US US Politics General 2: Hope Edition - Discussion of President Trump and other politicians

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Jet Fuel Johnny dijo:
It will go to California to build an animal overpass that the sides connecting it to the hills aren't built, to a rail system that built one fucking bridge, then everything else will go to Somalia while Jeets tell you how they deserve your country.
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Cali HSR is an unmitigated disaster of a rail project that shouldn't be used as a frame of reference when talking about intercity rail projects, look at Brightine or the Acela service by Amtrak instead.
 
Exegesis dijo:
Cali HSR is an unmitigated disaster of a rail project that shouldn't be used as a frame of reference when talking about intercity rail projects, look at Brightine or the Acela service by Amtrak instead.
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the things that exist right now only suck because real communismcommuter rail has never been tried, obviously
 
Exegesis dijo:
Are you retarded? The US has the worlds most extensive freight rail system, passenger rail can share the same right of way as long as the scheduling is lined up, some minor upgrades to the signaling are implemented, and the tracks are doubled (as in, one track for one direction one track for another). Bare bones commuter rail systems sharing right of ways with freight would only cost $2-10 million per mile and most of the cost would just come from building stations which wouldn't need to take up that much space. The maximum speed that those trains can get to while on freight right of ways is usually between 60-80 mph which does beat cars once you account for traffic.
If you want to optimize for speed then you would place the tracks in the medians or to the side of highways since by law they have to have some space between it and whatever property is nearby. Most of the expense there would come from the train having having to go above grade at interchanges and them having to split off the right of way to go to whatever xyz union station it terminates at. Very little land acquisition would need to be done because both the highway and freight rail projects have done it for them.
Both of these methods were used when the Brightline between Miami to Orlando was made making it only cost like $6 billion and its route ridership is excepted to reach 8,000,000 this year which is comparable to what California HSR will get but for like 5% the cost.
Please understand that when I'm talking about passenger rail, I'm not talking about bullet trains, I'm talking about regular trains that go between 60-125 mph.
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People have been completely made retarded by 25 years of dumb, dumb, dumb internet arguing on this subject, even longer if you were on usenet

There are zero intractable reasons not to have intercity passenger rail. In most of the country, if you take Amtrak, which shares rail with freight, you can see plenty of space RIGHT FUCKING THERE for more rail. If you drive on interstates you can also see QUITE A LOT OF FUCKING SPACE.

The other dumb anti-rail argument is that the distances in the US are too far which is so dumb you should be killed for making it. Nobody wants to take a train from LA to NYC, they want to take a train from LA to San Diego. Nobody wants to take a train from Seattle to Houston, they want to take a train from Seattle to Portland.
 
WelperHelper99 dijo:
The rails have to connect or the project isn't worth the federal bucks. That means it goes through the west as well as the east
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I'm mostly talking about regional rail networks, cross country rail is never worth the money because at longer distances (usually over 700 miles), planes are better. Everyone knows this.
GunCar Gary dijo:
the things that exist right now only suck because real communismcommuter rail has never been tried, obviously
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Unironically yes, commuter rail systems that have been done correctly like in the NE corridor get good ridership.
 
Polyboros2 dijo:
What makes Studs really special is how being completely wrong over and over again just slides off his back like water on a duck, and he keeps posting.

The Doomers hide when they are embarrassed, the trolls go back to TES when they have no weakness to pick at.

But true schitzo hours never stop.
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The indominable Tartarian spirit of someone who thinks bricks are the magic of the giants.
 
gernig dijo:
Oman oil price has dumped 46% from its peak of $175/barrel in just 6 DAYS. The market has started to price in a US-Iran ceasefire. nitter.net
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Oil looks like a shitcoin :story:
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you sound like a guy in the eye of a hurricane talking about how nice the weather is

this morning the largest powerplant is israel got struck, it provides 25% of the nations power, there are unconfirmed reports the Iranian nuclear plant was hit in response

also 2 days ago the USAs largest oil refinery went up like a roman candle, not much coverage about that
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mold dijo:
There are zero intractable reasons not to have intercity passenger rail.
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in all cases, public transportation advocates, NGOs, and admirers eventually let the mask slip and reveal the reason they want public transportation is to get rid of white people's abilities to get away from niggers. public transport projects will never, ever benefit white families with jobs and will only ever benefit the worst of society. every single American city with robust public transport is also filled with poor brown people that the people in charge let stab white people with impunity. its only use is to ferry criminals from the shitty areas of town to the nice areas of town, stabbing all the way

ironically the only place public transport would work properly is in majority-white rural areas, which is also where it would die off because why take a bus when you can drive like a civilized human being

Exegesis dijo:
Unironically yes
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:story:
 
GunCar Gary dijo:
in all cases, public transportation advocates, NGOs, and admirers eventually let the mask slip and reveal the reason they want public transportation is to get rid of white people's abilities to get away from niggers. public transport projects will never, ever benefit white families with jobs and will only ever benefit the worst of society. every single American city with robust public transport is also filled with poor brown people that the people in charge let stab white people with impunity. its only use is to ferry criminals from the shitty areas of town to the nice areas of town, stabbing all the way

ironically the only place public transport would work properly is in majority-white rural areas, which is also where it would die off because why take a bus when you can drive like a civilized human being


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oh yeah I forgot this dumb argument. we can't ever have trains because law enforcement has become permanently impossible.
 
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