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I was under the impression that we did over rely on trucks. Is that at odds with having an extensive network of freight rail?
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a stupid passenger rail story is that i was once interested in taking a train from houston to new orleans, because it's a long drive. well its an even longer train trip (like 9 hours vs 5 on the road) but not too horrible. however the train only goes one way, so to get back from new orleans to houston you have to go through chicago and then to new mexico and finally to houston, a three day trip. so convenient! and this is a line that could be in high demand, new orleans is a very popular party destination.
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Freight rail is basically only for giant loads of poo poo that's not time sensitive, like paper or raw building materials, because we've completely hosed up the entire logistical system. Short version, tracks are designed with side tracks that trains can use to pass each other, the scheduling assumes those are going to be used, and the trains are physically too large to use them, adding hours or days to each delivery. Paper doesn't care how long it sits there, but the train operators are completely boned. If we actually need a product to reach its destination we use a truck.
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Dec 11, 2022 18:07
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Stopping in the middle of nowhere for an hour to let a freight train go by is an essential part of the Amtrak experience.
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Dec 11, 2022 19:12
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Just the dumbest poo poo constantly
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This infrastructure isn't working, we have to fix it. Can we make it bigger? No that's what makes it not work, we need to make it either smaller or increase capacity. I'm hearing make it bigger, bigger it is.
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Cup Runneth Over posted:Love an at grade crossing and I smile in childlike wonder at the train as it passes by each time it stops me i usually agree but last week i got stuck behind like a 5 mile long train for like 20 mins. conductor!! STEP ON IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Dec 11, 2022 20:41
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Yeah in Portland Oregon, freight trains regularly cut parts of the city off for 30-40 minutes and everyone just has to live with it.
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Dec 11, 2022 21:26
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Making the train too long for the siding sounds like an OpenTTD rookie mistake
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Dec 11, 2022 21:59
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 this is from September 14, 1946
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i hate cars
drat https://www.freightwaves.com/news/affidavit-fedex-ground-contractor-killed-texas-girl-in-panic-after-accident quote:FreightWaves
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lobster shirt posted:most people who don't work in logistics probably only interact with trains via their trips being delayed by at-grade crossings. to which i say: good.
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mawarannahr posted:i hate cars drat Jesus loving christ
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quote:The employees of these service provider companies are subject to criminal history background checks as part of the driver eligibility process, Miller said in a statement to FreightWaves. Really helpful info there, glad to see the system working. Thanks assholes. Don't hate the car, hate the driver.
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Dec 11, 2022 23:48
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BonHair posted:What a strange thread to learn that USA is ahead of the curve on cargo rail, compared to the much more American solution of cargo trucks. Sorry for being uninformed. we arent ahead by changing anything recently. we just built poo poo like railroad for coal to furnace and railroad for cow to slaughterhouse and made a handful of people into absolute lords in the 1800s and those positions maintain the same power today as they strip more and more from the system to make the absurd windfall they get from hauling the one kind of thing they want to haul go further and not cover any losses in other types of service. a truck company is not gotta get a contract to haul hydrogen flouride across a state when warren buffet already has 100s of hydrogen flouide cars rolling through populated towns all day on the lucrative chemical precursor plant to chemical plant line when you let independent psychopaths in a war against each other build your country thats how it looks
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Dec 12, 2022 00:01
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Do I want to know how close to the stadium the hotel is?
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Ham Equity posted:Do I want to know how close to the stadium the hotel is? theres like a fence between the two parkinglots. they are mega parking lots tho
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Dec 12, 2022 00:51
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I was in a situation today where I absolutely, had to have a car to move heavy stuff, so I rented a van, and it costed me ~40 dollars Lot less than thousands a month
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Blockade posted:I was in a situation today where I absolutely, had to have a car to move heavy stuff, so I rented a van, and it costed me ~40 dollars My brother had his first child this year, so he and his wife went out and got some giant three row Kia thing. "I need a truck to move stuff" is just an excuse people use for buying the big truck that makes them feel important
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Dec 12, 2022 01:13
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Blockade posted:I was in a situation today where I absolutely, had to have a car to move heavy stuff, so I rented a van, and it costed me ~40 dollars granted rental prices have crept upward closer to $50/day and if you're legit commuting 20+ days a month every month then no
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I would simply not buy furniture 40 days a month, If I keep it to 20 I can buy more.
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If you're living a proper life, you can fit all your possessions in your Zündapp Janus
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Ham Equity posted:Do I want to know how close to the stadium the hotel is? 
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lmao what a neat country
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lol by car: 4-5 mins by foot: 35 mins
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there are multiple hotels half a mile as the crow flies from metlife stadium lol i have numerous complaints about all the public financing of stadiums that have happened in my city but at least the fuckin stadiums are in the city and not some monstrous exurb thats only accessible by car. hell i have taken the train to football, baseball, and basketball games.... its nice.
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just make every road an interstate and you don't have to worry about pedestrian safety at all
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mawarannahr posted:i hate cars… drat that guy isn't going to fare well in prison when the other inmates learn he's there for strangling a 7 year old girl
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i don't buy the panic after an accident excuse because in america if you kill via vehicle its usually np
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Dec 12, 2022 03:48
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Safest way to murder someone is to wait for them to cross the street, run them over, then wait around for the police or come while acting distraught. You will be home in time for dinner.
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couldn't America just build pedestrian walkways so people can walk over dangerous intersections
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gradenko_2000 posted:couldn't America just build pedestrian walkways so people can walk over dangerous intersections This would require some semblance of competency from the people responsible for building any sort of infrastructure here, which, lol. Bridges for cars are crumbling, zero chance any money gets put into bridges for people
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gradenko_2000 posted:couldn't America just build pedestrian walkways so people can walk over dangerous intersections Americans don't want pedestrian crossings because then poor people will be able to walk into their neighborhood.
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double post
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McCracAttack posted:Americans don't want pedestrian crossings because then poor people will be able to walk into their neighborhood. ah ha, gotcha
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gradenko_2000 posted:couldn't America just build pedestrian walkways so people can walk over dangerous intersections they gave it a go once
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I live in a small US city and every time they try to expand bus service, bike lanes, or multi use paths the city council meetings fill up with people worried about all the "crime" that they assume will come in as a result. Literally just, "People too poor to afford cars will be able to come to my neighborhood now!" Car dependency is a feature, not a bug.
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Vegas does a good job with ped walkways but that's a very unique case
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