Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square570fedilinkarrow-up12.22Karrow-down1155
arrow-up12.06Karrow-down1image[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars?lemmy.worldFried_out_Kombi@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square570fedilink
minus-squareJamesFire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year ago But not my city. Calgary was built as a stop on the Trans Canadian Railway Calgary had a pretty extensive Streetcar network around downtown once upon a time. https://saadiqm.com/2019/04/13/calgary-historic-streetcar-map.html
minus-squarethrowsbooks@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHey neat! Just goes to show how history gets erased. Hopefully the green line gets built and we’ll have even some of this coverage back.
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Calgary had a pretty extensive Streetcar network around downtown once upon a time.
https://saadiqm.com/2019/04/13/calgary-historic-streetcar-map.html
Hey neat!
Just goes to show how history gets erased. Hopefully the green line gets built and we’ll have even some of this coverage back.