people who want to go across a continent have plenty of planes to take; people who want to get around their own cities without driving, on the other hand, could really use more trains https://twitter.com/TiredGuyReturns/status/955187164098256897 …
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The Tokaido Shinkansen--the world's busiest high speed railway--carries around 400,000 people a day The Odakyu Railway--6th busiest in Tokyo--carries around 2 million a daypic.twitter.com/ys7iTcTo6d
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In Boston, cities like Lynn and Brockton have no urban rail, just suburban rail--but are poor and overrun by crime. Newton and Cambridge both have urban AND suburban rail, but Newton is wealthy and very safe, while Cambridge has high crime.
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Framingham is on the same suburban line as Wellesley, but the latter is much safer than the former. Arlington has no rail service at all, but has a lot more crime than neighboring Winchester, which does have rail service. I would love to see time series data tho
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THE PRIZE IS TO FIX THE CAUSES OF SUBURBAN SPRAWL, WHOSE INCESSANT EXPANSION PREVENTS BENEFICIAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS LIKE RAIL TO EVEN TAKE PLACE
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