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[Return of the Freaker]

84 Lumber has a few sites with spurs bringing in lumber, but even many of those are gone or disused).

Went to a couple with my dad for work stuff when I was young and the ones that had rails were rusted over

 

[Bonesjones]

But all this talk just proves the point again - the fuck cars people really don't understand what roads are for and that they have a use beyond "selfish" private auto, because our agricultural/industrial systems require it, and as long as they do? Might as well let everyone use it.

You see it all the time in the kei truck vs real truck comparisons, "the beds are the same size so why can't you just use a kei truck?" As if the immediate obvious answer isn't "one carries half a pallet of concrete max and the other can carry one in the bed and another 2 on a trailer at the same time".

I've frequently seen them suggest that there shouldn't be truck haullage and everything should be by train and there should be rail spurs everywhere for freight. Any place that uses steel coils should have a spur to offload them

Living in the south surrounded by many active railroad lines and spurs, if you think car traffic is bad. Wait till you get stopped for 45 minutes every day randomly because they have to move trains around. Trains own the land under the track and always have right away. They also have to blow their horn at every intersection, so I hope you like blasts of sound in the middle of the night you can hear for miles.

 

[Dimension Sniper]

Aspiring urban planner wants to know if playing Cities: Skylines will prepare him for grad school:
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The CRP program at my college does in fact use Cities: Skylines as a teaching tool, for what it’s worth. Always cracks me up when I get the alumni newsletter begging for money, because there’s inevitably a photo of a CRP major fucking around in Cities: Skylines with a caption like “this student uses an advanced simulation to map traffic patterns.” and I’m just like bitch that’s an autism game, you can get it for $15 on Steam.

 

[mr_negativity]

/r/fuckcars user thinks that food delivery isn't a luxury:

All these food delivery services are being worked by the poorest people driving the absolute shittiest vehicles possible. Order walmart grocery delivery, and your order is going to be delivered in some 1990's to early 2000's sedan that hasn't been commonly seen on the roads in years. Only the most desperate people are going to take the job as minus expenses, they are working for practically nothing.

Get rid of cheap ICE cars, the supply of grubhub and grocery delivery drivers disappears. The whole concept of (poor) people don't need affordable cars because everyone can have everything delivered for nearly free ignores cause and effect.

 

[Jhonson the Two]

All these food delivery services are being worked by the poorest people driving the absolute shittiest vehicles possible. Order walmart grocery delivery, and your order is going to be delivered in some 1990's to early 2000's sedan that hasn't been commonly seen on the roads in years. Only the most desperate people are going to take the job as minus expenses, they are working for practically nothing.

Get rid of cheap ICE cars, the supply of grubhub and grocery delivery drivers disappears. The whole concept of (poor) people don't need affordable cars because everyone can have everything delivered for nearly free ignores cause and effect.

It's as if outside their personal interaction zone people *gasps* exist and do things. A crazy idea I know!

 

[Yamamura]

All these food delivery services are being worked by the poorest people driving the absolute shittiest vehicles possible. Order walmart grocery delivery, and your order is going to be delivered in some 1990's to early 2000's sedan that hasn't been commonly seen on the roads in years. Only the most desperate people are going to take the job as minus expenses, they are working for practically nothing.

Get rid of cheap ICE cars, the supply of grubhub and grocery delivery drivers disappears. The whole concept of (poor) people don't need affordable cars because everyone can have everything delivered for nearly free ignores cause and effect.

Not so secretly, I think in the back of their minds they're assuming that one day deliveries will be done by some sort of robot/drone eliminating having to deal with the icky underclass entirely.

They seem like the type of people who unironically buy into the luxury space communism idea, but not realizing they're closer to being the bourgeoisie than the proletariat.

As another user said they are the fat people from Wall-E. Anything that mildly inconveniences them, they turn into society's problem.

 

[TowinKarz]

Guess we know Nick Rekeita's favorite train car

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I've frequently seen them suggest that there shouldn't be truck haullage and everything should be by train and there should be rail spurs everywhere for freight. Any place that uses steel coils should have a spur to offload them

Bet they change their tune when they have to put a spur through their neighborhood and the bike lane is the only thing available for imminent domain.

"Train in, truck out" does seem to be the modus operandi for any spur-operated downstream business, even for food.

In Texas (Houston or within an hour of it), Anheuser-Busch brings in grain, Blue Bell Creameries brings in sugar, and Gulf Pacific brings in rice. It all goes out by truck. Finished products directly to consumers by rail almost never happens anymore. (I say "almost" because I think 84 Lumber has a few sites with spurs bringing in lumber, but even many of those are gone or disused).

If you're my age, you can really see the change by comparing what train consists looked like in the 80's (50% boxcars for finished goods, 50% tank cars or hoppers for bulk raw materials) vs nowadays (10% boxcar, 90% non) , though, the percentages even out to what they used to if you count the trainloads of shipping containers as finished goods, make of that what you will.

 

[Paper Machete]

In theory I like train rides but in practice they're no more comfortable or nicer than a bus and most people have their own cars so they'd just take a road trip instead. The only people who use trains for distance travel or those without their own car since the cost of a ticket vs. gas is comparable (or was the last time I checked). I like the sound and lull of the track but it's not practical when there are already a bunch of highways and you'd want a car to get around wherever you end up anyway so you'd have to either rent or rely on taxis and buses. Which would SUCK. Public transport is shit (mostly because homeless and crazies are allowed to just be a nuisance).

