/n/ - Transportation

The end of ebike terrorism is in sight. Let's not count our chickens before they hatch, but I'm tentatively feeling hopefully about this. During the time that the last thread was up, hundreds of people were killed by ebike fires. We need to put a stop to this. I just hope they make sure to add prison time for people caught with unlicensed ebikes.

Things you think are cool edition
Resources:
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-help
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Let's discuss bike tires here.
>pic related currently using
>27.5 x 1.60 (650b x 40)
>1000 miles in
>pulled a few glass shards out
>extracted a broken glass bottle shard that was wedged 6mm in the tread at an angle
>no punctured tube
>no flat
>rolls great
>doesn't weigh as much as a Marathon Plus or Mondial
>installing them wasn't too bad either
What's your daily driver? Do you run tubed or tubeless? General thoughts, experiences of tires you've ran with?

>throw away the based PE because gas will be cheap forever and freeway is big
>have to rebuild it again not even 30 years later because gas is fucking expensive and the freeway clogged to shit
>It's not even as much track or usable as PE because public owned rail is slow and shit
I hate post WWII America so much it's unreal

>free buses
Cagebros...should I be afraid...?

Why are trainheads so obsessed with the arbitrary distinction of "high speed rail"?
Especially in America where we barely have any passenger rail in the first place. Sure it would be nice to have trains that go fast, but wouldn't you rather first have any trains at all? Insisting that all new passenger rail be "high speed" just makes it exponentially more expensive to build and less likely that anything will ever happen. See picrel.

infrequent poster here
is there any room on this board for a city builder vidya general?
there's a general on /vg/ that includes city builder games but it also includes a few other genres so city building is rarely talked about

i just wanted to get the opinions of my fre/n/s on this topic
pic related is cities skylines 2, btw

We need walkable cities

Why did hydrofoils never take off?

We are the most walkable city in the USA
We have pretty good public transit for the USA

BUT something sad is when I go to cities like SF and El Paso and Dallas among others I see old Philadelphia trolley cars. Yes, it's well know Philadelphia's trolley cars are world famous and we sold many of them off to other cities when we dismantled some lines. I've seen them in person in these cities. It just makes me sad but also a bit proud my transit history is all over the country I guess.

I just want people to know that. That yes... Philadelphia trolleys are everywhere. It's a bitter sweet moment

Oh by the way... you didn't think pic related was Philly did you? Nope... that's El Paso with a Philadelphia street car. Imagine how that feels for Philadelphians.

The newest development after gravel bikes with suspension forks: Gravel bikes with suspension forks and flat bars. I simply have to have one!

When I visited Vancouver Island I noticed almost all major towns and cities exist on an almost straight line along the coast. I also noticed train tracks along the highway pretty much all the way from south to north. Looking it up, Wikipedia says the railroad service has been suspended due to poor conditions. Why won't the Canadian government restore the infrastructure and invest in a high-speed rail network?
Traffic wasn't too bad when I drove there but I imagine a decent railroad would massively cut travel times between cities, potentially making it the better option for commuters. Especially if it can be made affordable. BC is basically China already, maybe they can import some Chinese bullet trains too.

>*combines the aggressive solipsistic entitlement of an exurban helicopter parent SUV karate lessons karen with the sanctimonious humblebrag better-than-you instagram mentality of a childless upper middle class urbanist in your path (literally in your path because it's in your physical path being as expensive and space-hogging as an actual car, while being as slow and annoying and needy and pointless and "look at me" as a dutch bike, in everyone's path) in your path*
>*heh, nothin' personnel kid, as in, look at these kids of mine that I am effectively using as human shields, so give me everything in return for nothing or you're a monster and I will have you cancelled for not buckling immediately and catering to my massive sense of entitlement, kid*
When did cargo bikes go from being a crusty, get-it-done, no-nonsense niche improvised delivery tool for reasonable humans, to being the single most punchable conspicuous consumption fashion accessory in the history of wheels?

Also, cargo bikes hate thread, and yes I took my meds thanks for the reminder though

"Wofür ist das?"-Edition

Anything public transport in German-speaking Europe is fair game.

Kawaii edition
Ride your bike faggot

fucking shits

E10 Series Edition

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A few years ago people starting referring to certain China wheelsets as not just "the best Chinese wheels" or "the best budget wheels" but simply "the best wheels". This year, Winspace released the T1600, a CDM (Chinese Domestic Market) product that costs more than a Madone or a Tarmac. It's UCI approved right out of the box (though you may need to tape some lead weights to it to get it to pass the weight restrictions). Western buyers need not apply, though they no doubt will try.

Western brands were folding right and left before the iron curtain 2.0 was raised, now the "tiro de gracia" has been fired and big companies like Trek are going to go bankrupt because their supply chains have been cut off by Import Substitution Industrialization, a popular third world development tactic pioneered by visionaries like Pinochet and Galtieri.

