Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the world builds high speed rail
by ams6110 on Saturday July 01, 2017 @08:39PM
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Packed trains like that are common during rush hours. I've been on Chicago "el" cars packed so full you couldn't even get an arm out to hold on to anything.
Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the world builds high speed rail
by artwr on Sunday July 02, 2017 @12:05AM
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The good thing being that in this case, you do not need to hold anything. You are being held :)
Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the world builds high speed rail
by vacri on Sunday July 02, 2017 @01:53AM
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Does Chicago hire people-pushers?
Plenty of videos available https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=japan+train+pus...
Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the world builds high speed rail
by madeofpalk on Saturday July 01, 2017 @09:35PM
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When I travelled to the US I was shocked at how squished public transport can be in New York, SF and LA (heh).
Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the world builds high speed rail
by hudibras on Saturday July 01, 2017 @11:11PM
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The biggest difference between packed trains in Japan and the U.S. is when "just one more person" tries to get on the train. In Japan, everybody will sigh and groan and shuffle around to make a bit more room. In America, the riders near the door will stiff-arm the guy back onto the platform.
"Next train, buddy..."
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170613-striking-photos-sh...
"Wolf ... visited a publisher in Tokyo with a portfolio of the images. “He just flicked through them in about 30 seconds, and he said ‘so what?’,”... “I said ‘what do you mean “so what?” – it’s a nightmare, don’t you see that?’ He said: ‘what do you mean it’s a nightmare, I’ve been doing this for 40 years of my life every day – it’s normal.’”