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minus-squareCloutAtlas [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 days agoYeah but knowing the US, if it does result in mass transit, it will likely be privately owned so it somehow costs more, delivers less and takes twice as long.
minus-squarejack [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoYou know, the one thing you can say for US transit is that it has effectively resisted privatization.
minus-squarefox [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 days agoMost older US cities had functioning trolley networks that were bought up and ripped out so not really
minus-squareRoabeArt [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 days agoI live in a city that is referred to as a “streetcar suburb.” Every main road here had tram tracks, then the 50s happened and everything was torn out.
minus-squareLeylaLove [she/her, love/loves]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoNo lol, Ztrip does the public transit in a ton of US cities
minus-squaremiz [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agowtf I bet DJ Z-Trip is kinda pissed off about this company
minus-squareRoabeArt [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoTo be fair, mass transit is almost impossible to profit off of, even in the US, so private interests want nothing to do with it.
minus-squareLemister [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIronic that the us was the mass transit country in the 19th century.
minus-squareAcidSmiley [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoOnly time Amerika could build trains was when it was still linked to genocidal land grabs
Yeah but knowing the US, if it does result in mass transit, it will likely be privately owned so it somehow costs more, delivers less and takes twice as long.
You know, the one thing you can say for US transit is that it has effectively resisted privatization.
Most older US cities had functioning trolley networks that were bought up and ripped out so not really
I live in a city that is referred to as a “streetcar suburb.” Every main road here had tram tracks, then the 50s happened and everything was torn out.
No lol, Ztrip does the public transit in a ton of US cities
wtf I bet DJ Z-Trip is kinda pissed off about this company
To be fair, mass transit is almost impossible to profit off of, even in the US, so private interests want nothing to do with it.
Ironic that the us was the mass transit country in the 19th century.
Only time Amerika could build trains was when it was still linked to genocidal land grabs