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tweet by amtrak ben: i think we should build high speed rail next to freeways only because it would make drivers feel like complete losers all the time
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Let me present: the new constructed high speed rail line Wendlingen-Ulm, next to Autobahn 8.
That works. The local L trains running along side the highway in Chicago got me, seeing 5 trains roll by while barley[barely] moving in bumper to bumper gave me the final push to covert to public transit
The number of people I’ve met who will never take Amtrak again because they saw one delay, but will sit in gridlock for an hour each way to/from work to go 10 miles without blinking an eye drives me batty
They did this where I am from, but the high speed trains cost way too much yo be worth it and they never travel at their full speed and are about the same speed as a car.
You also HAVE to drive to the train station. And by the time you wait for the train and pay for parking, you might as well just drive into the city.
In fact, it hardly saves time or money and often ends up being about the same cost and time.
Also the last train leaves the city shortly after the work day ends. So if you work late or get held up, then you are not going home or paying a crap ton for a Uber home.
It’s just fucked and I hate that it is that way.
Why do you want to make people feel bad on purpose?
what is your preferred strategy for making people make better decisions
There actually was a transportation agency that had an ad campaign oriented around this idea. Basically people in the cars saw the train going by so fast and felt jealous because they were stuck in their cars.
Anyone remember what agency put this on?
I have no idea, but I remember a great ad DB brought out: A picture of cars bumper to bumper in a traffic jam, under it “Bumper to bumper is definitely the right approach. Now safely accelerate to 300km/h”.
