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    1. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Jun 5

      Haunted Forrest  🌲 Retweeted Guido Fawkes

      This is a new one: this fellow is saying Japan's excellent railway network is a myth because it...is busy and goes everywherehttps://twitter.com/GuidoFawkes/status/1003911876915486721 …

      Haunted Forrest  🌲 added,

      Guido FawkesVerified account @GuidoFawkes
      Replying to @MarkDiStef @tnewtondunn @BBCr4today
      Myth. City trains packed, intercity trains ditto. Rural services patchy. Next.
      7 replies 17 retweets 109 likes
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    2. Hollow Man‏ @HollowFestival Jun 5
      Replying to @380kmh

      "Ah yes. I'm sure farmers are just BEGGING for their property to be carved like a ham via rail." The reason rural coverage is 'spotty' is because Japan doesnt just rip through everything like the US Feds do as far as I know

      1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
    3. Chiaki Matsuda‏ @Chiakipus Jun 5
      Replying to @HollowFestival @380kmh

      What even is "spotty"? The network is excellent by European or American standards.

      1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
    4. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Jun 5
      Replying to @poiThePoi @Chiakipus

      this is a poor take--people in Japan use airplanes for long-distance trips too, even if it's possible to make the trip by train instead

      2 replies 1 retweet 12 likes
    5. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Jun 5
      Replying to @380kmh @poiThePoi @Chiakipus

      needless to say, most Japanese airports are accessible by train, and all (that I know of) are accessible by bus)

      1 reply 1 retweet 12 likes
    6. afai sfhjnkn‏ @poiThePoi Jun 5
      Replying to @380kmh @Chiakipus

      Oh yes. America doesn't have a rail network because of: * 1960's through 1990's white flight which made all interurban travel suburb->suburb or suburb->urban at best. * Transit Unions who double the cost of rail service if not more. * Buy America

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    7. afai sfhjnkn‏ @poiThePoi Jun 5
      Replying to @poiThePoi @380kmh @Chiakipus

      With that said, there's basically 6 cities worth mentioning on the West side of I-35, isolated from each other by mountains. The entire Western half of the country is best served by planes, and a Vancouver to Portland HSR. And once the West half uses planes for everything...

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Jun 5
      Replying to @poiThePoi @Chiakipus

      There are several viable intercity corridors out west, not all of which need HSR--and there are many more situations out west where suburban rail makes sense. People who think rail won't work bc it doesn't work on, say, Dallas to Seattle travel are seriously missing the point

      8:11 AM - 5 Jun 2018
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      2 replies 2 retweets 15 likes
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        2. Hollow Man‏ @HollowFestival Jun 5
          Replying to @380kmh @poiThePoi @Chiakipus

          You can't ride a train from Austin to Michigan so Houston should look like this forever with no trainspic.twitter.com/szriL9XZGU

          2 replies 1 retweet 19 likes
        3. afai sfhjnkn‏ @poiThePoi Jun 5
          Replying to @HollowFestival @380kmh @Chiakipus

          Oh yeah, it's time to densify and retrofit. I've got a Houston->Corpus Cristi -> San Antonio vacation earmarked for 2022 and the traffic from the airport to Galveston is literally adding a day to that trip.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        4. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Jun 5
          Replying to @poiThePoi @Chiakipus

          weeewwwww that's harsh

          3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        5. afai sfhjnkn‏ @poiThePoi Jun 5
          Replying to @380kmh @Chiakipus

          It really adds about 2 hours, but they're the 2 hours that are the difference between "Getting up at 4:00" and "Getting up at 6:00", so at that point, you're flying out the day prior (since I'm not driving Houston to Galveston at midnight).

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        6. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Jun 5
          Replying to @poiThePoi @Chiakipus

          crazy; at just 50 miles over flat land it wouldn't take more than an hour if they had a decent suburban train there

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        7. Hollow Man‏ @HollowFestival Jun 5
          Replying to @380kmh @poiThePoi @Chiakipus

          I think Houston had literally zero (0) commuter rail if I recall

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        8. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Jun 5
          Replying to @HollowFestival @poiThePoi @Chiakipus

          correct, they just have a (mostly for show) streetcar system

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        9. Hollow Man‏ @HollowFestival Jun 5
          Replying to @380kmh @poiThePoi @Chiakipus

          Now would be a perfect time to try and rezone, demolish, and fix everything since Houston got pretty wrecked by Harvey

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        10. End of conversation
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        2. afai sfhjnkn‏ @poiThePoi Jun 5
          Replying to @380kmh @Chiakipus

          Ok, but then build that suburban rail and do it well. (SLC, looking at you buddy... Portland, also looking at you, buddy...) And then hook it up to the airports (Which Seattle, Portland, Denver, and SLC all did, so CA needs to catch up).

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        3. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Jun 5
          Replying to @poiThePoi @Chiakipus

          yes, 100%--I don't have much faith in most transit projects I've seen in USA so far, a thorough change in mindset is required

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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