US Transit is Abysmal and Unacceptable

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/us-transit-is-unacceptable

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cmbabul@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y (8 replies)

I mean yeah no shit, it ain’t gonna get better anytime soon either. That train has left the station and won’t be coming back until some intense changes are made

abcdqfr@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Like building a fucking train station to return to? Lol

cmbabul@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

I mean yes? But also that won’t happen unless there are monumental cultural and perceptive changes among the populace and the people currently in power have it all stripped from them

AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 4 pts · 1y (3 replies)

The most likely scenario is the US losing a war with China, being occupied and getting high-speed rail along with its Xi Jinping Thought reeducation. The others are even less likely.

froggycar360@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 1y

I welcome our new Chinese overlords and their trains

Halasham@dormi.zone · 2 pts · 1y

Well, if it's that or what's increasingly the new Third Reich the PRC would be a grand improvement.

LovesTha@floss.social · 1 pts · 1y

@AllNewTypeFace @cmbabul other scenarios are civil war options right. With the resulting nations competing for quality of train service provided

rockSlayer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Most cities are trying to improve it. My city has invested $1B into a light rail expansion, and $500M into BRT

azimir@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y

My city is going to finish a new bus route. They're hoped for target is September of 2030. They're just that good.

Ghostwurm@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y
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HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com · 5 pts · 1y

We have some decent examples but overall, yeah, sucks.