@SteveFainer I was seriously considering taking Amtrak to my Thanksgiving gathering near Middlebury VT, but there isn’t a viable connection from the Berkshires to either Vermont train unfortunately. Hoping to see the progress continue!
@RishiSunak Watching western society crumble in realtime. Still a long way to go to the first step: admitting you have a problem. Being a "nation of drivers" is a *problem.*
Also have you visited us in the US? The UK is a transportation paradise in comparison so you have a long way to go...
@clmarohn I would hope that most drivers would still not want to take a human life regardless of the penalty… though that pesky “accident” word makes it easier to be absolved. I wouldn’t be able to live with it personally.
@JoshLandesWAMC LMAO the crosswalk looks fine. The lines are as bright as they can be. I’m actually stunned at the 3-ring circus this agenda is, and that’s really saying something
@NickCasey @TheWarOnCars Understandable - already owning one car doesn’t seem “car free” though.
A $30,000+ investment to drive kids to soccer just seems like one of the worst externalities of our land use decisions
@nolpost@StrongTowns@MarkMurrah First paragraph on that link: “However, neither the federal government nor the vast majority of states collect enough taxes through these levies to cover infrastructure-related spending.”