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batmansmotorcycle t1_j5x3jdh wrote

Reply to comment by BfN_Turin in Lawmakers pushing for MBTA to electrify Commuter Rail by 2035 by ToadScoper

Nothing to do my brain or the country, it’s a false equivalency fallacy commonplace in this sub.

It can be done, at a prohibitively expensive cost. There isn’t a really benefit to it either other than a nicer view maybe.

You’d have to bury local substations and long transmission lines to fully be free from weather disruptions.

I love disagreeing with the /r/Boston hive mind.

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theragingletter t1_j5x3h8k wrote

Reply to comment by parametric_amplifier in MBTA to close part of Orange Line to work on slow zones it said were eliminated, but weren’t, during full shutdown by ik1nky

This was my philosophy when I lived in Boston. Anything 75 minutes or less is walking distance, and I’m guaranteed to make it to my destination exactly when I want to. A related rule of thumb: I get off at the earliest possible stop, even if it means an extra 15-20 minutes walking. Have lost count of the number of times when waiting in a stuck train between govt center and haymarket fucked me and I should’ve just walked

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BfN_Turin t1_j5x169x wrote

Reply to comment by mgzukowski in Lawmakers pushing for MBTA to electrify Commuter Rail by 2035 by ToadScoper

But it wasn’t. No one knew what was in the ground. Hell, there were bombs all over the place still, they even find them regularly during construction work right now. They needed to build as much housing as possible in as little time as possible. The building material was often the rubble from destroyed buildings. Electricity was rebuilt quickly as well. Germany had a fully function electricity network again within a few years after the war. With utility poles like the US, cause it had to be fast. Then, in the 70s, the conscious decision was made to put them underground. Germany was fully rebuild by then already. Saying that decision 30 years after the war is connected to the build up is simply wrong. Another great way to show this rebuild argument doesn’t make sense is simply using another country as example: Switzerland. They also mainly have underground powerlines and we’re not destroyed during the war at all. Now, I have to say that I do not know anything about the history about this in Switzerland, but their underground lines are for sure not based on rebuilding the country from rubbles. Denmark is the same as well.

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GM_Pax t1_j5wym6z wrote

Reply to comment by dyqik in Greater Boston, what's your last gas bill? by Miserable_Ride666

>everyone

That's a silly, nonsense argument.

Plus, if you want to bring tech support into it?

Paper billing needs mechanics to fix all those machines. Warehousing for the paper & ink, and staff to handle shipping and internal deliveries. A mail room - and staff - to handle the outgoing mail.

I still say, if a company offers a discount for paperless billing that is less than the cost of a measly fucking stamp, then they're ripping their customers off.

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Commercial_Board6680 t1_j5wy4mu wrote

Reply to comment by Auzaro in MBTA to close part of Orange Line to work on slow zones it said were eliminated, but weren’t, during full shutdown by ik1nky

Ideally, I think all major US cities should limit motor vehicles down to emergency and service (distribution, business, cabs,...) only. Open it up to pedestrian walkways and improved, expansive modes of mass transport. Watching Star Trek in the 60's had an impact on my visions.

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