Is this the end of the western bike era? Will tomorrow's dentists settle for nothing less than Chinese bikes on 100% Chinese groupsets?

Dia dhaoibh

I've been directed here to inquire as to why ebikes are bad. My opinion as of yet is that if I get to work safely (for me and others) without needing to take a shower, it's good. Cycle lane availability means I don't need to go near pedestrians and don't mix too much with cars. This all adds up to me pointing to that ebikes are positive, could anyone explain to me their viewpoint as to why they would be negative? I personally hate escooters as they are always ridden by knackers unstably and in dangerous manners.

Go raibh míle céad maith agaibh.

What are your thoughts on the Hornby TT120 range?

what happened? what went wrong?

Not a single fucking shop in Ontario wants to touch electric stand-on kick scooters for any reason.

I'm not going all the way to Toronto to fix a single wiring issue that killed the throttle after driving through an ankle-deep puddle.

Google keeps bringing up Durham E-Bikes Sales and Service which specifically says in their website "SORRY WE DO NOT SERVICE STAND-ON KICK SCOOTERS".

What is with these things that make repair shops so scared of them?

With how popular they are getting there are gonna be a LOT of angry stranded scooter users when they start breaking down.

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What would your dream transportation job be? Any time period, any place.

For me, it would be running steam locomotives on the ATSF from the late 1930s to the end of steam. A close second would be an airline captain in the 1950s and 60s to experience the beginning of the jet age.

is the dart silver line /n/ approved? it’s scheduled to open in october

Keep in mind this is for bikes meant to be loaded up. I guess a marketing exec at some point decided kickstands are for poors so no expensive bike can have them now, just like MTBs got stuck with Presta valves.

They will literally drill 15+ holes just in case your bike bags use bottle bosses instead of straps, but outright refuse drilling 2 for a kickstand

>live in populated region with train and it become countryside

>check wplace

>someone or guys generate trains a lot

than-kyu

At what point are you a “train enthusiast” vs “someone who just realizes that North America needs better trains?”

I don’t memorize Soviet trainsets, I just recognize that America would obviously be better off if we built a good rail network. I don’t have any preference or bias for trains, I just know that we need them to protect our environment and reduce traffic congestion. They would also improve travel times for many trips and revive downtown economies.
I don’t think that makes me a “railfan,” it just means I see an obvious truth.

Although I set out some preferences for the last one I ended up settling for literally anything to do with Britain. Those preferences about foreign exports and rare diversions remain in place but otherwise post what you like as long as it fits the broader requirement

This thread is for talking about railways, and things related to railways, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - that means we're all about big intercity trains, modest rural trains, long freight trains, trips, tracks, trams, subways, stations, you get the idea. Trains are cool.

If you're planning a journey, take a look at the nationalrail.co.uk/ journey planner - tell it where you're headed from and to, and it'll show you your options before handing you over to a train company so you can buy a ticket. Doesn't matter which train company, they'll all charge the same price for the same seat on the same journey. Overseas visitors - trip.com and thetrainline.com are your best option.

Here's a few links:
~New rolling stock currently on order, listed (trainlogger.co.uk/units/)
~A Visual History of Railway Rolling Stock in Great Britain (gaelan.me/br-stock/)
~The Man in Seat 61 (seat61.com/) - easily the best rail travel resource out there.
~Geoff Marshall (youtube.com/@geofftech2) - likes trains. Mostly harmless.
~Jago Hazzard (youtube.com/@jagohazzard) - London train history. Ditto.

...and some cool 'open data' stuff:
~Realtimetrains (realtimetrains.co.uk/) - live train timetables: ideal for keeping on top of ETAs and platforms.
~Openrailwaymap (openrailwaymap.org/) - not quite 'Google Maps for railway infrastructure', but close.
~TIGER (https://tiger.worldline.global/home/) - live departure boards.
~Traksy (traksy.uk/live/) - live signalling information.
~London Underground Live (www.londonunderground.live/) - a real-time, geographically-accurate Tube map.

What's happening?
~The railway is being put into public ownership: gov.uk/guidance/great-british-railways/
~Phase One of High Speed 2 (Birmingham-London): hs2.org.uk/
~The Transpennine Route Upgrade - upgrading & electrifying the Liverpool-York mainline: thetrupgrade.co.uk/
~The Midland Main Line electrification (no website...)
~The East Coast Digital Programme: nextgenerationrailway.co.uk/

Welcome to Juarez city... now look at pic related

Cargo train runs right through this buys intersection en el centro.

So if you need to get somewhere sometimes there's a massive cargo train in your way preventing you and making you LATE.

How do you fix that. Not only that it's dangerous. There are no "Train crossing beware" it's just hopefully uou don't get hit by the train

Why don’t we fly DC-10’s anymore?

