>Saudi Arabia has been forced to scale back its $1.5trillion plans for a 106-mile linear desert megacity, according to reports, in a humiliating climb down for the kingdom.>The Line - part of the country's audacious and futuristic NEOM project - was meant to be home to around 1.5 million residents by the end of the decade, with plans to ultimately increase its full capacity to nine million people.>Now, according to people familiar with the project, the development will only stretch 1.5 miles and house fewer than 300,000 residents by 2030, according to a new report from Bloomberg citing sources close to the project and documents.Lol it didn't take long to happen exactly what /n/ said would happen.
>>1997248See >>1997225
>>1997249I'm not simping for anyone, ESL-kun, I just don't appreciate dumbasses redefining words on the fly in the neverending war against objective reality.
>>1997250I hope the old money sees this bro
>>1997175>>1997198>>1997225Imagine sperging out this bad because someone said "new rich" people such as gulf arabs are tacky.Holy fuck dude, get a grip
>>1997288But it's not even correct, the house of saud has been rich for like 300 years, I realize that's "new money" by yurolard standards but it pretty much counts as old money anywhere else in the world
Should the Port Authority consider the development of a railway/subway line from New Jersey to Staten Island?Everyone knows that Staten Island is the bumhole of NYC transit, having one heavy rail line that runs worse headways during off-peak than any 24h Subway line during the night. That even includes the Rockaway Park shuttle whose five stops are among the nine least used on the entire network according to 2014-2019 figures.Now every half assed transit enthusiast knows that Staten Island once had a line going from St. George along the north coast of the borough. The continuation of that line is now a cargo rail line into New Jersey. This provides two opportunities>A rail line along the existing right of way to Elizabeth and Newark, providing direct rail service to Newark Airport and potentially midtown Manhattan>A subway (PATH) or light rail (in collaboration with NJ Transit) line that crosses the state border over the Kill van Kull and then uses the existing right of way at Port RichmondAll three options will need at least a 3 mile long tunnel to reconnect St. George with the elevated section at Port Richmond. The rail line option would need a connector to the Northeast Corridor line at Elizabeth Port, while both the subway and light rail options would need a bridge or tunnel to cross the river. And of course the Subway would need a major extension project across Hudson County.How realistic would such a project be, and do you think it would be reasonable or maybe even needed? Also I am not an American so I don't have expert knowledge on all the different parties required to make such a project happen so feedback would be welcome in that regard.
All of you can suck my NYC mutt spicy bodega cock.
>>1968571I am Pro-Global Metropolis. NJ's Eastern and Northern counties should be annexed into NYC. from there on, New York city should expand its city area towering up 2 to 3 mile long skyscrapers everywhere. Low low density cucks can tongue my anus.
>>1994234>polio county being allowed to be in NYCI'll take the coastal areas of piermont, nyack, and stony point so I can have my lycra fred rides to bear mountain without having to worry about getting arrested for temporarily being adjacent to another cyclist, but the inland areas should be handed over to new jerseyt. browner, spicier, and more DEI than you, I am literally eating a chop cheese made out of bodega cat meat right now while wearing timberlands with the tags still on them
>>1993751both still preferable to the current crop of pigs that let unfettered niggerdom ruin public transport in new york
>>1994234that's too much
A 17-year-old German teen has been living life as a modern nomad, leaving his parents’ house to live on trains and travel all over his country.While most 17-year-olds are only just beginning to consider the idea of leaving the nest, Lasse Stolley has already been on his own for over a year and a half. Convinced that his school studies were already behind him, he convinced his parents to allow him to leave their home in Fockbek, Schleswig-Holstein to embark on a unique train-hopping adventure. It took a lot of convincing, but they eventually agreed, and for the last year and a half, the German teen has essentially been living on trains, traveling all over his home country, working as a self-employed coder during the day, and sleeping on night trains at night.“I’ve been living on the train as a digital nomad for a year and a half now,” Lasse told Business Insider. “At night I sleep on the moving Intercity Express (ICE) train and during the day I sit in a seat, at a table and work as a programmer, surrounded by many other commuters and passengers. I travel from one end of the country to the other. I’m exploring the whole of Germany.”He gave into his wanderlust in 2022, selling most of his possessions and packing what was left in a 36-liter backpack that he has been carrying with him ever since. Minimalism and resisting the urge to acquire new stuff are an essential part of his lifestyle, as he needs to take everything with him wherever he goes. It’s not always easy, but he has found a way to make it work.https://www.odditycentral.com/news/german-teenager-left-parents-home-to-live-exclusively-on-trains-for-the-last-year-and-a-half.htmlhttps://www.businessinsider.de/leben/bahncard100-17-jaehriger-lebt-seit-jahr-2022-in-den-zuegen-der-bahn/
>>1992458I always thought it was a war crime that Truman insisted they must treat their water with oestrogen.
