by Charles Mudede • Aug 2, 2021 at 5:25 pm
Grow some pickup trucks! Charles Mudede
Why does the construction of rail systems in the US take so fucking long and cost so fucking much? Because of fucking politics.
Seattle Times esteemed transportation reporter Mike Lindblom: Project delays reflect a lack of political will, concludes the report released Thursday by the nonpartisan Eno Center for Transportation, based in Washington, D.C. But what does a lack of political will actually mean? Are people just not into this sort of thing? Not feeling it? There is a natural will for cars but not one for trains? Is that what we are talking about here? No. It is not. What s missing here is the moment of social engineering. The fact that there is a will for cars and bloated pickup trucks but not one for safe and energy-saving mass transportation means the will in question is of the kind one should file under hypnotism. And only someone who is i