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trains rule (feddit.org)
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[–] 10 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Have you ever been on a train? It sucks, a bus 10000% more, buses fuckin suck so much, I’m sorry for you to hear this in the echo chamber which features ‘fuck cars’.

Have you?

Trains and buses, when funded, are fine. Millions of people take them every day.

I work from home but I used to daily commute by train. Walk to station. Wait a few minutes. Get on. Arrive at destination. I read so many books and finished so many games.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    Have you?

    sadly yes

    https://translink.com.au/service-updates/june-july-26

    and as mentioned I need my car to get there:

    Trains especially so, my local train would be a 20-30 minute walk away and it goes far south and to the city, if i don’t want to go to either of those I’m in for a 5 hour marathon of a trip at best

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    That's not a general problem with trains that proves they suck. The suck is places have been built out for cars with other modes as after thoughts.

    I live somewhere with much better train and bus coverage, and it makes it easier than driving for the vast majority of trips.

    The day to day suffering is because of cars. So fuck cars. Fuck the culture that made them primary.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I mean if you are only going around the city sure but even in not just bikes favourite country the limitations are obvious

    With a total road network of 139,000 km, including 3,530 km of expressways,[2] the Netherlands has one of the densest road networks in the world; much denser than Germany and France, though not as dense as Belgium.[3]

    On the roads it has grown continuously since the 1950s and now exceeds 200 billion km travelled per year,[8] three quarters of which are done by car.[9] Around half of all trips in the Netherlands are made by car, 25% by bicycle, 20% walking, and 5% by public transport.[9]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_the_Netherlands

    But that’s a tiny country country that is extremely flat

    As soon as you get out into a real world the problems are obvious

    Is A High-Speed Rail Possible In Australia? | Utopia

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8av3knflbQo

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    The facts you are using to support your argument point largely to a failure of the particular transit system currently implemented in your country and area.

    When a country invests heavily in car infrastructure, cars are easier to use.

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