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.
Any tips for sneaking a lil hotheaf on a domestic flight?
>>1990691Was considering doing this, but I'm flying international and UK customs are significantly more competent than the TSA, so I go without for two weeks.
>>1996677This unironically, postal inspectors do not fuck around. You don't want to end up on the wrong side of these guys.
>>1990691Be Canadian
>>1996677>>1996746How do you think dark net markets works.Just vacuum seal it, No one's looking at your domestic packages
>>1996897You mean those electronic markets where stupid people get rounded up by the hundreds every time a postal inspector gets bored, because dumbasses think "I don't understand this technology, therefore nobody understands this technology"?You SURE you wanna use that example?Yeah I think I'll just fly with my completely legal gummies instead of uploading a permanent electronic receipt of myself buying drugs that gets backed up to millions of servers simultaneously and forever but you do you.
I wish there were more transit of this kind however barebones it would have to be in the US. I was running the numbers on operating a private shuttle between two small cities that the local transit agencies seems to have no desire to connect, and even in the worst case scenario of expensive insurance and low ridership, I could make a modest living off of a running a twice-daily 30 mile long service that stops in all the small towns and villages along the way. Maybe this is all just completely obsolete in this day and age but I can't imagine anything more kino than living in a cozy hamlet and riding into the city over the country roads in one of these, stopping at the center of one stoplight towns and not interstate park and rides.
And before you snicker at the suggestion that the humble 14 pax shuttle can be transit, please consider 14 pax shuttle, Japan
>>1996437I wish we had these micro buses again. 20 seats, the back is low-entry which can be accessed with stollers or wheelchairs, trunk underneath has ample space for some luggage.Too bad regulations say you must use large, 40ft long buses in transit nowadays except the roads are windy and tiny like in Switzerland.Either standard 40ft, standard articulated ones or get a permission to use something like a 13-seater.
Optare Solo Gang
>>1996437IIRC the town of Lindsay in Ontario, Canada uses the bus in you op pic for their bus network. Only recently having maybe adopted 1 larger bus. It's been a while since I lived there.
a electric camper on 3 wheels, price around 2kon aliexpressyou think they will let me drive that?
>>1996495bump
>>1996495Seem pretty interesting. Got a link?
>>1996495Oh wow that looks fantastic! I wonder if it's drivable too!
the mustached man editionRead this:https://www.sheldonbrown.com/https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-helpOld >>199235
>>1997107Yes those plier-multi-tools that are becoming popular lately are reliable
>>1997126Damn, I feel stupid for getting a smaller multi tool without it last year now.>>1997127Are you thinking of something else? I haven't seen any pliermultitoolshttps://aliexpress.com/item/1005004033121492.htmlThis is the type of set I meant btw
Why can't we have simple elastomere suspensions on regular bikes?
>>1997153This is the overpriced multi-tool version that I would expect china to sell for $15, but what you posted has a chain wear checking gauge, masterlink opening/closing pliers, and the actual chain breaking tool, that’ll work
new>>1997294>>1997294>>1997294
Urban sprawl is good as long as you have extensive coverage of railways, it's comfy too because it makes the urban core larger and takes longer to navigate through which is a vibe. Does your city qualify for CHAD status? Requirements:>central urban area footprint of >=300 km^2 >at least 5 major intercity railway terminals within the urban zone>metro footprint >=1200 km^2
Asshurt schizophrenic troll thread
>>1994216Ok, but i too would like to know what is going on in that map. what do the black lines represent, why is it so distorted?
>>1994210How many Indians do you reckon have died on those tracks
>>1994335Just a case of predators keeping the local population from growing out of control
>>1994317It appears to distort the landmass so that the population density is equal across it. The farther apart the line spacing, the denser the population in an undistorted map.Basically it swells high population density areas like India, China, Europe, Nigeria, East Africa, etc. while shrinking low population density areas like Canada, Siberia/Central Asia, the Sahara, the Amazon and Congo basins, etc.
