I want working trains. We fucked that one up a long time ago.
Society is based on roads. Business locations, homes, all roads.
Every time a City in the US puts in a light rail line, every target community loses their shit because it connects the poorer parts of town with the affluent parts of town. It fucks up the crime rate a bit.
People don’t want trains here because people don’t ride trains here.
People don’t ride trains here because trains don’t go from affluent houses to places where the affluent work.
You get what you build. The US still builds basically only road infrastructure and as long as that doesn’t change, the US will remain underdeveloped in the personal mobility department. The country could do something about anytime but it doesn’t. Sure, it takes decades until a change in direction really starts to change the country and how it works but that wasn’t different when the country was bulldozed for cars either.
That is part of the reason I guess, but large long car infrastructure projects are still much more likely to happen even if they take longer than that.
The poor use trains to access the jobs in the rich areas they can’t afford to get to. The rich need the poors to work the jobs they don’t want because it doesn’t pay enough but still need done.
I want working trains. We fucked that one up a long time ago.
Society is based on roads. Business locations, homes, all roads.
Every time a City in the US puts in a light rail line, every target community loses their shit because it connects the poorer parts of town with the affluent parts of town. It fucks up the crime rate a bit.
People don’t want trains here because people don’t ride trains here.
People don’t ride trains here because trains don’t go from affluent houses to places where the affluent work.
affluent being median wage earners.
You get what you build. The US still builds basically only road infrastructure and as long as that doesn’t change, the US will remain underdeveloped in the personal mobility department. The country could do something about anytime but it doesn’t. Sure, it takes decades until a change in direction really starts to change the country and how it works but that wasn’t different when the country was bulldozed for cars either.
No politician seems to want to take on a job these days that takes longer than the 2 allowed presidentail terms
That is part of the reason I guess, but large long car infrastructure projects are still much more likely to happen even if they take longer than that.
The poor use trains to access the jobs in the rich areas they can’t afford to get to. The rich need the poors to work the jobs they don’t want because it doesn’t pay enough but still need done.