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GiddyGap ,

I wish. The US is endlessly far behind on public transportation.

Talking to my own family members around the US, they only have eyes for their enormous gas guzzler pickup trucks that they use to run to the grocery store down the street.

spyd3r ,
@spyd3r@sh.itjust.works avatar

We don’t need public transportation, we have something better, personal transportation…

TheBest ,
@TheBest@midwest.social avatar

"India is on the cusp of electrifying 100 percent of its rail lines, while China is nearing three-quarters of its network. Over 57 percent of the rail system in the European Union is electric. The US, which has historically prioritized personal cars over high-volume passenger trains, now can boast that it has two electric trains — and more on the way. "

https://midwest.social/pictrs/image/d15086ff-f37e-4c46-84fb-ec111c140b4e.jpeg

jordanlund ,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

They must not be counting light rail which is electric.

…wikipedia.org/…/Light_rail_in_the_United_States

“The United States, with its 27 systems (as counted by the Light Rail Transit Association), has a much larger number of “true” light rail systems (not including streetcar systems), by far, compared to any other country in the world (the next largest are Germany with 10 and Japan with 9).[1]

According to the American Public Transportation Association, of the roughly 30 cities with light rail systems in the United States, the light rail systems in six of them (Boston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Portland (Oregon), San Diego, and San Francisco) achieve more than 30 million unlinked passenger transits per year.[2]”

The problem with light rail here is excessive heat makes the overhead wire expand and when that happens, it sags causing the trains to have to slow down. :(

In the winter, the problem is snow and ice blocking the lines and the switches.

reddig33 ,

You’d think with current battery tech we wouldn’t need the overhead wire anymore.

dylanmorgan ,

Batteries are heavy and expensive. A wired power source is so much more efficient for rail it’s barely worth discussing.

catloaf ,

And have a much shorter lifespan than catenary wire or third rail.

frezik ,

The best use of a battery on a train is a small one to handle junctions. You disconnect from the wire at the end of one set, go through the junction, and then reconnect at the other side. Saves a lot of ugly spaghetti wiring.

Otherwise, no, just use wires.

altima_neo ,
@altima_neo@lemmy.zip avatar

I’m Portland, the biggest problem light rail has are assholes parking on the tracks.

jordanlund ,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

Or driving in front of the train!

Beaver OP ,
@Beaver@lemmy.ca avatar

Canada isn’t even on the podium :P

LordPassionFruit ,

Maybe we should reanimate John MacDonald. Not to be a politician or give him any legitimate power (for obvious reasons), just give him a bat and make him a CN lobbyist.

Surely we’d get our rail soon.

ProxyZeus ,
@ProxyZeus@lemmy.world avatar

I can’t wait for the US to finally have decent public transport, I hate having to drive for everything

TheTechnician27 ,
@TheTechnician27@lemmy.world avatar

!fuckcars

catloaf ,

I live in a big city with public transport. It’s great.

Imgonnatrythis ,

What are you going to do?

ProxyZeus ,
@ProxyZeus@lemmy.world avatar

Well if we get good transport, I’m going to ride it duh

dogslayeggs ,

No. The answer is always No.

sunzu2 ,

The propaganda does not land, wake me up when we have a semblance of decent rail.

dogslayeggs ,

I hope your name is Rumplestiltskin, because it gonna be awhile.

AngryCommieKender ,

We actually have more light rail systems than any other country in the world. Those are all electric, but yeah heavy rail is all diesel still.

Imgonnatrythis ,

Today on Nightline, is Janice from makeup going to respond favorably to my persistent battery of raunchy pickup lines?

RangerJosie ,

No. We’re not even on board with trains as a concept outside of the context of heavy freight shipping. The people are. But big oil spends a lot of bribe money to make sure you can’t easily ride a train across the country.

reddig33 ,

I wouldn’t doubt Big Airline spends as well.

Rentlar ,

Big freight train spends a lot on bribing too, to avoid needing to spend even more from being required to improve their services.

Stovetop ,

If an article title is posed as a question, the answer is always no.

Reverendender ,

This was not hard to find:

AAR arguing against electrification

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