Totally random late night thoughtsAt the current known speed of travel throughout space (maybe not max) but at the speed the JSWT (telescope) reached the L2 zone in space. It would take 7291 generations of astronaut to reach some planet they believe has a civilization on it meaning it would take 324.7 Million Kg's of food for the entire journey assuming only 1 breeding pair or humans at any one time (inbred as fuck) 583333.3 years assuming 80 year lifespan which isn't including the 20 year overlap having 4 people on board whilst children are brought up to speed and left at age 20 by their dying parents. They would they be dead because the amount of inbreeding required at those levels would make them so fucking retarded they would forget how to breathe. In closing. Close to 700,000 years worth of life, 389.7 Million Kg of food (including the 20 year overlap) is what would be required to make it to that planetWe aren't making it to any other civlized planets before our finite resources are depleted. Humanity is fucked unless we come leaps and bounds in space travel and shielding technology.
>>1971504The concept of seed ships have been speculated in scifi since the 1960s. Essentially you send autonomous AI ships stocked with human sperm and ovum. The ship wanders the cosmos at "slow" speeds for hundreds or thousands of years until it finds a suitable planet. Then the ship AI inseminates thousands of ovum with the sperm and artificially birth the babies. Robots will become the surrogate parents and educate the children. Once the humans are ready, they will be transported down to the planet. The seed ship then departs to repeat the process elswhere.
cryostasis sleep + relativistic speedorFTL warp
intersteller,,,,bumpstake time.
>>1973625this>>1982855it's not Malthus, it's a problem of society and politics. the point is not that we're somehow teleologically doomed by our birthrate or lack of earthly resources. precisely the opposite--we know pretty well what we could be doing to keep the earth habitable and even to erase the staggering inequality amongst humanity, but we won't or can't, at least under any form of social structure yet devised. if we can't get our shit together down here, how the fuck are we going to do all that needs to be done to colonize space, even if such a thing were rightly possible.
>>1985879>Anon, wait--Back to the Future was just a movie.>No, Anon, Back to the Future was a documentary, and the events happened in real time.
Do trains cause autism or do autistics enjoy them naturally
you're not as funny as you think you are, op.
Selection bias, when you put anything under that kind of intense scrutiny you're going to find more of anything that might otherwise have flown under the radar with the default trans portation, it's like how the rate of left handedness appeared to spike dramatically and then stabilized after they stopped punishing left handedness
Oh hey guys, just going to walk my herd down this here road a few miles. You don't mind waiting, right?
>>1994624Couldnit he have just kept his tiny horse even though they were losing the farm?I mean, it fit in a box and all , he could have kept it under his bad
>>1994401>revs>scares all the cattle >road clear, farmer seething
>>1994401They are you roads more than anyone else's, local resident. Thank you for letting my parasitic ass use them at all. Maybe I'll use this as a lesson to not pointlessly travel through land I don't own to other things I don't own, at the expense of everyone's time, resources, and the surface of the earth.
>>1994621>Would have fucking slapped him, comment on the photo was also implicitly lewd.He was Kiwi?
>>1994401Thank you for your service.
Old beater edition
>>1994999gonna argue that one. case 5130 maxxum has hydraulic clutches that are engaged by solenoids and spools. if ur shifting is failing, it can be the diode on the back right rear of the cab, or the shuttle switch are most common. the hydraulic clutch will also last 3 to 4 times longer than a dry mechanical clutch, though i do agree the feel is different.picture of a hydraulic fwd/rev clutch
>>1994999check'd digitsnothing you described can't be fixed. a factory service manual is worth spending the money on and much cheaper than paying somebody to come out even once. it's silly to piss and moan when a few hours wrenching will remedy the issue
>>1970907>300hp v12>powerquad>converts to large loader>giant cab with a bench for your babuskacommies got it right occasionally
in keeping with the thread theme;field beater on a small farmheavy work gets done with the telehandler + backhoe so the JD is semi retired, just pulls stuff around the 10 acres
heres my shops landlords janky ass loader built semi commercially by his uncle. 345 intertrashional married to a twin disc 2 spd powershift. 4 wheel steer pettibone axles geared low enough to shear the wheel studs if you deadhead it. this is 1 of 4 remaining. maybe 20 total were built in the 60s and 70s
Do you guys ever talk to fellow passengers on your public transit?>another week of riding the subway>another week not talking to anyone, barely making eye contact, just standing facing the door/looking at the floor>another week seeing the same people at my home station and never talking to them>another week seeing the same qt girls and never looking at them let alone talking to them, even if a seat opens next to themI know it isn't common for people to talk a lot on the train nowadays with everyone having headphones on but it still feels horrible
>>1995806nobody here was around for bianchi-kun (now bianchi-chan)
>>1995809>I guess if you're seeing the same people every day you can't help but get to know each other a little better>see the exact same people on my commute at my home sttion daily for years now>never speak to any of them>even see cute women who clearly live in my area or at least near me>still avoid social contact
>>1989970>>1989903This is how I met my wife. We used to take the same bus to work and after having exchanged flirty looks for a while I sat next to her one day and said hi.