Is there still a fixie subculture anywhere out there, or am I showing my age? Im still enamored with the whole “fixie punk” aesthetic. Considering jumping back on social media is there are still people doing this. But I realize its a niche subculture from the early 2000’s thats been made fun of since day 1.

Post road network gore.

I was thinking of picking up one of those cheapo Aliexpress carbon forks, but my buddy probably rightfully talked me out of it due to safety concerns.
Where should I buy an affordable carbon fork in 26" for rim brakes (in Yurop)?

When you see it

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>peugeot is selling brand new steel framed fixies, can be found under 500 euros
what the fuck? it kinda slaps frfr

DC2 and a half edition

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We won. This marks the start of a new era for public transportation.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/world/asia/air-india-crash-report.html
>“In the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard asking the other why did he cut off” the fuel, said the report, by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau. “The other pilot responded that he did not do so.”
Suicide by pilot.
The perpetrator is either the captain, who falsely accused the first offer of killing the engines, or the first officer, who falsely denied having done so when correctly accused of it by the captain.
India is a shame-based culture, so probably whoever did this hoped that they could pass it off as mechanical or human error (if the captain, then maybe pin it on the rookie FO) to protect their family name.

https://media.amtrak.com/2025/08/amtrak-nextgen-acela-debuts-on-august-28/
>A new era of high-speed rail to begin between Boston and Washington, DC
>WASHINGTON – All aboard the future of East Coast travel! Starting Thursday, Aug. 28, customers can travel on Amtrak’s NextGen Acela – America’s high-speed train – connecting the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., New York City, and Boston.

:)

I guess it's finally time for new thread.
what are your touring plans for 2025? cooking up some months long big adventure or just few small trips every now and then?
maybe you're already on a tour or just finished one recently?
I'll be going across the Europe to Santiago de Compostela, starting in April.

They're the definition of cattle class. They're slow, expensive, and you're sleeping in a tiny room with total strangers. Any sleeper route can be better served by a low-cost airline, and cheaper to boot. Sleeper trains made sense in the 19th century when they were the only option, but they make absolutely no sense today.

>rechargeable
>compact, yet seats up to four
>doesn't require nearly as much road infrastructure
>probably doesn't even require a driver's license
>fast enough to travel most towns in a few minutes
>could easily be automated
What is stopping cities from buying a fleet of these things and renting them out like Citi bikes?

Damn wtf are we supposed to do

anyone know how true this is / when it might happen

planning some sightseeing dont wanna miss it and wanna check out shirakawago (the higurashi village)

hongcouver getting some china ferries

…elbows up?

>wears a rolex daytona while driving, just like paul newman
Fine
>wears a rain coat when it's raining, just like gene kelly
Fine
>wears gym shorts at the gym, just like wilt chamberlain
Fine
>wears aviators just because, just like val kilmer in top gun
Fine
>wears tacticool ballistic nylon cargo pants when working, just like steven seagal in under siege
Fine
>wears cycling shorts when cycling
Whoa wait WHAT NOOOOO YOU CAN'T DO THAT YOU TRYHARD WHAT IF SOMEONE THINKS YOU'RE LANCE ARMSTRONG AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO TELL THEM YOU'RE NOT A PROFESSIONAL RACING CYCLIST THEN THE UNIVERSE WOULD EXPLODE NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Do you express your personality with custom valve cap covers on your transportatio/n/?
If so, what did you choose?

>The San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway (reporting mark SDAE) is a short-line American railroad founded in 1932 as the successor to the San Diego and Arizona Railway (SD&A), which was founded in 1906 by entrepreneur John Spreckels. Dubbed "The Impossible Railroad" by many engineers of its day due to the immense logistical challenges involved, the line was established in part to provide San Diego with a direct rail link to the east by connecting with the Southern Pacific Railroad lines in El Centro, California.
>the railroad has a checkered history, with periodic disruptions in service to rockslides, storms, fires, and derailments, and has never been profitable
>the line ceased being used in its entirety decades ago and has been bounced around by owner to owner ever since
>at present, only a fraction of the line in San Diego, Mexico, and Campo is actively used, with the rest being left to decay

Here's my questions:

1. Were the "Impossible Railroad's" issues inherent to the climate and terrain, or more so the technological/economic limitations at the time of its construction (the railroad was built with anachronistic infrastructure such as wooden trestles)?

2. If funding could secured, would it be possible to rehabilitate or even rebuild the line in its entirety using modern engineering techniques to negate the hazards that plagued its previous incarnations?

3. What services could be provided to make the line economical, or even turn an actual profit? Obviously there's tourism, Carrizo Gorge attracts thousands of tourists a year (many of whom come to gawk at the ruins of the railway). I recently found out that the Mexican portion of the line is used to host the Tijuana-Tecate Tourist Train (pic related, several gallery cars that were originally intended for it but ultimately left unused) and has proven quite popular. But I'm also wondering industries could be served or even if a US-Mexico commuter service would be feasible (ignoring current diplomatic issues)