wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]M to urbanism • 7 months agoSome people don't have any idea how transit worksimagemessage-square56 arrow-up1219
arrow-up1219imageSome people don't have any idea how transit workswtypstanaccount04 [he/him]M to urbanism • 7 months agomessage-square56 Comments
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]hexbear52•7 months agoMy old boss thought trains were obsolete because rubber wheels on pavement was "more efficient". link
minus-squareWheaties [comrade/them]hexbear16•7 months agoWell, obviously because we have more cars now, they must be the most efficient or we wouldn't be using them. So something about rubber and road must be better than rail and wheel. link
minus-squareTachanka [comrade/them]hexbear13•7 months ago rubber wheels on pavement was "more efficient". they're certainly efficient at being the world's largest source of microplastics in the water supply link
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]hexbear6•7 months agoHe believes Elon Musk and Jordan Peterson are the greatest minds of our time so I doubt he has thought it that far. link
minus-squareTachanka [comrade/them]hexbear3•7 months agothey're the hecking reincarnations of freaking plato and gosh darn aristotle don'tcha know link
minus-squarewtypstanaccount04 [he/him]hexagonMhexbear3•6 months agoThis is literally not true, steel wheels on steel rails is much more efficient than rubber on pavement link
My old boss thought trains were obsolete because rubber wheels on pavement was "more efficient".
the trains have steel wheels, STEEL!
Well, obviously because we have more cars now, they must be the most efficient or we wouldn't be using them. So something about rubber and road must be better than rail and wheel.
they're certainly efficient at being the world's largest source of microplastics in the water supply
He believes Elon Musk and Jordan Peterson are the greatest minds of our time so I doubt he has thought it that far.
they're the hecking reincarnations of freaking plato and gosh darn aristotle don'tcha know
This is literally not true, steel wheels on steel rails is much more efficient than rubber on pavement