• galerkin@lemmy.mlOP
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    3 months ago

    “Safer than ever” is a hilarious claim given that cars have a much higher death rate than any form of public transportation:

    Chart comparing deaths per 100,000,000 passenger miles for cars, trains, buses, and planes

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        3 months ago

        I’m certain a large portion of the city would have to be demolished to build a high speed rail here.

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          3 months ago

          We do that for cars all the time. Wouldn’t it be a better solution to build something that ACTUALLY fixes traffic instead of adding another 2 lanes to the 15 lane highway? Induced demand is real