Fees are an effective way to shape behavior. Charge for the things you want to discourage, don't charge for the things you want to encourage. Charging use based fares discourages people from using the transit.

Because transit and bicycles are the most cost effective and energy efficient ways to move people, those things should be paid for with fees on cars. Toll the roads, and charge congestion pricing. Then use that money to pay for the free to ride transit.

The neoliberal idea that things need to pay for themselves is a cancer. My state really takes the climate seriously, or so they claim. But they actively discourage drivers from reducing their carbon output by using transit, or driving a hybrid or EV, by charging extra for those things specifically.

Make the busses and trains free and the cars costly.

Thankfully, girls ~~who laze around~~ are ~~absolutely~~ cuties <3

Is it surprising when traditional sources have paywalls and podcasts don't?

I'm just reporting the track speed through the area. But yeah, that's how they go very slowly.

This is real. It's La Grange KY and the CSX LCL subdivision from Louisville to Cincinnati runs directly through the city. There is a highway built along the same corridor paralleling the track, and for only 3 blocks in downtown La Grange, it runs directly down the middle of main street.

Street running is a thing in some places. It's mainly historical. It's much less of a thing nowadays because rail is no longer used for local deliveries, and it's generally better to run in separated corridors. The trains can only go through the street run at 10 MPH.

Heavy freight rail infrastructure is neither a good way to have pleasant spaces for people, or efficient rail transport. Trams are good for street running, enormous freight trans, not so much.

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happy birthday lobster and it is a satire in my experience!

I spammed the predictive text button. It sounds just like me! AI really is the future.

it begins

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tabloid

We already live in the cars universe. That's the satire. A fictional world built exclusively for cars looks the same.

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F is an S tier letter.

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do you like flying kites?