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cowboy beepboop
Feb 24, 2001


lol the like symbol

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Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

super nailgun posted:

Portland got a lot of snow this past couple days. Broke something like a forty year record. Also managed to cause a MAX derailment. No injuries and wouldn't really be a big thing except it happened at one of the unfortunate bottlenecks in the Rose Quarter that affect multiple lines :rip:

http://katu.com/news/local/max-train-completely-off-tracks-in-derailment-at-rose-quarter-expect-major-delays





streetcars are awesome, guys!

Progressive JPEG
Feb 19, 2003



Auckland's separate/dedicated ROW for buses parallel to the highway

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

hell yeah buses own

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

mishaq posted:

hell yeah brt owns

theflyingexecutive
Apr 22, 2007


oh man you better edit and specify grade-separated or not before shaggar assumes the wrong one

theflyingexecutive
Apr 22, 2007

also my friend just got promoted to planning NYC brt routes and she finds it funny and dumb that I know all these stupid transit injokes

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

there are transit in jokes?

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

omg post the subway conductor memes please are they as precious as the air traffic control memes

blugu64
Jul 17, 2006

Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?

Bloody posted:

there are transit in jokes?

the joke is how much public transit sucks

bump_fn
Apr 12, 2004

two of them

super nailgun posted:

Portland got a lot of snow this past couple days. Broke something like a forty year record. Also managed to cause a MAX derailment. No injuries and wouldn't really be a big thing except it happened at one of the unfortunate bottlenecks in the Rose Quarter that affect multiple lines :rip:

http://katu.com/news/local/max-train-completely-off-tracks-in-derailment-at-rose-quarter-expect-major-delays





A Streetcar Named Disaster

Shaggar
Apr 26, 2006

bump_fn posted:

A Streetcar Named Disaster

Casual Encountess
Dec 14, 2005

"You can see how they go from being so sweet to tearing your face off,
just like that,
and it's amazing to have that range."


Thunderdome Exclusive

yeah post the transit injokes

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Casual Encountess posted:

yeah post the transit injokes

It's shaggar, lol

Serak
Jun 18, 2000

Approaching Midnight.
Intercity trains in sydney dot jpg

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Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

Serak posted:

Intercity trains in sydney dot jpg



i remember those dumbass train seats when i visited sydney that you can flip around

Progressive JPEG
Feb 19, 2003

Put another cushion on the barbie

Jimmy Carter
Nov 3, 2005

THIS MOTHERDUCKER
FLIES IN STYLE

mishaq posted:

i remember those dumbass train seats when i visited sydney that you can flip around

meanwhile in Japan

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

Jimmy Carter posted:

meanwhile in Japan

nice

minivanmegafun
Jul 27, 2004

mishaq posted:

i remember those dumbass train seats when i visited sydney that you can flip around

the suburban trash around Chicago is angry because the new Metra seats don't flip like the old ones


but they have cupholders now

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

if a train ride is < 45 minutes i stand because im on my fatass all day anyway

bump_fn
Apr 12, 2004

two of them

minivanmegafun posted:

the suburban trash around Chicago is angry because the new Metra seats don't flip like the old ones


but they have cupholders now

I've never understood people who freak out about riding facing "the wrong way" on trains/subways

Wheany
Mar 17, 2006

Spinyahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Doctor Rope

bump_fn posted:

I've never understood people who freak out about riding facing "the wrong way" on trains/subways

some get carsick when facing the wrong way

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

bump_fn posted:

I've never understood people who freak out about riding facing "the wrong way" on trains/subways

I also cannot empathize with other human beings

Lutha Mahtin
Oct 10, 2010

Your brokebrain sin is absolved...go and shitpost no more!

i don't get carsick but it still feels "wrong" to me. probs because i didn't grow up riding transit or in the way-back of an old volvo

bump_fn
Apr 12, 2004

two of them

Wheany posted:

some get carsick when facing the wrong way

ohhhh weird. i guess i spent enough time on the MBTA and sitting extremely unsafely in the back trunk area of a station wagon as a kid

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

https://www.citylab.com/commute/2017/02/whats-behind-declining-transit-ridership-nationwide/517701/

looking forward to more roads roads crumbling and bridges collapsing under the weight of our collective lovely planning

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

bump_fn posted:

I've never understood people who freak out about riding facing "the wrong way" on trains/subways

ya this triggers the nausea on longer rides

blugu64
Jul 17, 2006

Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?

mishaq posted:

https://www.citylab.com/commute/2017/02/whats-behind-declining-transit-ridership-nationwide/517701/

looking forward to more roads roads crumbling and bridges collapsing under the weight of our collective lovely planning

spoiler alert: public transit sucks

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

blugu64 posted:

spoiler alert: public transit sucks

lol if youd prefer to sit in your car for 2 hours to go 20 miles

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde

blugu64 posted:

spoiler alert: public transit sucks

honestly kinda surprised your post history in this thread isn't longer than the single page of this

jammyozzy
Dec 7, 2006

Is that a challenge?
I'm in Chicago for the weekend and CTA's poo poo is easily the nicest public transit I've used in America.

That's from a sample size of 2 though and the other place was Disney World, but it's still pretty good by my Euro expectations. I enjoy staring random office workers in the eye while riding the loop.

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

jammyozzy posted:

I'm in Chicago for the weekend and CTA's poo poo is easily the nicest public transit I've used in America.

That's from a sample size of 2 though and the other place was Disney World, but it's still pretty good by my Euro expectations. I enjoy staring random office workers in the eye while riding the loop.

cta is excellent by american standards

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

mishaq posted:

cta is excellent by american standards

aside from the risk of being robbed and/or murdered at night

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

blugu64 posted:

spoiler alert: public transit sucks

specifically, buses suck

bus ridership falls, while rail ridership grows. gee i wonder what could be driving this incredible development?

Munkeymon
Aug 14, 2003

Motherfucker's got an
armor-piercing crowbar! Rigoddamndicu𝜆ous.



#notallpublictransit

Lutha Mahtin
Oct 10, 2010

Your brokebrain sin is absolved...go and shitpost no more!

i guess there is some new transit study being done here because all down this one street NIMBY landowners have giant red "NO TRACKS DOWN THIS STREET" signs hung on their fences

George
Nov 27, 2004

No love for your made-up things.
make some lovely-looking notices to tack on their front doors about eminent domain

Lutha Mahtin
Oct 10, 2010

Your brokebrain sin is absolved...go and shitpost no more!

George posted:

make some lovely-looking notices to tack on their front doors about eminent domain

with a Doomtree av you might live here, so: it's along 46th street in Minneapolis, east of the Blue Line station. I have actually never heard of this so it must be either (a) new, or (b) really early in the planning process. it would be a cool place to run a streetcar though imo

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George
Nov 27, 2004

No love for your made-up things.
Nah, I'm in seattle.

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