Bus Versus Streetcar
7th June 2017
The bus versus streetcar debate became personal in Washington DC when a Megabus rammed a platform for the H Street streetcar. The crash put the streetcar out of service for several hours, and that particular platform for many days.
As if in retaliation, a streetcar rear ended a DC bus, injuring ten transit riders. There were only eight passengers on the bus, so the other two must have been on the streetcar and the Antiplanner wouldn’t be surprised if they were the only passengers on board.
Of course, the entire streetcar system was put out of commission while the messes were cleaned from each of the accidents. If only they had a vehicle that could pass one that was stationary because of an accident or breakdown. Maybe someday someone will invent one.
June 7th, 2017 at 07:03
Again, I will never understand the Left’s fascination with trains and streetcars. Yeah, I get that there’s plenty of construction dollars that can be funneled to their friends, but that doesn’t explain the rank-and-file support. There isn’t a year that goes by without a push to build a train between Houston and Dallas, or Austin and whatever. Houston’s commuter train would be a hilarious joke if it wasn’t for the huge cost and the steady number of vehicles it hits. (It has a warning horn, but the volume disturbed the yuppies in the neighborhood and so it was muted to a gentle “meep-meep” that sounds a bit like a Roadrunner cartoon. Instead of getting out of the way, cars stop to try to see what caused the funny noise.)
June 7th, 2017 at 14:41
They want to erase the twentieth century and have us all riding horses. Look at their environmental policies.