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Where's the funding going to come from? USA has no money for infrastructure. MTA is struggling in NYC. Seattle's light rail is going to be completed in 2041+ an
by prolikewh0a 8y ago
Where's the funding going to come from? USA has no money for infrastructure. MTA is struggling in NYC. Seattle's light rail is going to be completed in 2041+ and is being paid through a regressive car tab tax. I think it's a pipe dream that rail or transit will ever be improved other than very modestly in the USA.
Plenty of money and land for pipelines though https://i.imgur.com/IdwIHQB.gif https://i.imgur.com/IdwIHQB.gif
- com2kid 8y agoSeattle's light rail is coming online one station at a time. As each station is brought onboard, ridership explodes in the surrounding community. Tokyo's railway was built up over more than a century, infrastructure takes time.
- chiefalchemist 8y agoIn other words, if we can become less dependant on oil / natural gas (i.e. pipelines for them) we'll have more money for mass transportation. The irony is, our love of personal transportation is foregoing our transition to trains and such.
- x220 8y ago>if we can become less dependant on oil / natural gas we'll have more money for mass transportation how do you figure that?
- chiefalchemist 8y agoBump up to the comment I commented on. That said something along the lines of "but there's plenty of money for pilelines." I wasn't figuring. I was summarizing and contexting.
- provolone 8y agoAccording to the article, this change should make rail cars cheaper.