@GhostsofDC Savvy residents knew to take a taxi up to border of zones when possible. A map of the zones was posted on the back of seats, though it was difficult to discern the actual streets that divided zones.
@LogTechEric And what then? Legislation? What would that look like? Economic regulation? Wouldn’t economically fragile loads shift to rail? Or to brokers and carriers that operate within the bounds of legal liability? What problem would need to be solved in that case?
🚨 The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that federal law does not shield freight brokers from state negligence lawsuits when they hire unsafe trucking companies.
“I was very involved in politics and international relations, and I spent a lot of time in Washington DC. I went to a few parties and, man ..it was shocking. The most corrupt fucking world I’ve ever seen.”
- psychoanalyst Christopher Bollas, interviewed in Granta, 174.
D.C. transit ridership has recovered from the pandemic better than most U.S. transit systems, after falling further.
Yet taxpayers who don’t take the train or bus are increasingly subsidizing those who do, and it’s not sustainable.
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