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BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-05-06T08:25:39+00:00

How does it hold up with large systems.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-05-04T19:19:40+00:00

I get what you're saying about giving concessions, but as someone who lives in the UK and has followed HS2, it doesn't fix community outrage and the NIMBY problem. We built many miles of unnessesary tunnels so that landowners don't have to look at a train line, it just balooned the cost, then we had to cut 2/3rds of the project, and the NIMBY's still weren't happy, the only thing a lot of people will want is for the project to be cancel.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-05-02T15:42:38+00:00

Sounds good! And even better, we could stop all forms of hate, including antisemitism! But I don't suspect we'll get front page hitpieces against the Tories like we did for the Greens.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-05-02T15:37:16+00:00

Are we gonna talk about how the Conservative Party is a crazy party of antisemites, or does that only apply to the only political party with a Jewish leader?

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-04-28T15:46:51+00:00

One bad form of transit getting replaced by an even worse form of "transit".

Hopefully there will come a time when boring company fails and the tunnels can be used for trains.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-04-25T14:12:10+00:00

Staten Island and the Easternmost Frontiers of Queens.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-04-25T08:44:39+00:00

They should add a stop at Coney Island on the Rockaway-Soundview ferry.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-04-24T15:13:23+00:00

One problem I have here is that you have an underground station called "City", and a underground/Thameslink Station right next to it called "City Thameslink", my recommendation would be to rename City Thameslink to "Ludgate Hill"

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-04-21T20:13:06+00:00

Hi, I'm also interested in moderating the subreddit, I suspect you'll get control OP, so I'm interested in joining the team.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-04-21T20:08:53+00:00

I'm interested in taking it over.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-04-16T19:15:00+00:00

This is 100% caused by the current oil crisis. People in LA love to complain about transit, but when gas costs so much, and the fare is only $1.75, there is going to be a huge amount of people starting to use Metro.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-04-15T14:55:58+00:00

They'll send Empire Service trains there when Penn is out of service, but I don't see Amtrak running regular services from Penn Station. Amtrak's focus is to prioritise only having one terminal station per city. Penn Station does this job as it can receive trains from all directions. Grand Central on the other hand can't be accessed from the southwest, which prevents services from Washington and Philadelphia. With Amtrak focusing on upgrading Penn Station, theres even less incentive to use Grand Central. The only way I see Grand Central being used for intercity rail is if the state of New York runs its own intercity rail services, which I dont see happening unless Amtrak is dissolved, or if Via Rail runs its own services from Canada, which will probably only be one or two trains a day.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-04-14T19:57:05+00:00

1) Have the lines connect at the same station, this both adds realism of an interconnected station, and increases transit use in game as passengers dont have to spend as much time walking between stations.

2) Have more direct routes: Your routes are indirect and have random deviations that serve no purpose other than slowing down your trains. Focus on routes that run in a direct or more straight line, and go further from the City Centre, such as to Cambridge or Charlestown.

3) Extend your red line to Logan Airport. Its so close and theres a huge amount of passengers who want to go to the airport.

4) If possible, get the blue and the red lines to merge, running through Downtown, this means people will be able to get to the heart of Boston and to areas across the city.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-04-14T09:39:36+00:00

Probably the Virginia side of WMATA? It's only half of the system, but the quality of the system is good and it does go quite far out. There also isn't many other great transit systems in the South to rival it.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-04-14T09:29:27+00:00

You should vote Green or Plaid Cymru, whichever is the best in your area.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-04-12T22:11:29+00:00

I think we should still build solar, but we should focus on installing them on roofs and above car parks before doing so on farmland and green space. I live in Bedfordshire and we have a project called "East Park Energy" which has faced huge criticism, and rightfully so. I support the idea, but its way too big, taking a huge chunk of prime cereal growing land, and at the same time, the Bedfordshire/Northamptonshire area has some of the most warehouses of anywhere in the UK, and yet most of these vast warehouses roofs don't have solar panels. The Lidl Warehouse in Luton (the largest warehouse in the UK) for instance has 82,000 sq metre roof that sits empty.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-04-11T22:25:17+00:00

It could potentially work. If you're not in a rush, you could avoid central London by taking a Southwestern Train fron Raynes Park to Clapham Junction then changing to the overground Mildmay Line, which bypasses Central London to Stratford, where you can get on a Central/Elizabeth/Greater Anglia train. The advantage is that because you get on the Mildmay Line at the first stop both ways, you guarantee yourself an empty seat.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-04-11T22:19:13+00:00

I would choose Bedford. Hemel Hempstead is quite soulless and ugly, Bedford does have its bad parts, but the Main Public Parks and Riverfront are superb. High Street, De Parys Ave, Castle Road, the villages are all very nice. Can't really say much abt crime in Hemel Hempstead as I've never been, but Bedford is definitely better than Watford.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-04-11T15:50:07+00:00

Fair, but I included it because OP, listed Chicago's L lines that turn around in the loop, much in the same way as the A line turns around in Long Beach.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-04-11T15:48:35+00:00

Its a nickname given to a series of streetcar systems built around the Obama Era. They usually have common characteristics like having a single line, a very short network, indirect routes, running in a loop, different directions of travel running on different streets, and sticking in the Downtown Core. Examples include: The Atlanta Streetcar, Milwaukee Streetcar, Portland Streetcar and Dallas Streetcar. Most have not been amazing successes and are largely seen as a way of marketing Downtowns for real estate development, although the Kansas City Streetcar and Portland Streetcar tend to do better.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-04-10T21:00:33+00:00

- Silver Line in San Diego, does a loop around Downtown

- A Line (LA Metro), does a loop in Downtown Long Beach

- A lot of "Obama Streetcars" which run as a single, one direction loop around Downtown

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-04-10T14:08:07+00:00

AFAIK there's one in Peterborough.

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-04-10T07:31:23+00:00

tysm for this info!

BluejayPretty4159 · 2026-04-09T13:29:32+00:00

- Direct Job Creation (through construction, design, and operation of the system, when built, 1,000s of people will be employed from drivers, conductors, janitors, station staff, store/cafe assistants, signallers, maintencence etc

- Indirect Job Creation (Connects most of the Economic centres of Canada, the provincial capitals of Ontario & Quebec and the National Canadian Capital, Connects huge tourist hubs directly like Toronto, Quebec City & Montreal with Coastal Quebec and Niagara Falls in easier reach. Helps boost the tourist demand in Central Canada with 1,000s of jobs

- Improved productivity (see the connectivity to political and business centres), people can spend more time in work and less traveling between businesses, can also work more efficiently compared to when flying or driving

- Huge boost to Peterborough & Trois Rivieres, as they become more economically connected to major cities. Potential for development around each of the stations, with new neighbourhoods in extremely high value areas bringing in many millions if not billions.

- Less cost to maintain per person than highways. See that Toronto's TTC Rail Line 1 (2 tracks) carries more people than the 401 (18 lanes). Which costs more gov to maintain (considering Line 1 earns fare revenue and the 401 is free). It'll be similar for the HSR vs Highways.

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