Yes, and no. If we rely on only experts commenting, there will be little conversation even happening which would be worse as nobody learns or thinks about things closer. That’s why there’s no such thing as a stupid question - something can be learnt from every idea, even if it’s inward and you learn more about the way YOU see the world.

The important part is that nobody seems to care. I’m more pissed from the general apathy.

Look, I’m a government employee, if nobody complains, it’s fantastic but THIS is something that should have been complained about in the planning stage. I’m frustrated that nobody wants to make their lives better and then they complain after the fact. Make a damn ruckus BEFORE. The government do not mind buying land for infrastructure projects.

And that nobody seems to realise that cities comprise of the CBD, outer city, suburbia and peri-urban areas and a train should cover all those areas. It does seem odd that nobody seems to know how suburban rail generally works everywhere in the world.

If the priority was on mass transport and not roads (which they quite happily destroy the entire neighbourhood to build), then this would solve the issue. And takes up far less land then a 8+ lane highway.

Better than nothing but a cynical approach to it, and I wonder if that is part of the plan.

“We built this rail line, in a bad location, and few are using it. I wonder why. Guess nobody likes rail, we should build more roads now instead.”

Also being general, not about this station in particular

I’m really not - it appears many don’t know how city rail works - just ask any other person from any other city, european or asian

As others have said, it’s near a university.

However, this isn’t how you should build public transit, along a corridor. It a) restricts the other mode of transport for evermore b) it encourages growth near the station (which isn’t what you would want) c) discourages walking cities d) it’s loud af e) it’s not in the centre of an area but the outskirts which means it’s less usable for the majority of the area and more for only the people hemmed around the highway.

It’s like nobody looks at city maps from around the world and how passenger suburban and city rail is a new/difficult concept.

Train lines generally run through and stop at suburban stations into the city. It’s a hub and spoke with stops on the way. I think you don’t understand how rail works in all other cities. Or you’re trolling. Or you’re USian and this explains both the lack of knowledge at how most city rail works and the lack of public transport.

That is fair. We have a new train station next to one of our universities too and it replaced a bus line. It doesn’t have a highway right next to it as our higher education establishments tend to be in areas of quiet for obvious reasons (but still fairly close tbh), but that’s a different problem.

You realise that suburbia is PART of cities. You don’t have one without the other. That’s how cities work. If you lived and worked in suburbia, you’re not needing to catch a train. Trains are for the fast movement of a mass of people from one place to another. Inner city trains are usually trams or metro/subway/underground. That is how it works.

Edit: just re-read what I originally wrote and it’s pretty clear that I was saying most rail goes from suburbia into cities which would obviously include stops on the way - it’s not point-to-point, so the central city fringe between the city and suburbia would be covered. I thought that went without saying.

What does this station serve? The point of public transport is to get you into a populated public area or a commuter station, right next to where houses and people are. You build them where they can/are used I.e. in the middle of suburbia where you can walk to them, not next to a highway.

Do US designers understand passenger rail?

Edit: Nobody has responded in this thread about why the way this is built is good (admittedly this particular station does serve a nearby uni, but I was meaning generally and even so, this station location does not seem the best option), offered solutions or agreed that it’s just stupid and shouldn’t be this way. And some seem to think that suburbs aren’t part of cities. It’s baffling.

This is also not the first time a US passenger rail conversation I’ve had on Lemmy has gone like this. Are you all happy with the way your rail works and your commuter traffic? Do you not see how other places work and compare? Do you understand the point of mass transport or is this something that just isnt experienced/taught in schools. I don’t get it. The apathy to fix anything is terrible. It does explain a few things about why you get walked over by your governments though. Truly, it’s just a bit sad. It’s like you don’t even realise it doesn’t have to be this way. You never used to be like this.

It’s closer to a dry-aging method. Especially if you live in a very salty area. Cut off any mold or rind, cut into steaks, cook and have a chomp

I can’t find this page on my app 😞

I wanted to know if I can stop doing hip thrusts yet

I hope I can watch a livestream on Twitch

gasp

The audacity…

Couldn’t help myself, apologies

Bitsa.

Bits of this, bits of that. Some call them Indian Pariah dogs but just free-roaming dog or street dog also works - they’re not confined to a breed

But in EU and US, you don’t really get free-roaming dogs.

Internet Today Any Austin
Primitive Technology
Spectacles
Fall of Civilisation
Knowing Better
Ed Ting (if you like astronomy)
Crackermilk

And a bunch of lefty media but I’ll not bore you with politics.

You can literally have just a simple wall plug and charge a car. It doesn’t need to be a fitted wall-mounted charging box. Yes, it is much slower and takes 24+ hours to charge the car completely but most people don’t actually use much of their battery per day anyway so if you plug in every night when you get home, you’re not going to have a problem for the majority of the time. And those are a very cheap socket run that an apartment’s body corporate could/should install.

I’m hung as a hearse.

Cool. I’m very happy for you.

Of all addictions to have it could be worse. But it’s actually the opposite. I love long warm showers - something about the water hitting my back whilst sitting on a stool that feels very relaxing. I have video essays going whilst I do that.

Ummm…to read this post on Lemmy?

Also, I need a new phone - the steam has made my pixel 8 pro front camera all cloudy and my screen has started dying.

Geez, bebo.

Mine was being actually drunk and going on random boards on mIRC without changing my usual username