communities and strip malls. We need to retrofit our communities, towns, cities and neighborhoods along New Urbanist lines.
Stupid priorities. How about inflation, border security, and crime, for openers.Assuming that Donald Trump is prevented from seizing power, what should our top priorities be as a nation?
As evidenced from some of my other posts on this board, there are two things I think would immediately make America a much better place:
Use this thread to say what you think America should do after we don't have to spend all our energy fighting Donald Trump. Please keep it positive. Don't worry about politics. This is an aspirational wish list.
- Legalize abortion
- Build a national high-speed rail network
You realize that the rail network will take two decadesOnce we stop wasting money on highways, they’ll be plenty to spend on building out the rail network.
Agreed. We can build more local rail and bike lanes while also building long-haul high-speed rail. Stop spending money on freeways, stop providing drivers with free parking. Car dependency will wither and die if we stop subsidizing it.
This will not happen.Agreed. We can build more local rail and bike lanes while also building long-haul high-speed rail. Stop spending money on freeways, stop providing drivers with free parking. Car dependency will wither and die if we stop subsidizing it.
So we better get started now!You realize that the rail network will take two decades
Inflation, border security and crime are all under control. We don’t need to fix things that aren’t broken.Stupid priorities. How about inflation, border security, and crime, for openers.
The one in California is Already ONE decade behind and they’re only 1/4 of the way done. Not finished…still being worked on! Only three more decades to go!You realize that the rail network will take two decades
The one in California is Already ONE decade behind and they’re only 1/4 of the way done. Not finished…still being worked on! Only three more decades to go!
Balkanizing the country ain't gonna help.
Never helped the Balkans, either -- they would have been better off under one empire, whether it were Ottoman or Austrian.
I want to smoke what you’re smokingInflation, border security and crime are all under control. We don’t need to fix things that aren’t broken.
I want to smoke what you’re smoking
“First” world nations are the size of Illinois at best. They’re not over 3k…not even close. France is 18 times smaller than the U.S. Germany is 28 times smaller. Easy to do when you’re small and subsidized.Most first world nations have high speed rail.
MAGA: “It’S iMPosSibLe!!!!!!”
Exactly. And France and Germany are not perfect. They have tons of other problems that look a lot like America at a much smaller scale because they are smaller.“First” world nations are the size of Illinois at best. They’re not over 3k…not even close. France is 18 times smaller than the U.S. Germany is 28 times smaller. Easy to do when you’re small and subsidized.
There's a lot of day left. Don't rule out him saying something even stupider.Award for stupidest comment of the day
Crime is down nationwide, inflation is down, immigration is a non-problem.Stupid priorities. How about inflation, border security, and crime, for openers.
There is nothing MAGA about that common sense assertion. Use your noodle instead for feeding us the slop that you hear from others that are trying to fool you.Most first world nations have high speed rail.
MAGA: “It’S iMPosSibLe!!!!!!”
HSR in California has not been scrapped. It's just going very slowly, costs way over budget, and funding hard to come by.This will not happen.
The HSR in California overran costs by billions. That’s Billion with a B. I think the whole project was scrapped or curtailed. Any Cali bubbas can clarify.*
*EDIT- I looked it up…still being built. One decade behind schedule. Only 1/4 built. Billions in overruns…
All of what you posted sounds nice. It’s a nice utopian vision. The economics just don’t work though. Example…
What does a current Amtrak tix cost from NY to LA? I had to Use Yuma…310 to Yuma
Here is a United flight, NY to PHX: NY-PHX
The actual prices are comparable. The TIME is not.
Rail had its heyday. It effectively ended with the Jet Age.