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Re:LA’s new trains have not lessened the time spent stuck in... by machello13 on Friday February 07, 2020 @03:23PM (#22270494)
Why is it a requirement to fill every car? Why not provide transit along many routes and often enough to be useful?
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Re:LA’s new trains have not lessened the time spent stuck in... by HashHishBang on Friday February 07, 2020 @03:36PM (#22270621)
Money presumably. The fact that it's comically expensive in per mile costs, in some cases nearly $1 billion/mile[1] in LA, in addition to maintenance costs would just nuke the ideas.

[1]https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/01/why-its-so-ex...

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