Well to be fair, most of Japan and western Europe got leveled, so they were able to almost start over with their infrastructure.   Plus they are smaller than the US so it did cost as much for them as it would in the US.

Ok, but come on. This is NYC we’re talking about. Half the fun is knowing you’re risking your life going in. ADA compliant stations? Ha! Rats that eat better than 20% of New Yorkers? Yup. Screaming people who need psychiatric help? Pick a station! A G line that everyone knows doesn’t really exist? The G is for Ghost…

Was about to post the same thing. In fact, I think the full gates are on the newer lines that can accommodate them. I don’t remember any of the full height gates on the Piccadilly, Circle or District Lines, but I do remember them at some stations on the Jubilee Line.

Perhaps we should focus on the file that helps citizens NOT WANT TO PUSH PEOPLE ON THE TRACKS

Yeap. Look up the percentage of Americans that were highly anti-war in early 1941. FDR had to run an anti-war campaign in 1940 to become re-elected and it was a close thing.

While the tube did add those gates at high tourist stations/lines, they did not add them to all stations. So we can’t hold them up as shining examples of metro safety when much of their stations are the same as always. 

He’s not against EVs, but he says the reality is that the in 20-30 years, there will be millions upon millions of new drivers with very old technology cars.

The original contractor for California High Speed Rail was the French rail system SNCF. After a couple of years of pork barrel and NIMBY BS they quit.

Yeah, and the first thing they will do would be to fire all the union workers. Then hire new ones, have them create their own union, that would work like a proper union , and not a mob holdout. and only after that it will get fixed. The problem with MTA is the people that work there, not the technology or money. Fire…

The problem of making it green and cheap is what makes me think it only has a prayer in Japan. You can get H in the form of the usable fuel as a free byproduct of nuclear power generation, and for better or worse, the Japanese have more of that than they know what to do with. Otherwise, getting the universe’s most…

The Mirai (currently on sale, or lease rather) packs 5.65 kg of hydrogen. That, in energy, is equivalent to 15.4 gallons of gasoline. When Motortrend last tested the Mirai, it had 331 miles of range, real world tested.

Nope. And I don’t own an EV either. ( Buzzer sound ) Try again!

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I think what your German friend is missing with respect to reduced demand in Africa for European cars is the China factor. Having traveled to Africa several times in the last few years, I’m seeing Chinese cars handily dominate the late-model market. These cars are available for prices similar to much older cars from…

First Gear: I have a German in the office this week. Interesting perspective on cars (he’s a jalop by German standards in that he has rebuilt cars in his youth and the like).

Agreed. I’ve given Toyota the benefit of the doubt for the most part because I think the temperament towards EV’s is fairly pragmatic, even if it’s rooted on just being behind the 8-ball. But holy moses, that 30% assumption is some head-in-the-sand shit.

I’d like to think the conversation went something like this:

They chose turquoise because it and red are the two colors that Red/Green color blind people can see as “the real color” and differentiate.
Red and true green will look the same to color blind people.

Oh for sure, but I would rather see the indicators, anyway, and then I’ll just avoid those jackasses, too.

Those same people are going to be festooning their own non-autonomous cars with turquoise leds so they won’t get pulled over for playing with their phones.