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>>1131516
There are many hidden benefits to rail that cannot be quantified by a private company.
>reduces the number of cars & trucks on the road
>reduces deaths & injuries
>eases traffic congestion
>reduces greenhouse emissions
>reduces damage to roads & upkeep costs

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Dec 2017 02:37:18 No.1131527 Report

Quoted By: >>1131535

>>1131521
Neither should the state should subsidize the operation of any private vehicle.

/n/ is full of clowns that jerk off to railroads, but don't know the first thing about running them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Dec 2017 02:41:42 No.1131528 Report

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>>1131502

I didn't ask to fall in in love on /n/

fk someone hold me

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Dec 2017 02:44:29 No.1131531 Report

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>>1131521
Let's be real, if nobody is riding the fucking thing, the effects are mitigated significantly.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Dec 2017 02:50:25 No.1131535 Report

Quoted By: >>1131707

>>1131527
I don't care really about railroads, I care about cycling and driving. Rail uptake improves things for road users. This doesn't benefit a rail company, but it benefits society in general. Especially switching over freight.

>Neither should the state should subsidize the operation of any private vehicle.
What? So, all roading should be privatised as well?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Dec 2017 03:02:36 No.1131540 Report

Quoted By: >>1131630

>>1131516
The private market used to offer it before cages started getting subsidized by the state. Ironically the government in the states destroyed the transportation industry.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Dec 2017 04:34:31 No.1131559 Report

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>>1131502
Can you hold me next..?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Dec 2017 07:21:45 No.1131581 Report

Quoted By: >>1131630

>>1131516
Kill yourself. Railroads belong to us all and improve society immeasurably. The private sector shouldn't be allowed near it, they only fuck it up.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Dec 2017 11:48:46 No.1131630 Report

Quoted By: >>1134210

>>1131540
Do you think I'm unaware?

>>1131581
No, they're private property. Get your statist hands off of the grandest enterprise under God and allow it to flourish.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Dec 2017 18:24:01 No.1131707 Report

Quoted By: >>1131752

>>1131535
Good rail infrastructure is useful for taking bikes on.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Dec 2017 19:30:47 No.1131752 Report

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>>1131707
Can I ride my bike on its rims on the rail?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Dec 2017 05:54:57 No.1132599 Report

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>>1131752
I require some kind of fucking frankenbike made with fatboy rims that has like, a training wheel that hangs off the side on the other rail to keep you upright and you just peddle along railroad tracks without really even having to steer

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Dec 2017 06:13:58 No.1132608 Report

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>>1131481
>railcucks
Passenger Trains are obsolete. Planes do everything better

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Dec 2017 07:05:57 No.1132624 Report

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>>1131752
Trains that hold bikes tend to be more useful. You can jump on a train and go 200 miles, and cycle around somewhere you've never been before, in a weekend.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Dec 2017 21:22:37 No.1132781 Report

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>>1132624
You cyclists are insufferable

Just fucking bike there

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Dec 2017 00:35:46 No.1134053 Report

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>>1131481
"Rails for roads" they called it

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Dec 2017 01:29:34 No.1134061 Report

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>>1132608
Yes please tell me about how planes are great at metro and suburban passenger transport, how much fun in is to board a plane and leave an airport, how easy it is to get to the airport on the edge of town and not the railway station in the middle of town. Tell me about how it's so much cheaper to fly than to travel by train (this may actually be the case in burgerland but not in other places).

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Dec 2017 13:25:54 No.1134181 Report

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>>1134061
>Not even mentioning how the TSA in Burgerland has flyers by the fucking balls and not rail passengers

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Dec 2017 15:56:49 No.1134208 Report

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atlanta had bus system with overhead catenary and interurban rail before the 60s. then they tore it all out for diesel busses. Then in the 70s they tried to put in heavy rail. Which was only approved by two countries. leaving the rest of the metro area without mass transit until the 21st century. now the other metro countries run their own bus services. most of which are only expresses that take you into atlanta's MARTA stations.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Dec 2017 16:14:09 No.1134209 Report

Quoted By: >>1134286

>>1134061
This is actually the case in Europe, too, because rail has to pay taxes on fuel and emissions but airlines don't.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Dec 2017 16:23:24 No.1134210 Report

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>>1131630
privatize the roads and sidewalks too while oyu're at it

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Dec 2017 16:23:42 No.1134211 Report

Quoted By: >>1134286

>>1134061
>Tell me about how it's so much cheaper to fly than to travel by train
In Spain it is cheaper to fly from Barcelona to Madrid than get the train. The train is a lot more comfortable and convenient though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Dec 2017 21:12:41 No.1134286 Report

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>>1134209
>>1134211
Well there you go. The trains are cheaper down under for intrastate travel/travel from state to border. Mostly they don't have great service or speed either (not by high speed standards) but they have to go a long way. For the really long trips like Melbourne-Brisbane the fares are competitive with each other, but the train takes way longer and goes overnight. Melbourne-Adelaide the train is comparable to the cheapest fare. Train travel is so incomparably slow to air travel that the only trains Perth-Sydney and Adelaide-Darwin are tourist traps.

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