Buck Turgidson posted:

eXXon posted:

Meanwhile, the Ontario government is set to spend at least that much on an idiotic highway through mostly rich farmland so that one day their developer buddies can pave it over with more garbage subdivisions.

eXXon posted:

The comments are great and you can skip reading the entire article. I didn't get past "HSR isn't even profitable". GOOD.

larper posted:

eXXon posted:

You see, Japan unfairly penalized the development of a robust airborne transit system, and now is stuck in a dystopian future with convenient and affordable mass transit serving the vast majority of its population. And then the dude wrote "but tunnels!" and Ashton responded:

Milo and POTUS posted:

This sort of thing drives me more nuts than usual given the future we're heading towards. It's just so loving wasteful. We'll be building SFH in Mad Max scenarios at the rate we're going

FreeRangeHexagon posted:

America: can't build high speed rail because it is too bumpy

Japan: only able to build high speed rail because it is even bumpier than America

Sphyre posted:

mortons stork posted:

there's a guy named ashton in the comments who is absolutely ventilating the author ~~with facts and logic~~ and getting him increasingly pissy and mad

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I literally wrote this blog, as I write nearly all my blogs, in about an hour between putting the kids to bed and collapsing from exhaustion. If you don’t like reading it for free, go find something else to do. I don’t owe you anything.

Mommy's Sleepy Little Boy posted:

You seem to be getting a bit worked up over this. Why not organize your thoughts and write a blog arguing the opposite case. If it meets my obviously low standards, I’ll cross post it.

Ashton posted:

No

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I was surprised to see how readily some of the core ideas were misunderstood, though it is true that I haven’t written as much recently as I used to, and I’m almost certainly less sharp as a result. This blog contains generalizations and inaccuracies – it’s intended as a jumping off point for the interested reader. The bottom line is that California high speed rail won’t work for dozens of reasons, and I wrote about a few relatively obscure but quite fundamental ones

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Police identify teen fatally struck by vehicle in Ross parking lot

A teenage boy was struck and killed by a car Saturday afternoon in Ross, township police said.

The incident occurred in the North Hills Village parking lot in the 4800 block of McKnight Road about 4:35 p.m.

The teen, later identified as Christopher X Lucas, 15, of Pittsburgh, was standing in the parking lot when he was struck by a car operated by an elderly man, according to Ross police.

He died at the scene, Detective Sgt, Brian Kohlhepp, the police department’s public information officer said in a statement.

The driver was cooperating with the investigation, Sgt. Kohlhepp said.

Sgt. Kohlhepp added that investigators don’t believe drugs or alcohol were factors in the incident.

Greatbacon posted:

An elderly person at the wheel killing the youth is a delightfully morbid metaphor for the US

mystes posted:

To be fair also have plenty of teenage drivers running over elderly pedestrians, too

Electro-Boogie Jack posted:

that's the beauty of the USA; here it doesn't matter who you are, anyone can use a car to kill someone else without consequences in this country

Boywhiz88 posted:

The bar is so high that you have to be going over 100MPH and murder like 6 people for them to actually charge you.

lobster shirt posted:

i like to post in the i hate cars thread because, well, guess what, i hate cars

Smythe posted:

you love cars

Smythe posted:

you love cars

Smythe posted:

you kiss cars on the lips lol. and gently caress them in the tailpipe like that freak from my strange addiction in 2005 or w/e

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

i'm getting loving pissed irl right now

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

okay, taking a break from the forums for the rest of the day. guess you're all just cool with this guy being a mod here. insanity.

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

no but for real tho i fuckin hate cars

biceps crimes posted:

i like kissing a car on the lips. i like holding a car close and gently touching its butt cheeks

Smythe posted:

my car identifies as an attack helicopter

Smythe posted:

my car identifies as an attack helicopter

mystes posted:

take a brake only it's accidentally the accelerator

thanks for invoking what is apparently the world's most popular transphobic joke

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

whoa how about a bumper sticker that says "My Car Identifies as a Lamborghini" that would do numbers i bet

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

i'm getting loving pissed irl right now