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Thankfully improvements in rail architecture could happen while improvements elsewhere are made. While ideally it would be nice to instantly prioritize which is
by Nadya 11y ago
Thankfully improvements in rail architecture could happen while improvements elsewhere are made. While ideally it would be nice to instantly prioritize which is most important to budget for, etc. Starting somewhere will be better than spending 50 years arguing budget.
Japan has had only 5 deaths in the past 45~ years with far more train operation and having bullet trains. With the only fatal occurrence happening due to an earthquake.
(Pre-1960's had only a few accidents, though high fatalities...)
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Derailments_in_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Derailments_in_Japan
- alasarmas 11y agoIn 2005, the Amagasaki rail crash [0] claimed 107 lives. This was a significant disaster and puts the lie to your claim that Japan has had only 5 deaths due to train accidents in approximately the last 45 years. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amagasaki_rail_crash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amagasaki_rail_crash edit: changed "death" to "deaths due to train accidents"
- Nadya 11y agoCrap, I missed one... I had checked all of the crashes, as I know Japanese trains are among the safest in the world. By the time I had reached the end of the list it seems I forgot Amagasaki. Thanks for the correction - but lie implies intention. I had no intention of misrepresenting the facts.
- alasarmas 11y agoI didn't mean to imply intention to mislead on your part. I'm sorry for that.