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Is the US finally getting ‘all aboard’ with electric trains? (www.theverge.com)
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[–] ProxyZeus@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I can't wait for the US to finally have decent public transport, I hate having to drive for everything

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago

I live in a big city with public transport. It's great.

[–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I’m always conflicted because I happen to have an LA Metro train close to me, but riding it is always scary because there are violent people, tweakers, creeps everywhere.

When I was in Mexico City recently the trains there weren’t as pretty and they were packed with people, but I didn’t see people tweaking out left and right (or at all). I actually very much enjoyed using their transit system.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah, LA transit sucks, but it can be better. I wish I lived close to a line in my area (SLC), because every time I end up riding it, I enjoy it.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What are you going to do?

[–] ProxyZeus@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well if we get good transport, I'm going to ride it duh