>>1992874Agreed. His grandfather, who probably sacrificed his life for the fatherland on the Eastern Front, would die again out of sheer shame if he could see this basedcuck of a grandson now - i bet he also got all the clotshots.
bump
He's not having sex
>>1997048You mean hes not showering before or after sex. Maybe washes his hands.
These faggots should be strictly restricted to class F airspace, with well defined dimension and NEVER EVER LEFT OUT, sick and tired of avoiding them. Yesterday while flying a personal Cessna 310 from a buddy of mine and 3 weeks ago on the Dash 8 with the small airliner I fly for. >23 year old co pilot
>>1948669On your toes zoomer
>>1951544Why do they fly so close to the ground? Do they get lift from ground effect?
>>1964619> i mean no but you cant with a plane or even a helicopter eitherflying makes even less sense as transport than cars dot. Never been to Alaska
>>1983442He has a small dick
>>1993804ACK!https://youtu.be/Y0JGDY1-qzY
It is happening again
showindows,,,view?,those biglass thingslaped on the front?.,,when did we gethis fixation onthe wavey needles.,,,,,,,flyinglued to the panel?,,,ya,ive flown twinengine thru thickstorm where gage lock wasathing.,Sucky!nothanks!, gothitwice by lightning tho so.,ya iseethe need,,ocasionaly.,,,,,but,,,,fly,the,,,plane!
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>>1995788I'm impressed by the pilots holding the nose up for that long.
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/05/14/boeing-department-of-justice-criminal-liability/73692655007/>Boeing has violated a 2021 agreement that shielded it from criminal prosecution after two 737 Max disasters left 346 people dead, the Department of Justice told a federal judge in a court filing Tuesday.Tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling do~wn.
>Blowing
IM SICK AND TIRED OF THIS SHIT FUCK YOU FUCK YOU
>>1997006That doesn't include weekends which is why I said you can have up to 7 weeks off. The same position at a European airport pays half the amount with less take home pay and worse healthcare.
>>1997011It might pay less but you will have twice the amount of days off and not have to pay for healthcare.
>>1997021My healthcare is unironically awesome I can go to any specialist without referrals, 95% of doctors are covered, and copays are $20 a visit (they were $5 prior). I've never ever ever had to pay out of pocket for anything other than prescriptions and even that was cheap. It includes dental and vision which also covers everything including surgeries and orthodontics. It's $140 a month for a family of 4 and $80 a month for myself (my taxes are 35% avg between city state and federal inc. SSI and Medicare as single...and that's also including me putting 10% of my pre tax pay into a Roth IRA every check called NYS Deferred Compensation which is a easy). US Govt/State Worker healthcare is not the horror stories you see veterans or white collar wagies deal with...they usually get the best healthcare of anyone making under $200,000. I actually work with people who had children that needed multiple surgeries for issues during child birth and they paid zero out of pocket (and people that own businesses and work as paper pickers/jannys here for the healthcare)And I doubt Euro countries give 3 months off. Take the hours there, add them up, divide by 8 (8 hour work day) and then divide that by 5 (5 day work week). That pic shows I have theoretically up to 6 weeks off (128+28) + 1 week paid sick (40). The comp time is another 11 days (2 weeks 1 day) I can take off on top from converting my OT into time off.
>>1997026Yeah well you're gay
>>1997026Thought Roth IRA is the one that's after tax
Winter is coming, or rather, it's here.What now?
>>1995001Bavariabros...
>>1995012traveling to Siegen on a IC with the D-Ticket. sounds interesting. I'll buy some Sauerländer Gurken.
>>1995021Oh right, it was via Siegen, not Kassel/Warburg.Sorry for that brainfart.
