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It's a federal requirement. The real solution would be not to have grade crossings, but America is generally incapable of building anything.
by astrange 2y ago
It's a federal requirement. The real solution would be not to have grade crossings, but America is generally incapable of building anything.
- browningstreet 2y agoReno put their downtown train track underground. It’s a short segment but it’s doable. Emeryville has no horn train crossings. It’s doable.
- mike_d 2y agoOne of the few good things to come out of the next four years is that California will be able to basically ignore any federal requirements that serve no real purpose.
- cuteboy19 2y agothankfully california has more than enough supply of those. cities like san francisco have proven reserves that will last decades on their own
- faggotbreath 2y ago[dead]
- astrange 2y agoThey're not going to ignore the railroad regulators. (Also, Congress is going to flip in two years. The only constant in US politics is that voters get bored of whoever's in power and vote against them in the midterms.)
- denkmoon 2y agoThe requirement is a bit garbage. Most other countries manage to run their rail networks effectively without having their trains blast the horn at every crossing. When they do, it's typically two short tones, not the way the US does it.
- fragmede 2y ago> America is generally incapable of building anything. I mean, sure. But this very article is about having built (erected?) electricity poles for those trains to run on.
- astrange 2y agoIt got delayed like three years because the tiny billionaire suburb Atherton filed a fake environmental protection lawsuit against it.