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America, where I’m free to drive anywhere at any time because public transit doesn’t effectively exist for most people :( I miss the trains in other countries
by seanp2k2 4y ago
America, where I’m free to drive anywhere at any time because public transit doesn’t effectively exist for most people :(
I miss the trains in other countries so much. They’re reminders of what we could have had here had we not let NIMBYism win. https://www.quora.com/Why-wasnt-BART-built-initially-to-loop-around-the-entire-bay https://www.quora.com/Why-wasnt-BART-built-initially-to-loop... has some of the history, there’s probably a better article out there somewhere.
- jlarocco 4y agoIt had less to do with NIMBYism and more to do with car company profits. [1] Here in the Denver metro area, we used to have trains running all over the place, and 100 years ago, there were daily trains between Denver, Boulder, Golden, and Longmont. Then they ended service and tore up most of the tracks. Fast-forward to 2022, and now they're trying again to put rail between Boulder and Denver, but it's a $1+ billion boondoggle that hasn't gone anywhere in 15 years. [2] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-I8GDklsN4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-I8GDklsN4 [2] https://www.cpr.org/2022/03/01/rtd-fastracks-commuter-rail-buses/ https://www.cpr.org/2022/03/01/rtd-fastracks-commuter-rail-b...