Okay so Chicago is an amazing city, we all love her right. Well here’s the thing, the Chicago we all love did not exist 25 years ago. This was the Chicago of the 1970s
The riverfront was neglected and the much of the lakefront was inaccessible covered by a rail yard and parking lots .
Hot Take: We need another Oil Embargo on the united states
Walz is the VP nominee, as a result, I am changing the icon
Anonymous asked:
If you host a panel at dashcon 2 you MUST make it an open discussion, and I will tell you why. So sometimes online it’s like
You: train good. Put more train.
Random person: wow. Way to just fucking hate my grandma that lives in the rural woods, who lost both her legs to a rogue badger attack in 1965, who runs a gas station. Not to mention her parents were murdered by a train. How dare you say you wish she was dead
Now imagine that IN PERSON. It would be magnificent
I would hope the people of Toronto would be more reasonable than the tumblrinas, but I am not sure
I find it funny that I can say anything on this website without using a source until it implies that rural people aren’t perfect and actually do in fact harm the environment significantly
Suburbs, the most infernal of man’s creations
if I am able to go to Dashcon 2 and host a panel, what should the topic be
trolleys and their various forms within American Cities (Philly, Toronto,Boston)
transit infrastructure and why it’s needed
a brief summary of American Rail Infrastructure history and why it matters today
the new potential for the north American Rail network and where it lacks
Local Advocacy and how to get involved
the history of the subway system
what makes a city livable, an open discussion
See ResultsAnonymous asked:
to be completely honest and in the most positive way possible, i never checked your actual blog before and only interact with your posts when they appear on my dash, so since my dash is 90% trans autistic women with incredibly niche special interests i always just assumed you were also along that vein of person
Are trains and urban design niche special interests?
Anonymous asked:
Stumbled upon this post tumblr.com/amtrak-official/756979579402452992 while looking for a different one and had to do a double take. It is insane to see a blog with amtrak in its name make the same argument that is made against amtrak year after year, namely that "you are … paying a company that can't manage its own finances to stay afloat." Support or oppose tumblrs push to become user-funded for whatever reasons you like, but don't push such obviously misguided arguments.
Amtrak is a federal service, it should have no expectation of profitability, tumblr is a private corporation with no connection to the government. That right there is a massive difference
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