Tesla is in big trouble. Sales are plummeting and consumers are boycotting the brand as Elon Musk champions far-right politics.
But the CEO’s reputation isn’t the only problem. He’s also made a series of bad business decisions that are coming back to haunt the automaker.
https://www.disconnect.blog/p/elon-musk-is-running-tesla-into-the
Old Trafford (the stadium) always struggled to build more because the trains ran alongside the place. And then the other side of the train track, none of the residents would sell their place.
I guess Manchester United has finally bought all the houses around the stadium and convinced the local government to shut off the train line to Liverpool whilst they redevelop the entire area.
Some big big money being thrown around here.
Hi folks
Just joined today. I'm a retired Scottish gentleman interested in vintage buses and I hope to post some interesting facts as we go along.
I'm building a website using Hugo and I'm currently visiting transport museums and collecting photographs.
South Shields Shiny Boy - Canvas Print
A perfectly restored, and very shiny, 1933 Morris Commercial lorry. JH Jerry and Sons South Shields, est 1890.
#PhotoOfTheDay #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Classic #CanvasPrint #Monochrome #Photography #British #Transport
Paris ring road's car-sharing lane becomes active.
During rush hour, the leftmost traffic lane will be reserved for vehicles carrying 'at least two passengers,' public transport, taxis, emergency vehicles and people with reduced mobility.
@airshipper
> we don’t have a big enough population to afford to maintain so many kms of safe state highways
Highways that seem to need constant patching. Unlike well-built rails.
Highways made of bitumen. Which is a byproduct of oil refining. As we learned when there was that fuss about the bitumen from Marsden Point being better than the imported stuff.
So like fossil fuels, roads aren't actually sustainable. Something we need to transition away from.
#Transport picks of the day:
@notjustbikes - Makes videos on urban planning & transport
@reece@canadiancivil.com (main) & @reece@video.canadiancivil.com (videos) & @reecemartintransit (blog) - Public transport enthusiast
@CathyTuttle - US urban planning expert
@ohtheurbanity - Videos on urban planning, transport, cycling
@jon - Railways, cycling, cross-border rail
@ptua - Org for better public transport in Victoria, Aus
@mattcaff (main) & @heartlandurbanist (videos) - US activist for better public transport
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For some quick back-of-the-envelope comparisons with current road, slow rail, and fast rail travel times according to Google Maps.
Toronto - Quebec City: 859km 
8hr 
10hr 
6hr (?)
Toronto - Montreal: 550km 5.5hr 5.5hr 3hr (?)
Paris - Nice: 1000km 9hr 6hr
Paris - Marseille: 850km 8hr 3.5hrs
Boston - Washington DC: 700km 7.5hr 9hr
Detroit - Washington DC: 840km 8hr 14hr
Well holy high speed rail Batman, they’re building it!!
Initial planning cost of $4 Billion, final construction of the 1000km, 300kph line between Toronto and Quebec City could be up to the cost of 4 #TMX pipelines. ($80B).
Montreal to Toronto in 3hrs.
A large consortium is the winning bid and includes France’s SNCF and Air Canada.
#canpoli #highspeedrail #rail #transport #toronto #quebec #endfossilfuels #climateAction
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-announces-high-speed-rail-quebec-toronto-1.7462538
Rail.chat is a Mastodon server for train, rail and transit enthusiasts and experts. Topics include passenger and freight rail, other non-car options, and the economic, environmental and equity benefits of seamless mobility.
You can find out more at https://rail.chat/about or contact the admin @conductor
"Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands: Which European countries have the greenest transport?"
In 1991, the publicly-owned InterCity bus network in Aotearoa was sold to a consortium of investor-owned coach companies. The rationale was that along with "deregulation" - reforms that made regulations more favourable to investor-owned operations - this would help to create a thriving competitive market for long distance coach services. Prices would go down, service quality would go up, queue the ticker tape parade.
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#Infrastructure in British #India:
"Natural drainage of Bengal was disturbed due to construction of a network of #railway embankments resulting in formation of poorly drained “compartments” in different areas of Bengal. This led to excessive silting, damaged crop production, increased chance of flooding and created stagnant water pockets that were apt for water-borne diseases like cholera and malaria."
Excerpt from: https://learn.culturalindia.net/bengal-famine-1943.html
#famine #starvation #agriculture #rice #Bangladesh #Churchill #wwii #transport #railways #railTransport #crops #colonialism #BritishEmpire #BritishRule
A bunch of Hungarian uni students set a new energy-efficiency record of 309 km/kWh with their car (and there is a competiton about this).
A former #maths #teacher joined #NetworkRail in #Britain as a #signaller , making a #careerChange at age 57
#Railways #UK #transport #trains
https://www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/from-teacher-to-railway-signaller-at-57/
#introduktion
Her på kanalen vil jeg dele mine vinkler på de små begivenheder og de store strømninger i vores samfund, der udgør klimasammenbruddet.
Jeg er organisator i Nødbremsen, og studerer MSc Climate Change på Københavns Universitet. En gang i mellem holder jeg oplæg eller udgiver tekster, som jeg også giver info om her.
Second épisode de la série des transports 
Aujourd'hui nous partons à la découverte du logciel OSRD (Open Source Railway Designer), créé par SNCF Réseau.
Vous découvrez aussi la création de l'AISBL @openrail, à laquelle la gouvernance du prjet a été transférée !
https://www.projets-libres.org/transports-osrd-openrail-scnf-reseau
Encore une fois nous insistons sur la nécessité de disposer d'algorithmes et données ouverts et en particulier le rôle d'#OpenStreetMap !
Bonne écoute 
Vous pourrez retrouver une partie de l'équipe d'OSRD au #fosdem2025
An illustration of not just how expensive rail travel is in the UK, but how insanely cheap air fares are.
Surely time to tax aviation fuel?
#Ecotricity founder, #DaleVince, says:
"Here's a worthwhile list to be on. The top 100 #taxpayers in Britain (I'm 81 apparently). #Taxes built our #economy, they pay for #education, #transport, #health and so much more."
https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/money/article/tax-list-uk-100-biggest-taxpayers-jx6ldh5hd
https://www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/uks-top-10-taxpayers-revealed-30858262
Cornish couple avoid sky high train #fares by flying via Malaga to Crewe
A couple flew more than 1,300 miles to Malaga & back to UK to pick up new car; it was cheaper than a train
1-way ticket to Crew would have cost £200/person by train compared to £54 in flights
They spent the day there, then flew back staying in hotel were picking her new car
They spent £54 each on #flights & £45 for a hotel – a total cost £153
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/26/cornish-sky-high-train-fares-by-flying-via-malage-crewe/