>>1995452>just doing nothing with that timeListen to a podcastListen to an audiobookRead articlesRead booksPlay billiards with your nutsYou have options
>>1996290Wholesome
Delta Cycle and Dimension stem raisers are being recalled because they can shift during use and pose a fall hazard.The recall affects about 500,000 units sold in the U.S., and about 8,510 sold in Canada. The affected Delta Cycle stem raisers are model numbers TD3318B, TD3318S, TD3418B, and TD3418S. The Dimension model numbers are SM1977 and SM1979. All of the models were sold in black and silver and measure between 5 and 7 inches high.Consumers should stop using the recalled models and contact Delta Cycle to schedule a free repair at an independent bike dealer. Delta Cycle can be reached at 800-474-6615 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday; by email or online.No injuries have been reported, but there has been one report of a stem riser shifting during use. The stem risers were sold at REI and local bicycle stores nationwide and online at designbydelta.com and Amazon.com from January 1998 through January 2024 for about $46
>>1996191I dno't care about your ebike kvetching but I do agree we need to ban cranks over 170mm or at least require a licensing system where the police can break into your home at any time with no warning to confirm you aren't attempting to put them on a non-circus clown bike
>>1995679>>1996191Any 700c bike (so almost all modern bikes) is designed first for people around 175 to 190 cm. Because that tire size naturally makes for bikes to that demographic. Anything below 170 cm and you'll get into serious trouble on where the fuck are you going to fit the big ass wheels in such a small frame and it will change the handling. Anything bigger just looks goofy but is usually perfectly rideable with similar geometry. Also if you're struggling with getting the handlebars high enough you're not in a position to use 175 mm cranks. You simply do not have the flexibility and hip mobility for it. Smaller cranks helps you inflexible fuckers because your hip angle will stay more open. Which is a major limiter for all the inflexible people.
>>1996214long cranks are put on bikes for the same reason knobbies are put on bikes that will never be taken off road. regardless of whether it's the right choice for the user, it helps the sales process move alongwe all know why normies want knobbies for their commuters. in the case of cranks, long cranks make otherwise lackluster bikes feel more responsive/light, because of the extra leverage on the downstroke. if it fucks up your pedal stroke and makes it uneven, well hey, it must be because the bike is so fast, normally you're on something slower
>>1996214>175 to 190 cmi have no idea what you are talking about. the bike industry has startled around 2015 to make MTB bike frames with alright proportions for people above 6'1.if you think a 700c wheel is a big wheel you have never seen a size 60 road bike and how minuscule 700c wheels are.Fun fact, the extremely rare xl 80s and 90s MTB frames still suffer the same issue of a low stack for the reach they have. That's why so many high reise handlebars are bought to people who restore them.>flexibility You are clueless.
>>19962942015 is also around when MTBs started to use bigger 700c wheels. And if you can read you'd notice that I said they do look goofy on bigger bikes because the proportions are wrong. But they're still rideable because while the proportions are wrong they don't have to compromise on geometry nearly as much as the smaller bikes.>muh 80s and 90s MTBsOh I thought we're talking about bikes that have been relevant in the last decade.
