flixbus exist, which i don’t even understand how they have ridership when they run routes parallel to railways that take like twice as long while obviously being less comfortable…

Would you mind explaining more? How's Flixbus?

I assumed the parent commenter meant this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compartment_coach

But if the commenter meant cross-seat trains like this:

then yeah it exists

Ahh found one. Adding it to the list.

I notice that communities in this instance prefers to post links. Wouldn't it be nice if we post more discussion/question types of post?

I’m on the Sublinks Matrix, the project has come to a halt.

That's sad :( any specific reason why?

Mbin so far looks promising to me

I prefer to have my own community, I already have my own vision/preference on what I want the community would be like

I've said this before:

I wanted something like Skyscrapercity forum but on Lemmy, or something similar to r/transit.

(As a context, in Skyscrapercity is a discussion forum about infrastructures in the world, underrated website)

Public transports are not limited to trams, trolleys, and street cars. It also includes trains, high-speed rail buses, etc. And my vision for this community is that I want the community to be discussion-oriented. For example, the accessibility of a public transport, the obstacles of building one, the ticket price, the effect it has on the city, integrations between modes, etc. Take a look at https://reddit.com/r/transit for example.

To be clear, I'm not saying that !trams_trolleys_streetcars@lemmy.blahaj.zone is a bad community, it just has difference purpose, as far as I can understand. I'll probably try to crosspost some of the post there.

shortvids

Also, I'm still not sure what type of posts succeed the most. Whether it's discussion/question posts, photos, or posting links from other websites

I also try to engage in the comment section after posting

I'm thinking of adding "Question of the Week" type of thread to !publictransport@slrpnk.net

I'm not an American, but why don't we make smaller cars instead?

Just found a really good video covering the example of what’s stopping USA to build transit projects (specifically in LA). He invited an expert suited for this topic and the points are coherent.

• US has been building highways too much, they forgot how to build proper transit
• Environmental issues being weaponized against building transits (while highways keeps getting built)
• Similarly “citizen voice” has also been weaponized, for example Ticket Master CEO try to stop subway project so that it doesn’t tunnel below his Bel Air neighborhood even though the tunnel dug very deep below surface that it won’t affect on top

Highly recommend watching this video.

Just found a really good video covering the example of what's stopping USA to build transit projects (specifically in LA). He invited an expert suited for this topic and the points are coherent.

• US has been building highways too much, they forgot how to build proper transit
• Environmental issues being weaponized against building transits (while highways keeps getting built)
• Similarly "citizen voice" has also been weaponized, for example Ticket Master CEO try to stop subway project so that it doesn't tunnel below his Bel Air neighborhood even though the tunnel dug very deep below surface that it won't affect on top

Highly recommend watching this video.