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Cars have fairly clean tailpipes these days. Older Diesel train engines still in service are disgusting. Construction vehicles are also pretty bad. The worst ar
by goalieca 3y ago
Cars have fairly clean tailpipes these days. Older Diesel train engines still in service are disgusting. Construction vehicles are also pretty bad. The worst are large ocean going vessels burning bunker fuel in port which is illegal but very cheap.
- dilyevsky 3y agoCaltrain is diesel yes. They are replacing most with electric locomotives any year now
- sagarm 3y agoElectric trains should start passenger service next year (originally this year). https://www.caltrain.com/projects/electrification https://www.caltrain.com/projects/electrification
- dilyevsky 3y agoOriginally it was 2019 and maybe even earlier
- hedora 3y agoVarious NIMBY groups kept blocking it, then covid hit. They’re worried about the wheel and wind noise, I think. If I lived near Caltrain, I’d be more worried about diesel exhaust and commute times (the new trains are faster).
- dilyevsky 3y agoThe atherton (aka rich asshole den) nimby lawsuit was settled back in 2016. Then it’s mostly your standard California mismanagement and cost overrun s until ultimate excuse - covid came along
- infecto 3y agoI always assumed it was mostly from the soot of diesel rigs. I know they have gotten cleaner in recent years but diesel is still pretty dirty. I remember an apartment I had in SF near some of the muni lines that still ran diesel and it was absolutely disgusting outside the window.