>>1995019not the problem of the rest of country that Bavaria decided to dig a hole in Munich to burn money there (7 billion €uros cost estimate currently). 2. Stammstrecke is making Stuttgart 21 look like an absolute bargain.
>>1997057Don't worry, we are sitting right behind (You).
Disasters never have one root cause and neither did the destruction of cycling. But I know some important milestones in the decline and fall:1. COVID 19. Enough said.2. Full suspension mountain bikes. Enough said.3. Reddit. Enough said.4. Twitter. Enough said.5. British "people". Enough said.6. The d-tch. Enough said.7. The state of Utah. Enough said.8. Zwift, Peloton, "Spin Class", and other cancer. Enough said.What were some other key moments?
>>1962645CARShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMlf1ELvRzc
>>1970460>for whatever reason, cycling attracts narcissistic do-gooders that think they're "making a difference" by behaving like an asshole in public and not accounting for the massive difference between a dude on a bike going 10 mph and a one ton car that can rip to 120 mph at a moment's noticethis is why I switched to riding a motorcycle outside of short trips around town and dedicated MTB trails
>>1966487>various weirdos too scared of White Slavic ImmigrantsThey got spooked by the Syrian refugee crisis. Sure, some might've been worried about Romanians, but they were mainly concerned about the browns.
>>1978392if you didn't buy the bike, you don't count
>>1989454(You)
>filters normies
>>1996949lol ok. have fun on your kids bike.
>>1996949a chainring that small is the opposite of masculine
>>1996949wheres the footy
>>1996949yep, bigboi bmx is where it's at. I got myself one recently and I love it already. When I pop a wheelie on my bigboi bmx in the downtown stoplight, stacys drop their panties while their chad bf opens a high five. I yell SEND IT, everyone claps
>>1996980I use mine to get to the skatepark so I can sell weed to the underage kids
Any fellow Texans here? Summer is right around the corner and I am starting to feel the heat. I'm expecting that we will reach 100F (38C) temperatures very soon. Is there any way at all to deal with this? or I just have to embrace being sweaty?
>>1996015Texans should really thank the transplants, now they have a convenient scapegoat for their failures rather than owning up to them.
>>1996003that's extremely cringe
>>1995897i'm not a white supremacist and minorities were not the people i was eager to get away from. fuck you.
>>1991477Use sunhoody, bibs, helmet with good vents, embrace the sweat, protect yourself from sun, take shower
>move to the edge of city>bus to the centre takes 43 minutes>or I drive for 9 mins, and get the park & ride which takes 15 mins to get into the centre
>be airbus>do nothing>stay winning because your only competitor can't build anything except a rehash of a 60 year old design that keeps nosediving
Embraer should be wrecking those old farts
>>1993605McDonnell Douglas merger is from the same disease that DEI comes from. They are both creations of the financialization of corporate America. The merger of Boeing and MD ended up just making the board an elitist Business School graduate circlejerk. Those same people had friends in Private Equity firms and made DEI a religion in the company so they could score fictional high scores that would entice investment. These people have absolutely zero engineering, technical, or even logistical skills. They have as much experience as the diversity hires they brought in to win their Wall Street BINGO card.
Sadly to the contrary of what "avgeeks" and normies think, Airliners are treated as commodities. The c-suite of large airlines do not give a fuck about the manufacturer just the lowest price, what performance fits them and time to delivery. European airlines most likely get a better price from airbus, and vice versa with American airlines.
>>1996994well airbus is basically a state-owned enterprise. it exists to serve its own bureaucratic class the same way boeing exists to serve its parasitic investor class. luckily for airbus its possible for the interests of the bureaucracy to align with safety & quality manufacturing, whereas unfortunately for boeing (and honestly, everyone) the malevolence of american greed is basically incompatible with the idea of doing a good job.so boeing will keep murdering whistleblowers and bribing the right politicians because at the end of day that's cheaper than giving a fuck.but nobody should be fooled for one second that airbus actually cares, or that airbus is somehow a good company. its not. its actually pretty retarded and the decisions they make about meeting the market are almost always the wrong ones.
>>1996995Welcome to the 21st century
Australia can build nice modern metro stations, why can’t the US? New York’s city 2nd Ave Subway extension costed billions and the station built looked like shit, mid at best. Australia does the same yet builds great stations, all modern, functional with great station amenities and architecture. Metro trains are fully automated as well with platform screen doors on every station.Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with mutts? This is not an Anglo-issue (London finishes Crossrail and Toronto is going big on transit expansions and major renovations), it appears only mutts are the outlier, why?
