A Sickening Example of Eminent Domain

[The Dharma Bum]

[Professor]

Also, think about how many people (and businesses) rely upon a superhighway.

Interstate 405 (San Diego - L.A.) carries some 374,000 vehicles (not people - VEHICLES) per day. That's 136,510,000 per year. In other words, it's fairly safe to assume that an amount of people equal to 1/2 the population of the entire United States travels that stretch of interstate every year.

Compare that to the estimates for the high-speed rail which are 40,500/day, or 14,600,000. Basically, 11%.

In other words, an interstate is 10x more important than a rail.

[exploited]

[Professor]

[exploited]

Yeah, that makes no sense.

[Spider]

[Spider]

[Professor]

It's a matter of preference, for most.

In which would you rather commute:




or

[Spider]

Pretty much. I get that some people hate cars, and see them as emblematic of decline and waste.

But most disagree, and we shouldn't be making value judgements for everyone on the basis of unpopular opinion.

[exploited]

It's as if "due to a lack of viable alternatives and a fetish culture" means something else entirely, instead of exactly what you just said, lol.

Cars are fun isn't a valid objection. Neither is inconvenience. Why exactly do you think I've suggested building infrastructure that focuses on being a viable alternative, and also happens to be pretty damned fun? I don't know about you, but there is nothing fun about being stuck in traffic for hours, or destroying the environment. Travelling at 400-800 MPH and having cities that aren't disgusting shitholes sounds like alot of fun to me.