Diplomjodler@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoCalifornia Is Exploring High-Speed Buses That Connect LA and San Francisco in Just Over 3 Hoursgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1225arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia Is Exploring High-Speed Buses That Connect LA and San Francisco in Just Over 3 Hoursgizmodo.comDiplomjodler@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square69fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareinfinitesunrise@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoThey should explore eminent domain and build real transit.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoWe already did that then tore it all out and let the railroads keep the property and money they schemed, scammed and straight up stole.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoBut what if there aren’t enough minority neighbourhoods to bulldoze?
minus-squareinfinitesunrise@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months agoThe farmland between LA and SF isn’t minority neighborhoods. But my comment was more an off the cuff dismissal of this ass-backward bus idea than an actual policy opinion. Here’s a real policy opinion: Stop making excuses and run the fuckin trains.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoThey’re you have your problem: That farmland belongs to rich white people.
minus-squareinfinitesunrise@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoAye, that’s a bit of a pickle. But I find pickles delicious.
minus-squareFinalsolo963@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoLand isn’t an issue for high speed rail in CA (anymore), so… high speed busses with dedicated lanes is extra silly.
They should explore eminent domain and build real transit.
We already did that then tore it all out and let the railroads keep the property and money they schemed, scammed and straight up stole.
But what if there aren’t enough minority neighbourhoods to bulldoze?
The farmland between LA and SF isn’t minority neighborhoods. But my comment was more an off the cuff dismissal of this ass-backward bus idea than an actual policy opinion. Here’s a real policy opinion: Stop making excuses and run the fuckin trains.
They’re you have your problem: That farmland belongs to rich white people.
Aye, that’s a bit of a pickle.
But I find pickles delicious.
Land isn’t an issue for high speed rail in CA (anymore), so… high speed busses with dedicated lanes is extra silly.