I saw a rumor say that he was black. I’m sure that will send the right into whattaboutism mode.
This early though any rumors aren’t really trustworthy.
Surprise nobody talking about it ITT
I spent a half hour figuring this out, so I might as well post it. I found 8.5 US cities with a “subway system” defined as not light rail, not commuter rail and more than one line: LA, SF/Bay Area, Chicago, Atlanta, DC, Philly, NYC, Boston. The borderline case is Pittsburg, despite their defining their system as “light”.
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You forgot PATH
New Yorkers may consider Northern NJ to not be metro NYC, but the rest of us do.
However, I did forget Denver.
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are you sure about this? Last time I actually knew about any of this stuff, which was admittedly 20 years ago, passenger traffic had priority. You might still end up on the siding while a frieght train goes by, but only because of logistical issues (e.g. you might not even be able to physically go forward until a freight train clears the block ahead).
some in the northeast is but in general no
It probably depends on what route you’re on but it was definitely the case ~20 years ago when I was an Amtrak reg that every other damn train had priority over Amtrak because they own the tracks and you had to wait while they passed you.
This is definitily the case. There are only four German cities listed and I am pretty sure the number must be higher than twenty (probably >30).
My hometown alone has a metro system with more stations than all of the four on the list and longer tracks than three of them.
Edit: Reading the wilipedia-article tells me that my hometowns subway system does not count as a metro, but as light rail as the parts that are above ground are parallel to streets and therefore intersect road traffic in a few places.
I still think it is pretty awesome and one of the things I miss after having moved to a small village.
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How many metro systems do they have in Scandinavia?
Four (Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Stockholm)
That, however, excludes the trams, buses and light rails that those and other smaller cities have throughout the country.
I’m sure you could pretty easily live car-free in any city >100k in Scandinavia. Probably many smaller cities as well.
In Japan, everyone associates public transportation with the country’s magnificent rail system, but its bus system is equally reliable and there’s zero social stigma attached to using it.
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https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1377606829912567808?s=20
https://twitter.com/OlgaNYC1211/status/1378112730226364417?s=20
https://twitter.com/OlgaNYC1211/status/1378122036510343181?s=20
https://twitter.com/pmakela1/status/1378069721539604486?s=20
Putin seems to be fortifying the Ukraine border laying the groundwork for the justification of aggression.
Biden may have international incident on his hands in the not so distant future.
RU pulling out all the stops to prevent media coverage.
https://twitter.com/Ozkok_A/status/1377916653846036480?s=20
Just to be clear the last tweet was purely for comedic value, the reporting had nothing to do with Ukraine.
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Is that an average though? Because I’m pretty sure the rich got richer and the poor got poorer. The rich just got more richer then the poor got poorer.
But was worth it lol.
People spend a lot of money on well some may say “frivolish shit” in normal times.
Ain’t nobody gonna do shit when Putin takes another chunk of Ukraine.