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

Yes a HUGE cargo train goes on those tracks...in an area with many pedestrians and cars

Eschuca, hombre. El problema no es con el tren--es con la gente. Siempre Mexicanos son tontos y violentos. Necesita arreglar la gente primero.

>>2049407
Actually the problem is with the train because it blocks a busy intersection so if you're trying to go somewhere and a big cargo train comes you're going to be late. It's not a well placed cargo train in my view. And it causes a hazard.

>>2049409
>...a big cargo train comes you're going to be late.
¡Siesta tiempo!

Easy. Put a GPS tracker on the train and publish its location so residents can plan their commute around it. And let a speeder drive in front of the train with a big Hermano in it who yells at people to warn them.

>>2049417
That can help safety but it might not be so safe for him. Also... that doesn't change that it can make people have to wait long periods of time for the cargo train to cross a very busy pedestrian zone...

Imagine if Shibuya crossing had a big cargo train sometimes run right through it

I'm stuck... It takes like 20 minutes and that encourages some pedestrians to do dangerous attempts to cross the train as it moves or if it ever stops for a moment

Your options are:
Build an overpass
Find an alternate route
Accept the pain

>>2049431
>Build an overpass
This is a very very busy traffic for cars and people this is untenable imo
>Find an alternate route
For the train or the people? As a walker by the time you "find an alternate path" you might of well as waited. For instance I waited 20 minutes today. The train briefly stopped and some people did dangerously cross between the cars... you can imagine how this is a major hazard.

So I walked up but then just waited it was futile

>Accept the pain
Is that what urban planning has become in 2025? Just accept it. I refuse that...

>>2049434
You're unwilling to accept reality. Either build an overpass, find an alternate route, or suck it up.

>>2049459
You're a naysayer...

>>2049427
About ten years ago, Brownsville/Matamoros built a new railroad that bypassed both cities and created a new border-crossing bridge. The American side abandoned the seven or so miles and the Mexican side abandoned most of it as well. I guess they could blast a connection south of El Paso and abandon the city portion that way.

>>2049434
I dont know what you expect, you built your train yard running dead center into your central district, and good luck getting the Americans to move theirs (sensibly built on the outskirts) to help fix your traffic woes. Unless you want to endure several years of massive infrastructure remodeling to build bridges or some kind of sunken train channel im the middle of downtown the only option I see is bulldozing some of that more open land on the border and trying to put the yard there, then reconfigure the entire local rail network.

Short version: you're fucked

>>2049470
I didn't have anything to do with building the train or planning it at all.

>>2049470
Having given it a bit more thought I've come to the conclusion that the most half-assed solution is also probably the best: throw up some elevated prefa pedestrian walkways that can be erected in a few hours with some prep ahead of time and call it a day. Best case scenario I see is building some form of motorcycle and under bridge as well, but I think to accommodate full on automobiles you'd probably have to shut down the rail for too long

>>2049472
Don't you fucking lie to me Jose I know you did

>>2049409
>It's not a well placed cargo train
I'd bet you a hundred burritos the train was there before that intersection and probably before cars even existed.
But retarded Mexicans obviously weren't able to build around the train tracks like any sensible people would have done and now the tracks are boxed in.

In any case, build an underpass or overpass. There's apparently already a tunnel there for cars.

>>2049405 (OP)
1. Buy real estate on both sides of the tracks.

2. Build pedestrian bridges crossing the tracks.

3. Charge 10 MXP to cross the bridge.

>>2049503
There is a tunnel for cars but not all cars can take it due to their destination... and pedestrians are ruined... what can we do about it

Yeah, you can't move the tracks. You have two major depots and an international border in the span of 3 miles. You're just going to have to leave the house a little bit earlier. They are capable of doing pedestrian overpasses in other parts of the city though.

>>2049513
Why? That's basically how much it costs to walk across the bridge to the USA (60 cents) I never heard of a pedestrian overpass you need to charge a fee for

>>2049503
>I'd bet you a hundred burritos the train was there before that intersection and probably before cars even existed.
I mean yes the train is what turned Juarez from a small dessert outpost to what it is today.

>>2049473
This would be really nice to have. Also, where is that bridge you posted from I really like it I feel like it would be cool to do a covered bridge styhle to protect from the heat

>>2049519
Well show some respect to your elders, boy

Put up some permanent barriers that prevent cars from crossing that intersection at all times. Then they will have to find an alternate route to their daily commute and now will never be stuck waiting on the train at this intersection.

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>>2049546
Yeah dude just shut down a major international logistics hub for years while you build an elevated structure that can support freight train weights

>>2049543

>>2049405 (OP)
>How do you fix that.
Alter where the signals are and how they're operated, so that the train never has a reason to stop in the city. At least like that, the train will fuck off about as fast as it can.
Then the city starts fining the train corp for any stops that happen, or if the passing of the train takes longer than, say, 10 minutes. UP will get the picture fast.

>>2049548
Move the tracks underground then

>>2049564
>same problems except now youre digging up city infrastructure as well

>>2049558
Anon this entire city is a mile from the US border and is built around the rail yard. Not only would you fuck the local economy but piss off your trade partners as well

>>2049558
>t. never switched

>>2049566
Solution--the green line is the new track area and the red line gets abandoned. (Black is existing track).
>no major rail yards or spurs go offline
>busy downtown corridor gets axed
>improve border security at new bridge