 

[quaawaa]

Why didn't he take the cargo bike?

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[Calzaghe2]

How upset are these faux Europeans that some of the biggest sports stars in Europe and Asia are f1/WEC drivers

 

[Rubick]

More likely the Mrs is inside getting a proper dick and and her guts rearranged.

 

[Return of the Freaker]

If you're my age, you can really see the change by comparing what train consists looked like in the 80's (50% boxcars for finished goods, 50% tank cars or hoppers for bulk raw materials) vs nowadays (10% boxcar, 90% non) , though, the percentages even out to what they used to if you count the trainloads of shipping containers as finished goods, make of that what you will.

I'll add roughly 10-15 years ago CSX built a big new intermodal transfer facility at Collinwood yard

 

[LaxerBRO]

Why didn't he take the cargo bike?
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His wife is at 8060 Shadeland Ave. b, Indianapolis, IN 46250

Same Day Dental

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I can get American Feister address if have a bit of luck as well as autism.

Hopefully his Ford is parked in the driveway or on the street.

His wife needs to practice better information hygiene.

 

[quaawaa]

His wife is at 8060 Shadeland Ave. b, Indianapolis, IN 46250

Same Day Dental

That's odd, why did they go to a dentist 10 miles away from Carmel (where they live)?

There are plenty of dentists in the walkable area of Carmel:


So there's no reason to have to travel all that way in a car just to go to the dentist.

 

[Lobster Cult High Priest]

All these food delivery services are being worked by the poorest people driving the absolute shittiest vehicles possible. Order walmart grocery delivery, and your order is going to be delivered in some 1990's to early 2000's sedan that hasn't been commonly seen on the roads in years. Only the most desperate people are going to take the job as minus expenses, they are working for practically nothing.

Get rid of cheap ICE cars, the supply of grubhub and grocery delivery drivers disappears. The whole concept of (poor) people don't need affordable cars because everyone can have everything delivered for nearly free ignores cause and effect.

That's the case for White Delivery drivers.

The Jeet drivers all drive some Tesla Soymobile and think they are hot stuff because they scammed some small business federal loan program to afford the Tesla.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

Not so secretly, I think in the back of their minds they're assuming that one day deliveries will be done by some sort of robot/drone eliminating having to deal with the icky underclass entirely.

One of the Amazon drone test sites (and the only one in a populated area, the rest are basically in the desert) got shut down for good.

Amazon has tested drones in the U.S. and Europe, but the retail giant hadn’t faced much pushback over its drone hubs until last year in College Station, Texas, where residents reportedly likened the sounds emitted by Amazon’s 80-pound-or-so drones to “flying chainsaws” and ceaseless leaf blowing. When Amazon proposed expanding its flying in College Station last year, residents, homeowners’ groups, and even the mayor reportedly pushed back; locals hit the Federal Aviation Administration with around 150 comments challenging the expansion, which would have doubled daily flights nearby, Wired said.

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In theory I like train rides but in practice they're no more comfortable or nicer than a bus and most people have their own cars so they'd just take a road trip instead. The only people who use trains for distance travel or those without their own car since the cost of a ticket vs. gas is comparable (or was the last time I checked). I like the sound and lull of the track but it's not practical when there are already a bunch of highways and you'd want a car to get around wherever you end up anyway so you'd have to either rent or rely on taxis and buses. Which would SUCK. Public transport is shit (mostly because homeless and crazies are allowed to just be a nuisance).

Besides the "you can eat/shit/play bing bing wahoo on the train" argument, most of the scenery of the train isn't all that to write home about either, it's basically the same as car scenery. Many of the routes parallel Interstate highway routes, and you get to see the same stuff on them, whether rural or urban.

Why didn't he take the cargo bike?

The real question is why his wife didn't trust him enough to leave him alone at home. Likely she's the one with the car.

 

[Yamamura]

The real question is why his wife didn't trust him enough to leave him alone at home. Likely she's the one with the car.

That's an even more hilarious thought if true, that despite hating cars he felt the need to scoot himself over to the drivers seat just to take the picture to not be seen as the passenger.

This is sort of like when soys who are anti gun brag about going to a shooting range for the first time and how cool they feel. Underneath they're all hypocrites, they want to seem like they're above it all but deep down they have the same "toxic masculine" desires that they pretend are beneath them.

 

[TowinKarz]

One of the Amazon drone test sites (and the only one in a populated area, the rest are basically in the desert) got shut down for good.

Not a surprise when you realize drone delivery is a good 15 years behind it's projected full roll-out at this point and it probably only exists to qualify for Federal funds that will be soon ending.

Though I think just about everyone who wasn't a MovieBob futurist or techbro was extremely skeptical that anything was going to come from it when it was announced as a sure thing by 2020 at latest.....

 

[IdiotPlusPlus]

The real question is why his wife didn't trust him enough to leave him alone at home. Likely she's the one with the car.

50% chance that she was warned if they have to drug her up for dental surgery someone needs to drive her home, and presumably her Bull was unavailable so she had to have American Cuckster do it xD

 

[Xarpho's Return]

50% chance that she was warned if they have to drug her up for dental surgery someone needs to drive her home, and presumably her Bull was unavailable so she had to have American Cuckster do it xD

I've been nitrous gassed at the dentist to the point my brain starts thinking it's still the year 1999, and still have been fine to drive home.

Big rainbows for you if you think American Footstank has a valid drivers' license to use a car.