benfulton

randahl , 2 months ago to random

This is awesome: 🙌🏻

The Baltic countries are raising the middle finger to Putin and switching their railway from the old Russian width to European width, and building an enormous railway all the way from Helsinki in Finland to Warsaw in Poland, where it connects to the existing European railway system.

249 kph means 3½ hour rides between European capitals — using clean electrical energy thereby helping our climate too.

B1M has a video about the Rail Baltica:

https://youtu.be/spQ4v0Y2FfM?si=PmTaLt_JQY_2gewt

benfulton Mod , 3 months ago to Bloomington Indiana

Eclipse traffic

11AM: None to speak of. Bypass is empty. Memorial Stadium lot has a few dozen cars and a couple of groups with tents and tripods, and one security truck sitting on the trail making sure no bikers can get through 🙄 A couple of parties in my 'hood judging from the cars. More people than usual walking around.

#eclipse @bloomington_in

benfulton , 3 months ago to random

What Indianapolis’ BRT Mess Reveals About the Troubling Power of ‘State Preemption’ in Transportation

"While Republican-led state legislatures are vying (and succeeding) at preempting transit projects across the country, “Indiana has been the most aggressive in this regard,"...Perhaps Hoosier hostility toward transit stands out because of how broadly popular the state’s transit projects are with voters"

#HoosierMast #transit #INLegis

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/03/25/what-indianapolis-brt-mess-reveals-about-the-troubling-power-of-state-preemption-in-transportation