>>1995195>Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with mutts?NY is just especially egregious here, even for the US. They wanted massive stations with full mezzanines and extensive back-of-house space, but refused to use cut and cover to build them because they didnt want to inconvenience dr*vers. As a result it takes far longer to build the station in the first place and building entirely underground is far more difficult. Eventually they were at least convinced to move some of the back-of-house space aboveground to cut costs. There's other issues as well, but that's the biggest factor. Compare to LA Metro's new D line extension, the first segment is on schedule to open next year and cost about 720$ million per mile, which is pretty close to the cost you see for other high income countries. Never thought I'd say the words, but I'm actually pretty proud of how well LA is expanding its transit system.
>>1995195Dude in Toronto our transit expansion is painfully slow and always delayed. We have a line 4 years delayed and it's an LRT rather than full subway
DC is probably one of the best US metro systems, they've actually managed to continue system expansions, decades after initial construction something most other US metros seem to fail at.That being said DC paid out the ass for it, they did at least get the job done.
>>1995195>new station looks newyeah no shit. New stations built in US looks nice too.
>>1995195does australia have black people?
Is it supposed to look like that? It looks like a piece is missing.On it right now, and it doesn’t look right to me. I have a background of flying, and maybe im just super unobservant, but that little scoop out of the edge of the flap looks like it might be a broken piece. If not, why does it look like that? Cant see the other side of the plane to compare and cant find images on google.
>>1996580So your issue isn't the crack that they have taken care of it's some hypothetical other crack that they don't know about. Gee I wonder why they're not fixing some crack that doesn't exist and you've decided they can't find. I guess you're going to magic up some reason that they're not going to replace the flap during the next scheduled major service too.
>>1996562That's right
>>1996639Nta but you're making your decision based on your emotional reaction to it ("It looks bad, therefore it is bad"). See >>1996562. Chances are if that section hadn't been removed, you wouldn't be able to see the crack. Therefore, it would be "safe" in your mind. Removal of the faulty section is one less area to constantly inspect (after identification of the problem) and even risk failing in flight - a far more dangerous outcome than cutting it out in a controlled environment adhering to prescribed practice.
>>1996643there's no sense in trying to reason with people like this, they run their entire lives based on knee jerk reactions and feelings. if you push him into a corner he's just going to start screeching about DEI and the blacks
>>1996559It works because it stops the crack from propagating further. Replacing an entire flap section for something that small would take time and cause costly delays. And that assumes they have spares in stock, which I doubt. It will most probably get replaced in the next major maintenance due whenever.>>1996579Kek, posting an entire mmel to someone who can't understand how a stress relieving cutout works.
Is there anything more soulful than taking a Greyhound bus from coast to coast?
>>1996917is anyone around here old enough to remember flying without security checks? how was it?
>>1996744this>>1996764there's always taxi/uber, that's what the real upper-class that live in the tall towers in downtown use.
>>1996923I am old enough to have flown before 9/11 but I don't really remember it very well because I was only 9 when it happened.
>>1996923Flew cross country when I was 10, summer '00. It was fucking awesome from what I remember being a kid, the flight attendants loved me and I got a tour of a 742 that I'll remember for life.Spent a lot of time at airports through the 90s, dad travelled for business and grandma was a snowbird. Waiting at the gate, watching the plane arrive, and greeting whoever we were picking up right off the jetway are fond memories.
>>1996923your whole family could go to the gate with you and hang out while you waited to board was the best thing other than not getting anally probed by TSA
Happy 20th Birthday 4chan. I traveled to Fremont, CA to meet up with some dear friends and family and found out that the the Niles Canyon Railway was doing a steam excursion to commemorate the Bronco Billy Film Festival where they were showcasing silent-era films that were shot in Bay Area at the turn of the century so I booked a last-minute ride aboard it.Will dump my album and go over some history of the railroad and its equipment below.
>mfw missed out on opportunity to ride the speeders this year
>>1991410rip
>>1952992>The Diary of a Young Girl Inside a Young Girl
>>1978448I thought only gypsies stole old metal. I hear this story about twenty years ago about some trains getting delayed because they stole the tracks.
