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[–] regul@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It sounds like they're praising it in Japan and saying "of course it could never work here, Americans are just genetically predisposed to cars".

[–] regul@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Which public transport? Tokyo Metro is publicly-owned. Some of the JR branches are still publicly-owned. JR was only privatized in the late 80s as an anti-labor move and to deflect from the unpopularity of closing unprofitable rural lines. But of course the government built most of the network, including the first shinkansen lines.

[–] regul@lemm.ee 14 points 5 days ago (8 children)

very funny to see this coming from Reason, a libertarian rag that hates public transit

[–] regul@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, bud. That was my point.

[–] regul@lemm.ee 13 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Suppose you're a gay Palestinian. Who do you think is more likely to kill you: Hamas or the IDF?

[–] regul@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I thought (gas) motor racing was banned in Switzerland? Doesn't apply to karts I guess?

[–] regul@lemm.ee 16 points 3 weeks ago

Well, the article's thesis is more that transportation/traffic engineers don't care. DoTs are set up to get grants and spend money, with a focus on throughput. Very little thought is put into safety, and most "safety" best practices are confusing, outdated, or poorly thought out.

[–] regul@lemm.ee 12 points 3 weeks ago

Well, the article's thesis is more that transportation/traffic engineers don't care. DoTs are set up to get grants and spend money, with a focus on throughput. Very little thought is put into safety, and most "safety" best practices are confusing, outdated, or poorly thought out.

[–] regul@lemm.ee 23 points 1 month ago

We demand to pass out one cheese sandwich for every ten year-old we napalm. And if you don't do that, we will back down immediately!

[–] regul@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

I'd rather have a president who's anti-genocide, so I'll be voting for one of the anti-genocide candidates.

You're okay with voting for genocide. I'm not.

[–] regul@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

I won't vote for anyone who's pro-genocide. You're clearly okay with voting for genocide, but I'm not.

 

...and the NLRB agrees with them.

Seems like Nexstar is just trying to stall out the clock until there's another Republican in the White House who can gut the NLRB.

 

The gist is that Portland drivers couldn't stop hitting crucial safety infrastructure (proving its necessity) so PBOT gave up on it.

As one of the commenters pointed out: Since a pedestrian/bike fatality costs PBOT nothing and replacing a concrete planter a car has demolished costs them more than nothing, to balance the budget they're going to go with more pedestrian deaths.

 

I honestly thought it was going to be Adams, but I definitely knew it wasn't going to happen.

 

This is about the alleged food hall that was going to be coming to the Ritz Carlton Tower. They made a big show about how they'd be offering spots to the food carts they displaced.

Well now e-mails are bouncing and there's radio silence from everyone involved about whether there even will be a food hall anymore.

It sounds shocking, I know, but it certainly seems like the olive branch that they offered to assuage everyone's anger about the food carts they were displacing was a lie.

 

Here's the fallout from Kotek's decision to stop all tolling, as well as a history of promises made and then broken about tolling.

A couple of things I took from this article:

  • Oregon has reduced GHG emissions for most sectors except transportation
  • Tolling was part of the plan to reduce transportation emissions
  • Tolling on the I-5 Bridge will drastically reduce traffic on it, which obviates the need for more lanes
  • Only tolling on I-5 while leaving 205 free creates huge issues
  • The state was counting on tolling money for all of its projects, so car dependence is hurting car dependence, which is a small silver lining
 

He filed a police report for someone brushing his shoulder walking through the aisle and then criticizing his homeless policies.

Him not riding Max anymore has nothing to do with "violent and antisocial behavior" and everything to do with him being unwilling to face his constituents.

 

Seems just as unlikely as previous proposals, and also way outside of town (technically Beaverton, but the course is owned by the city of Portland).

 

Looks like the Broadway Bridge is going to be closed for a while next year.

 

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