Your comment reads as if Israel continuing to starve Palestinians was absolutely unavoidable since 1947.

I’m not sure about the economic models of how such cities work, but Manchester and Nottingham have very competent rail/ tram services and public transport. I’m also pretty sure Nottingham also offers free travel to students.

Fair. I have to visit there one time to get a good idea of it.

god i wish this was me

This is interesting. I was talking to someone who studies in Sheffield and they said it’s a terrible city for public transport

The problem with this though is if a town/ city can afford a tram network but chooses not to in order to cut corners for upfront costs, it shows a lack of commitment. The wrong government/ council comes into power and a BRT us getting rolled back straight away for car centric infrastructure again.

Fantastic. So a nice small town can really rely on well planned out bike paths with a good tram network if they can afford the upfront costs. If not, then a BRT system or similar with separated bus lanes would be the next best thing, making sure that these “mid” to “short” distance forms of transports linl well with the town’s train station(s).

Thanks

I wouldn’t call Birmingham a small city haha, but thanks for this!

Edit: I am an idiot, I get what the link means by “Birmingham is a small city” after taking 5 mins to read.

Edit 2: Just taken some more time to read this and it’s gold, thanks for sharing. Really informative.

Sure. Some cities where I come from where trams exists have roads that have tram tracks in the middle of them. As others have alluded to this is probably rare - I don’t really know as the last time I took a tram I was too young to remember it and I live in a town that has no trams at all.

Because of my experience with seeing tram tracks on roads I assumed they shared significant parts of their journey with road cars which made me think they’re subject to traffic jams.

Yeah this makes sense. I come from a country that doesn’t have many trams and when I do see them they tend to be interacting with the road which is probably where my perception comes from.

Thank you

Think that’s where we differ though - I don’t think the artist is complaining, just observing. If my significant other has a quirk and I identify it even in meme format, that doesn’t mean I’m demonising them no? Some of my friends who are women complain about when I offer solutions to problems they just want to rant about so I related to this in a way - imo that’s not a bad thing, just different and perfectly valid. My GF however likes when I give her inputs on how to handle situations. Both are fine, and I actually preferred my female friends telling me they don’t like it because then I could ask my girlfriend or even just other friends (men and women) “by the way, do you like when I offer solutions or would you prefer me to just listen?” The difference between this and boomer humour is the latter would then go onto say “that’s why I hate my wife” lol.

I didn’t intepret this as “bad”?

good idea, thanks

This is a feasible goal I can work towards, thanks

I would love to attend local meetings but there are no meetings with public transport on the agenda on their schedul AT ALL. It seems like I would have to shoehorn public transit in which could potentially alienate the cause. I’m also not sure if I really know enough about the implementation of public transport - if I’m met with pushback I can’t deal with I’m not sure if the cause will survive.

I agree with you, it’s just how to campaign for it. When most people in the UK hear bike lanes they just switch off - people hate hobby cyclists in this country and they tend to associate anything to do with bikes with them.

stupid homeless people, why don’t they just buy a house lol

Do you have any ideas on how to find likeminded people in the community? It seems everyone I talk to isn’t that passionate about public transport