cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/40545492
India’s definitely aping the US all right in terms of how utterly carbrained everyone is becoming
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/40545492
India’s definitely aping the US all right in terms of how utterly carbrained everyone is becoming
The US spends practically nothing on public transit, this is like claiming you can run faster than a cheetah but neglecting to mention that you specifically mean you can outrun Lasty The One-Legged Cheetah
Like yeah it’s an achievement, but maybe it would be a more impressive achievement if you weren’t essentially claiming “hey look were almost not in last place”.
But it does help if it’s against a famous name. For example saying “I had a better baseball career than Michael Jordan” can really draw headlines.
The US hasn’t seriously invested in its infrastructure in 50 years now. I’m glad that India is at least ahead of the US, so it’s a start.
That’s a perfect comparison, actually. I would probably also have a snarky voice in my head while reading that, but I’ve never laid a railroad track or played baseball, so I don’t really have a leg to stand on
Metro rail network length per country isn’t a very useful metric. India already passed Japan.
As of 2020 the top ten were:
There is country size, population, population density, percentage of population living in urbanized areas … a lot of factorsimportant for metro rail