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The guy who tweeted it - made it himself. He might as well have written "Travel time at 2,220 mph". It's never going to happen anyway.

  • Owl [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I can't comprehend the mind of someone who draws a fantasy transit map and actually finishes it without getting bogged down in endless details about existing lines, population density, land use/price maps, and elevation maps.

    Which I guess explains why all of these maps end up so incomprehensible.

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      As someone who spends 8 hours a day drawing in the public right of way, it's absolute hell. We have one job that's like 2 miles of cable that needs to cross an existing rail line. We have to send permitting request out to 6 separate private rail operators, 3 county governing bodies, and a state transportation agency. The whole thing has been in permitting and easement hell for over a year now...

      The only way anything will get done in this country is through massive land reform and the expropriation of all private transportation and utility infrastructure. Like just look through some plat maps from your city/town one day (most are available online at your local RoD). They're absolute garbage and most haven't been updated for decades.

        • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          It's just drafting, there are tons of openings for this sort of work all over the place right now. Check for "utilities engineer" or "utilities permit and design drafter". Starting pay is decent at like $20-$25 and a ton of places are letting you work remote

          You will want to rip your hair out doing this sort of work though because you're dealing with the failsons at 3 separate companies all giving different deadlines and doing everything they can to make it so no one who actually does the work can get it done and are constantly changing design specs in ways that require total redesign of like 75 miles of drawings and then they start whining about why it's taking so long.

          • Multihedra [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            I’m on the “a few weeks from going into service” side of work like this. Sounds very frustrating, but I like big infrastructure shit. Super interesting

            • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              Definitely give it a shot if you can find a place around you that'll take you. It's honestly pretty fun if you're a map nerd or enjoy CAD.