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When thinking about how to get to a car-lite future, obviously one of the biggest barriers is going to be lobbying from motor vehicle companies. I was thinking then, what if there was an incentive structure built to mitigate at least some of this backlash? for example, there could be government grant money to auto companies to help them transition part of their production capacity to produce things like busses, rail rolling stock, and other related equipment. That way, they would have less of a financial incentive to lobby against transit expansion. My question then, is how feasible would it ..read more

Hi all! A curious urban design student here, brimming with excitement for my thesis project! I'm deep into designing an automated elevated light rail network for Chicago, inspired by the sleek and functional Montreal REM. ?? I'm on a quest for real-world examples of stacked rail stations. Where you have a double deck station serving two perpendicular lines in different directions. Is anyone aware of any? Below is an example from CitySkylines I am working on (sorry to busy), this one is more of an urban core design. Please share any insight, could help me shape this project! ✨ https://preview ..read more

Edit: the title should say "why are suburban regions like this" Oshawa is a town in Durham that is very much like every suburb we know and love: a car dependent hellhole. There's a couple bus routes and the intercity regional bus was moved way out of the downtown to be on a frontage road near the freeway and only accessible by car. There's been a lot of push for better transit than the 2-3 bus routes that they have an a streetcar route along its main street corridor was proposed. BUT AS ALWAYS, they got to go do something stupid to try and be different. Rather, Oshawa/Durham wants a gondola o ..read more

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I was thinking how the USA had the first transcontinental railroad so I assume we were way ahead of most countries in the past but where would we rank now? I think it would help the American people understand better if we could say we were once first in railroads and today we are 20th( or what ever rank we we are) submitted by /u/Adventurous-Fly-5402 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Is there heating/cooling system in big european train stations, like Berlin and Vienna Hauptbanhof, outside closed spaces, like shops, restaurants, ticket offices. I noticed that there is a direct conection of train station building with outside platforms, without any barriery, so i assume that heating/cooling would not be very energy efficient. submitted by /u/BekiCetnik [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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This the first time I tried to take the bus in over 5 years. You would think they would update their system to modern times but they didn't. Didn't have cash so I tried to ride today but they told me they only take cash or change. But that's ridiculous tho cause now I got to get off the bus to go get cash to now be 30 minutes or an hour late to my destination because of this. submitted by /u/goatedrudy [visit reddit] [comments ..read more