The Urbanists/City Planners of RTGame

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Texas Department of Transport Approved

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Hi

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yes i'm using a stock image

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cars bad
bikes good

me like big train

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me like trams

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what the hell is this

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it's art

I stare at it longingly

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this is torontopilled at that point

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do they even have a free tram zone?

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if you don't validate

it's technically free?

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ur so right

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i checked and

yikes

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whats a presto

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kind of like an oyster card

it's the magnetic payment thing i think

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Ohhh so it's like opal and stuff

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either way it's a bit expensive for just a streetcar

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anyway I wanna see the new g-class trams

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they look

alstom-ish

when are they entering service again?

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next yearrr

they should be roomier too

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do they replace any stock?

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https://youtu.be/9QL8DHSNaEM

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hey we have those trains too

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yeah and they actually work the and are fit for purpose. amtrak tried to propose using the pendolino as an acela replacement, but alstom had other ideas.

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either way, the acela was and never will be a true high speed train unless another corridor is built/the current corridor is overhauled even more

it's stupidly slow for high speed rail standards

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death to the town of mystic connecticut

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https://www.wamc.org/2024-06-06/backlash-to-hochuls-decision-to-halt-congestion-pricing-delays-the-end-of-ny-legislative-session hochul the yokel got pressured into throwing away congestion pricing, now everyone wants to stab her

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https://www.context.news/digital-divides/bus-bike-orair-taxi-us-cities-prep-for-road-free-travel?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us NO NO NONONONONO

i hope it fails, again

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yep we're fucked

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transit 😌 that is all

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The bright side of the tories being booted out here is that our new govt wants a LOT more housebuilding and aren't weird car-centric conspiracy theorists

honestly I'm kinda hopeful, especially since they want more powers to devolved (local) administrations :)

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american here: i don't have hope for you tbf-new labour may not be conspiracy theorists but they're still neoliberals who rule by poll

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used to think that! now I'm tentatively hopeful. they might be filthy centrists but so far they're making positive moves on a fair few topics. they do cling to completely nonsensical economics but for the topics I'm hopeful for that doesn't make too much of a difference

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEqKtqBShTY

:)

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yeah, no, i don't really agree on that, at least here in France

people rely on hypermarkets a lot in rural/peripheral areas as car dependency is still strong in those areas