Can Americans really be blamed for not using public transit?(seeing how dysfunctional parts of American society is.)

who was in the wrong here?

Personal vehicles should be banned in all US counties over 50k population. Tradies should need to drive vans with low ground clearance and capped at 45mph within city limits.

This thread is for talking about railways, and things related to railways, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Trips, tracks, tickets, trains and stations, they're all good - making up rules is boring so let's just be normal. Questions are, of course, most welcome.

If you feel like travelling, head over to National Rail Enquiries (nationalrail.co.uk/); tell it where you're leaving from and where you're going to, and it'll tell you how you're going to get there; then it'll hand you over to a train operator to buy a ticket. The golden rule is that it doesn't matter which train operator you buy a ticket from, as they'll all sell you a ticket from anywhere to anywhere, for the same price. If you're a visitor from overseas, your best option is probably Trainline (thetrainline.com/) - they charge a booking fee on top of the ticket price, but they'll accept just about any payment card. There's also trip.com/, who are apparently a 'thing' with overseas students: I've not used these myself, so please speak up with any thoughts.

Here's a few links:
~The Man in Seat 61 (seat61.com/) - easily the best rail travel resource out there.
~Geoff Marshall (youtube.com/@geofftech2) - Likes trains. Mostly harmless.
~A Visual History of Railway Rolling Stock in Great Britain (gaelan.me/br-stock/)
~Realtimetrains (realtimetrains.co.uk/) - live train timetables: ideal for keeping on top of ETAs and platforms.
~TIGER (tiger.worldline.global/home/) - live station departure boards.
~Traksy (traksy.uk/live/) - live signalling information.
~Openrailwaymap (openrailwaymap.org/) - railway infrastructure, mapped.

What's happening?
~Phase One of High Speed 2 (Birmingham-London): hs2.org.uk/
~Belfast Grand Central: weaverscross.co.uk/belfast-transport-hub/
~The Transpennine Route Upgrade (electrifying the Liverpool-York mainline): thetrupgrade.co.uk/
~The Midland Main Line electrification (still no website!)
~The East Coast Digital Programme: nextgenerationrailway.co.uk/

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>aktually, hun, cars are a way to show your prosperity and good financial decisions

Why don’t luxury car manufacturers design stuff like this instead of shit like the Cybertruck or those other smooth bland modern sports cars?

Do you think this concept would succeed if built with modern technology?

There's this one crossing that I've encountered that has just 2 lights and that's it. Not even a sign for pedestrians (which do regularly walk by the crossing) saying "THIS IS AN ACTIVE RAILROAD CROSSING"

Adding more barriers and signs to railroad crossings would protect more lives and protect me from having someone splattered on me or the rails.

Also, is there any reason why some people just ignore the lights and loud train horn and decide to put themselves in danger by speeding through the crossing? Would love to hear your thoughts!

the reality of public transportation in america