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06.03.2026 19:18
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Overhead shot of snowy intersection with yellow cabs and dotted lines outlining where snow has created space that can be a future bike lane, public plaza and pedestrian refuge.
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eternal glory to the people’s republic of mamdanistan
15mph for bikes is way too low. Bikes are quite light/smsll and not dangerous at higher speeds.
Sorry, Patriots fans: the permits have spoken.
"Nithya Raman, who has been compared to Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York, presents a significant challenge to the incumbent, Mayor Karen Bass." NYT gets the scoop
Gotta cut down some trees to protect trees!
Just one more subsidy bro. Just one more. Hasn’t worked for centuries but it’ll work this time. I can just feel it. At what point do you start to actually help your voters instead of rural whites.
I just don’t think we need to spend political capital on subsidizing the people who want to execute us. But that’s another way to put it sure.
Great for them! But rural areas are already massively subsidized here in the US and vote for the worst people I know, so not sure why I need to keep paying taxes to ensure they get 1 train a week to call there.
Megabus folding is fine with me. I can still buy extremely cheap intercity bus tickets bcs of all the competition. It’s just part of the game
Long distance routes as political patronage hasn’t worked for decades, why would it start working now? We’re BARELY managing to get gateway over the line after how many decades? I’m going to die before we see CT rail straightened.
I think the graph speaks for itself tbh
Trains aren’t a good in and of themselves. As much as I love them, If they’re losing money, that money should either be kept in people’s pockets or better spent on welfare.
IIRC some of these companies were bought out by PE and their stops are being sold for the underlying real estate value. Trimming routes is pretty normal in this space. Amtrak should try doing that!! I’m a foamer like any other, but money losing routes shouldn’t exist.
Yeah basically my experience. It’s…fine. You’re getting from point a to b and not much else. But I resent that Amtrak is allowed to be so bad AND lose money while doing it
I don’t think the default experience of privatization is “the service gets worse”. The UK experience actually saw passenger numbers soar. Regardless, if we get massive cuts to money losing services and nothing else change? Still a win.
I knew Tyler Cowen was a total fraud when he opposed congestion pricing in NYC.
an economist opposing congestion pricing is like a biologist refusing to believe in evolution.
direct proof of being an ideological hack and all-around moron
Interesting. I mostly take megabus and don’t see that. They leave habitually late IME
Overselling seats like an airline? I believe that for sure. But that’s part of keeping ticket prices low. Regardless, greyhound is a profitable company that treats its customers badly. Amtrak is a company that loses taxpayers money AND treats them badly to boot.
Idts actually. You think greyhound is denying boarding to passengers before the bus is scheduled to leave? I’ve never seen it.
I’ve been to Moynihan and Penn st. Not sure what geometry you’re talking abt! Would appreciate a photo or link to show that
Also rail privatization in the UK didn’t fail? Would love to see you show your work there. Rail passenger numbers boomed under privatization.
Highways being built to serve rural towns and losing hundreds of millions of dollars is bad too! I don’t see why we need to bend over backwards to serve unprofitable areas and routes. Texas does toll roads extensively and we’d probably be better off if we did the same.
Direct incentive to not run bad service on your best line. Getting rid of stuff like queueing to get on a train instead of waiting on the platform. Management doesn’t care and Amtrak is run like a charity for towns in the middle of nowhere
They need to be privatized tbh. Amtrak is run so badly.
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NEW INVESTIGATION: What Is A Life Worth In NYC? In Fatal Crashes, Sometimes Just $50.
Drivers who kill pedestrians often face minimal punishment, including just a $50 fine in one case, a Streetsblog investigation found. -- nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/08/w...
This is a thing in the US too. Very common now
