#Light Rail

[trainsgenderfoxgirl2816]

do you want Trolleybuses, Streetcars, or Trains? (almost all of these are powered by overhead wires)

“nobody in miami knows how to drive” “nobody in austin knows how to drive” “nobody in chicago knows how to drive” maybe we shouldnt have cars

[girlactionfigure]

The world must condemn this attack for what it is: terror, with no other goal than murdering innocent civilians.

[reasonsforhope]

Things that make me hopeful:

1) My TBR list - there are so many great books and authors that I’ll never run out of reading material

2) Light rail will reach my neighborhood this year, making it much easier to get around without driving a car

3) People who run blogs about hope and good news! 🥰

Excellent!!! And thank you!!

Honestly the fact that there will always be more/new books to read and discover is so important

[socialjusticeandfandomthings]

Please look at my new favorite video @amtrak-official you have a true train fan in your midst

[sfmuniphotos]

A two-car K-Ingleside train bound for Balboa Park.

[coupleofdays]

I recently had the mindblowing revelation that "light rail" is actually a real life term, and not something made up in Tron.

[atlantathecity]

Hey you know what would be nice to have in between the sycamore trees and the patios on the Eastside Beltline? A couple of train tracks. Put 'em right here Andre Dickens -- I think we've done enough studies.

[fantasiavii]

Anyone who says car is immediately disqualified. Get out there and live a little

[uniories]

Circular Light Rail (Kaohsiung, 2023)

[360nw]

Portland Streetcar NS Line at OHSU Commons - Portland Oregon - February 2011

[pigeon-dyke]

I love public transit so much... light rail trains are like big friendly creatures to me.

[girlactionfigure]

[atlurbanist]

This is the dystopian future that evil urbanists want for the Atlanta Beltline. Recoil in terror if you must, anti-rail zealots. But this scene is like candy to me.

I assume this photo of trams on grass is from the Netherlands, since the poster (filmendefiester on Twitter) lives in Utrecht. Looks lovely!

Seriously, the anti-Beltine-rail zealotry is increasingly bizarre to me.

You want to protect trees from being taken down for rail? Let's plant more trees elsewhere so that every square inch of sidewalk is shaded. You want room for expanding the width of bike paths on the Beltline? Let's expand great bike paths onto streets instead and build a network.

The Beltline shouldn't be our only option for planting trees and expanding great paths for bikes and micromobility. We should be doing that *everywhere*.

But as a former rail path and a growth corridor, it's a damn perfect place for expanding rail & rail-supportive density.

Anyway, I'm bitter because the anti-BL-rail group hijacked one of my photos on LinkedIn and used it to trash talk rail. It's been one of those days. These folks need to be seen as the bizarrely misguided ideologues that they are. Stop making them seem relevant, please.

[scrapironflotilla]

A derailed light railway trolley used for conveying wounded being replaced. Battle of Messines, 10 June 1917.

[catgirlmoss]

Here's something I've been trying to factor into my life lately: while public transit around here tends to be slower than driving—like, sometimes double the time or more 😅—when I'm driving, all I can do is drive. But on public transit I can usually read, and trains are smooth enough that I can even write! Motion sickness isn't nearly as bad for me on a bus or train as it tends to be in a car, but even if it is a problem, I can listen to a podcast and actually focus on it, or just...relax. So at the very least it's way less stressful, and I can usually actually get things done! Whereas in a car, again, all I can do is drive. Public transit may not be such a waste of time after all...

[sfmuniphotos]

A rare one-car N-Judah train on Duboce Avenue at Steiner.