Posted on 10/21/2021 8:14:40 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
President Joe Biden revisited his love of trains during a trip to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, promising to get millions of vehicles off the roads.
“We will take literally millions of automobiles off the road,” Biden boasted, arguing that more high-speed trains like the ones constructed in China would make trains more attractive.
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My last train experience was not a good one.
The brainless conductorette took my ticket, walked to the other end of the car, then came back and accused me of not having a ticket. Fortunately, it was a round trip ticket and I had the other half in my pocket.
On top of that, it felt like the train was running on the ties instead of the rails.
There is a special train just for the unvaxxed.
It ends with a Zyklon-B shower or a toasty oven.
Right of way issues will kill that. The railroad tunnel in Baltimore has the Northeast bottle necked.
“Dream on, Joe. People like to go their own ways.”
Joe should go visit Newsome’s high speed train between LA and San Francisco.
“We will take literally millions of automobiles off the road.”
I certainly believe him there.
I noticed you mastered the art of reading between the democrats lines alertness does pay.
NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT
It’s always your last act.
biden wouldn’t have blurted that out unless his handlers are actually considering it.
I like that.
My place will be renamed Galt’s forest.
Ping.
Ping.
Trains and electric cars are 100 year old tech.
So, did Joe take a train to Scranton? I saw a video of his arrival in Scranton. Many Chevy suburbans escorting the presidential limo. There was a hand full of people on the street who were booing biden. ZERO supporters.
And he got 81 million “votes”.
They will put people on trains.................. Just like the Nazis did.....................
*Biden boasted, arguing that more high-speed trains... would make trains more attractive.*
And the rape in PA, along with commuters being pushed onto the tracks will detract from it.
It feels like a loaded cattle car headed toward the slaughter house.
Only train I feel safe on are Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Train, and the Cumbres and Toltec.
“Joe Biden”, “Putting People on Trains” is not a good concept.
LOL! I was just thinking of posting “IT’S A COOKBOOK!”
Explore Railhenge.
FJB
High-speed trains, no matter what bells & whistles, are not attractive if they don’t go from where I am to where I’m going.
Every year I make at least one 2000-mile round-trip drive to central NY, involving 2 adults, 2 kids, and 2 dogs.
With car:
- Throw everyone & everything in the car, dogs included.
- Begin trip whenever I want.
- Gas up, costing $75.
- Drive 16 hours.
- Gas up once en route, costing $75.
- Arrive, with everyone & everything I need, AND have a vehicle to use while there.
- Repeat, other direction.
With train:
- Put dogs in kennel, costing hundred$.
- Pack very carefully, as luggage limits are extremely strict.
- Drive to bus stop >1 mile away. $25-50 for long term parking or Uber.
- Transfer luggage.
- Wait for bus.
- Take bus to transfer station.
- Transfer luggage.
- Wait for subway.
- Take subway to transfer station.
- Transfer luggage.
- Wait for [currently nonexistent] high-speed train.
- Take high-speed train on [currently nonexistent] 1000+ mile route to destination transfer station, including delays for multiple stops.
- Transfer luggage.
- Rent car, costing hundred$.
- Drive to destination.
- Total time in transit & delays: 16 hours.
- Repeat, other direction.
Trains are great if you live near them and your life revolves around them.
Trains are great for small regions where population distribution is roughly linear (either by natural geography, like Japan or California coast, or because populations developed around long-existing train networks, like Europe).
Trains suck for enormous geographic regions (USA is roughly 2000 by 3000 miles) with diffuse population (east of Mississippi River is populous but evenly spread with few natural hubs/lines, west is sparse).
Practical alternative to trains is (many here will hate me for this) self-driving EVs.
Low power costs, burned fuels are mitigated by scrubbers far more efficient than on-car emissions control, most of a long trip will be done without human intervention (akin to sitting idly on a train), all without the dealing-with-crowds and waiting-for-service problems of trains. Might even be able to rent out your EV when not using it (it will drive itself for paying customers when you have scheduled downtime).
Considering how California is doing with their high-speed train project, they’re not happening to any meaningful degree in the USA. Ever.
I see Musk lining up right now for giverment money to push his tube train thing.
Once upon a time, before the late 40s, there were Interurbans all across the country. GM bought them up and scrapped them to promote bus and auto travel.
You could ride between small towns, even here in rural Oklahoma, for less than a quarter all day long reliably.
Yeah, the demented, pervert SOB makes me vomit.
Yes, and if he was late arriving at the station he would make the train delay its departure, thus affecting all the other passengers.
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