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I like trains

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By comparison deutsche bahn claims something like 1/4 of Germans pass through one of their stations in a day

08.10.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Despite there being some trains only like 5% of Americans have been on an intercity train

08.10.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

GA at least is used for farming and does make some sense in rural areas

08.10.2025 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Small passenger and general aviation airports don’t really seem to make much sense with how poor India is

08.10.2025 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

If you’re offering I would like one

07.10.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just go to the doctor with my insurance card and pay 130€ a month for the privilege

07.10.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But on street easy for Brooklyn 34 out of 611 3 bed offers are under 3000 a month

07.10.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In germany you have a very strong rental lock in effect because of tight rent controls for existing tenants. It wouldn’t surprise me if nyc had a similar thing esp with the larger units

07.10.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This station gets express services from stuttgart to karlsruhe why not fill in the fields around the station.

07.10.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think germany should build a few new towns around train stations like the dutch do, it seems fun

07.10.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote it that way the first time and changed it and I guess I got it wrong lol

07.10.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the things that Germany does it for the most part not having LED displays at public transit. The information is very clear and stands out from the rest of the environment in a way Toronto/montreals ad filled screens don’t

07.10.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

European railway infrastructure managers move to have a name like β€œingofrastructure” or β€œtrains good”

16.05.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Updating my LinkedIn which u hadn’t touched since before undergrad lmao

07.10.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think this is true

07.10.2025 09:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And the clocks in the Older trains are always 19 minutes slow so it looks like they’re always really late

07.10.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s nice to know someone gets a nicer version of American undergraduate graduation robes

07.10.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If I was the Stuttgart s Bahn I would buy trains that worked

07.10.2025 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

The short lines would never replace track

06.10.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

American railroads are from the Stone Age

06.10.2025 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Germany they have a machine that does this

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06.10.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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its fun when they used a not in service platform (still open to the public) at your station as the construction staging point

06.10.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

burned once forever shy is a real shame because translink could really do with big money for skytrain expansion

06.10.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One thing that the Swiss historically pointed to as why transit was so popular in referenda is that people who couldn’t drive (women and the elderly) are far more represented in a referendum than in a legislature or bureaucracy which tend to be filled disproportionately with able bodied men.

06.10.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 116    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

I don’t know enough about Berlin

06.10.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Considering this

06.10.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

To be fair. If you look at the giant new markets in Barcelona the food aspect is smaller and there’s more variety. I think the food only ones are an American innovation

06.10.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Guy who knows nothing about history of here food halls and large markets are the most common (Iberia)

06.10.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Portland has a ton under construction or just opened. They’re doing alright it seems

06.10.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This one is really funny because not a single Portuguese person can afford this food hall (I’ve been, entrees are like 17€)

06.10.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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