ColonialTransitFan95
ColonialTransitFan95 t1_jectev1 wrote
Reply to comment by solidrecommendations in Transit Is Great — But It’s Not a Public Good by lc1138
I saw it was Bloomberg and went “nope don’t need to get worked over BS today”
ColonialTransitFan95 t1_jdioxka wrote
Reply to comment by CriticalStrawberry in Metro accelerates transition to electric buses by walkallover1991
I think they early diesel buses couldn’t even do the hills without heavy mods, heard rumor that the buses they got to try in replace cable cars in the 50s needed to engines.
Edit: Grammar
ColonialTransitFan95 t1_jdinx4m wrote
Reply to comment by CriticalStrawberry in Metro accelerates transition to electric buses by walkallover1991
I second trolly buses, used them when visiting friends in SF. They are really nice tbh
ColonialTransitFan95 t1_j4ciuko wrote
Is there a point to this besides the GOP being petty?
ColonialTransitFan95 t1_j25tmyf wrote
Reply to comment by ComfortableInterest8 in Md. offers $20 Lyft credit to encourage safe NYE rides home - WTOP News by speedymcpot
Well if you want to live in the suburbs then you can, but the people downtown should be paying for it (this is how it works). We should be working on missing middle housing (that way people have choice other then high rise downtown or suburban McMansion). No one is saying to just bulldoze the suburbs, it will take time and people know this. We shouldn’t be building more sprawl. You really need to look up what urbanism really is. Sounds like you are getting some bad info about it.
ColonialTransitFan95 t1_j25nlur wrote
Reply to comment by ComfortableInterest8 in Md. offers $20 Lyft credit to encourage safe NYE rides home - WTOP News by speedymcpot
Pretty much all the suburban stations minus a few have an ocean of parking. If the end of the line stations what some parking for the people living in true rural areas then that is fine. What isn’t fine is designing the system as a glorified parking lot shuttle. Building things around stations reduces the need for all that parking. We definitely need more affordable housing near metro I agree. We need to stop subsidizing the suburbs and the exurbs.
ColonialTransitFan95 t1_j24zqb3 wrote
Reply to comment by ComfortableInterest8 in Md. offers $20 Lyft credit to encourage safe NYE rides home - WTOP News by speedymcpot
No one is saying no station should have parking, but an ocean of parking near every station definitely isn’t needed.
ColonialTransitFan95 t1_j11xueo wrote
Reply to comment by PresidentHarambe1 in DAE feel that living here has pushed them farther to the right? by [deleted]
OP didn’t delete the account, just the post. You can still see OPs comments here
ColonialTransitFan95 t1_j11w8yp wrote
Reply to comment by FormerCollegeDJ in DAE feel that living here has pushed them farther to the right? by [deleted]
Can I ask the same question but in a different way?
Why should the people in city pay to subsidize the suburbs? It’s the people in suburbs job pay for the infrastructure required to allow the suburb to work.
The difference is free higher education would benefit the population, suburbs sprawl doesn’t.
ColonialTransitFan95 t1_j11vqgn wrote
Reply to comment by PresidentHarambe1 in DAE feel that living here has pushed them farther to the right? by [deleted]
OP wasn’t “scared away”. They asked a question and got an answer, just not the one they wanted.
ColonialTransitFan95 t1_j11t2sy wrote
Reply to comment by swantonsoup in DAE feel that living here has pushed them farther to the right? by [deleted]
How are you being silenced? If you are asking for validation on beliefs that mean people aren’t treated like human beings then there is no conversion, your wrong for doing that. If you want to have a conversation on crime then present an idea that hasn’t been proven to fail.
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ColonialTransitFan95 t1_j11pi1f wrote
Reply to comment by swantonsoup in DAE feel that living here has pushed them farther to the right? by [deleted]
Then you definitely don’t want to move to red state, public transit is a four letter word there.
ColonialTransitFan95 t1_j11osd9 wrote
Reply to comment by swantonsoup in DAE feel that living here has pushed them farther to the right? by [deleted]
If you can’t see all the stuff they have done to push the line to right then really there isn’t a point in explaining it.
But I will give one example. Red states trying to pass laws to allow driver to run over protesters.
ColonialTransitFan95 t1_j11oe6e wrote
Reply to comment by magnoliabluebonnet in DAE feel that living here has pushed them farther to the right? by [deleted]
People love to complain about DC, but seriously move to a red state or any rural area. You will see DC does ok.
ColonialTransitFan95 t1_j11o6wn wrote
Reply to comment by charliemike in DAE feel that living here has pushed them farther to the right? by [deleted]
My favorite one “This isn’t a train station, no need to announce your departure”
ColonialTransitFan95 t1_j11nwgk wrote
Reply to comment by RandomLogicThough in DAE feel that living here has pushed them farther to the right? by [deleted]
The right has pushed the line so far right that anything slightly to left is “too far”.
ColonialTransitFan95 t1_iy6zpa8 wrote
A blind friend of mine asked me to help him cross the street. We had the walk sign, but I still did my double check. All car stopped, so we started crossing. Half way through crossing some oversized SUV with MD tags decides they aren’t going wait any more, blows through the red light and almost running us both over.
ColonialTransitFan95 t1_ixed6e8 wrote
Reply to comment by RagingOrgyNuns in New Netflix Ad Campaign Includes (Interactive?) Map of DC? by stastam1
Just cause there are parking spots doesn’t mean people don’t want good transit. Not everyone wants to drive everywhere.
ColonialTransitFan95 t1_itwrjs8 wrote
The two track setup is gonna hold back any express running. It’s like an express bus that gets stuck in traffic.
ColonialTransitFan95 t1_ir865lm wrote
Reply to comment by daedelous in Train to Ashburn! by albinotuba
They offer $10 parking in DC on weekends? For a city that really want to encourage people to use transit, this is not the answer.
ColonialTransitFan95 t1_jeeu2el wrote
Reply to comment by districtdathi in Reputation of University of the Potomac? by [deleted]
Just looked it up, its private though it does seem to have a regional accreditation. I second doing research. If you are looking for something for working adults and don’t mind online, a lot of the traditional universities offer that now.