@montyz81: No, this is a fantastic and useful idea. The point of the interstates to to travel quickly between states. If you need to plan a route from Atlanta to Portland, OR this map would be much more useful than a conventional map would.
Sure, a good GPS can route it for you and so can Google Maps. That doesn't make this map a waste of time. #infrastructure
It would be interesting to see how they would get those highways to go straight through the Rocky Mountains.
Imagine how much nicer it would be if they also flattened the entire highway system so that there were no big hills either! You could save tons of money on gas. #infrastructure
@Bertone77: Screw tunnels, I say install some wormholes, just blip over to the other side of the mountain with a sound similar to that of Super Mario going down a warp-zone pipe. #infrastructure
@Bertone77: Oh. You were kidding. Gimme a minute to unwind from this fetal position and I'll buy you a drink. Please, no loud noises, I'm still a little jumpy. #infrastructure
@Skunky: Man, imagine how much you would have to pay road construction workers, having to deal with those giant wormhole man eating plants and the flying turtles. #infrastructure
@Skunky: He's holding a blue shell. Those only attack the car in first place. A Prius has never seen such a place.
It could help us get rid of the guy in the speeding BMW or Lexus that doesn't know what a turn signal is but certainly knows how to use a cell phone because it's in the their ear as they cut you off in traffic. #infrastructure
It would be even better if GPS systems gave long-distance directions in the style of jaded commuters. "A'right, so ya take the Green line 8 stops ta Chicagah, transfah ont'da Teal line t'wards New Orleans fah one stop, get on da Red line going ta San Fran, look fah Echo and head to Rivahdale on the Blue line. You can transfah at Salt Lake, but that place always smells like piss and there's all these fahkin' religious whackos passin' out pamphlets n' shit around deah. Then it's Blue line all da way down, ya can't miss it unless you're retahded. Now get outta heah! I gotta fly outta Logan soon." #infrastructure
I don't own a car. I use public transportation. It's okay, I read until I reach my destination. Sometimes the paper, Sometimes a book. The amount of money I save, This shit is off the hook
@Unregular: outside the world of crazy cable news, we don't have to be "Pro Public Transportation!!!!1!!!" or "Anti Public Transportation (damn commies) rabble rabble rabble."
I stopped taking public transportation the moment the TTC went on strike last year. Something about being unable to get to my $10/hr job because they felt they weren't making enough at ~$26/hr didn't quite sit right with me. Well, that and waiting upwards of a half-hour for a bus during rush hour on a major route because each one that passed was full. Or when a driver would stop mid-route to grab a coffee, causing me to miss my transfer (or wait 5 minutes for no reason). Or waiting because dumbass high school kids won't move to the back of the bus (and when they do, I got back pack in my face). Or being packed in like sardines, trying to hang onto a pole and not fall in someone's lap. Or that one time when a bus driver called the cops on me because he claimed my transfer (which I got at the start of the trip) was expired and I refused to get off.
@My A Arm: I like driving, too, unfortunately, there would be little driving in my commute since DC is a parking lot during rush hours. I use the Metro.
@Unregular: Heh, that incident where I was almost kicked off the bus? I had been drinking, and it was like 4AM, in February. Really encourages people to take public transit after a night of drinking, eh? I've resigned myself to not getting drunk.
@My A Arm: I like driving too... but not rush-hour driving.
For commuting, taking my bike is more fun... and it keeps me from getting fat.
I take the TTC once in a while. But I can usually get to where I'm going faster by cycling... unless it's in snow.
But to just say 'I'm never taking the TTC again because they went on strike' is ridiculous. Autoworkers went on strike for much higher wages in the past... are you gonna swear off buying cars?
Construction workers went on strike in the past... are you gonna swear off buying a house/condo?
@petersterncan: If a bunch of overpaid striking autoworkers or construction workers stranded me from my much lower paying job, I'd certainly think twice about buying their products. Again, the strike was just the last straw after a cold, slow, surly, inconvenient unpleasant experience, and I'm struggling to see a reason to put myself through it again.
Looks like some interesting cars too. Either a new Merc E Class or a CLC, A Lithuanian-reg red Subaru, Porsche Boxter, something that looked like an older Lancia something, BMW M5. .
Also, is this on a bicycle or a motorbike of somekind? He makes liberal use of the bike lane, so that or he's just a rule breaker.
@Unregular: At least our basket of eggs can be modified to run on different fuels. And we aren't dependent on some Yahoo with barely a high school education making $40/hr to decide he can be bothered to show up to work in order for us to get around.
@Unregular: You've obviously never ridden the Washington, DC Metro. WMATA goes on "strike" all the time. I used to work with the authority. Its amazing people actually depend on it to get to work.
@leavethegun-takethecannoli: Because we've pretty much emasculated the unions over here, for better or for worse. Britain still has a fairly viable far-left party, they pretty much keep the unions relevant.
You'd have to go back to pre-WWII days to see big ass, no holes-barred labor strikes.
@leavethegun-takethecannoli: I ascribe it to a lack of soccer in this country. For some reason, countries that embrace soccer are always more violent. Maybe that needs to be our new foreign policy, to whip a little American football on countries we don't like and outlaw soccer.
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Sure, a good GPS can route it for you and so can Google Maps. That doesn't make this map a waste of time. #infrastructure
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And created something supremely cool. I love it! #infrastructure
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Imagine how much nicer it would be if they also flattened the entire highway system so that there were no big hills either! You could save tons of money on gas. #infrastructure
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@JCWhitless: On the upside, maybe this guy can clear a few Priuseseses off the highways. #infrastructure
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It could help us get rid of the guy in the speeding BMW or Lexus that doesn't know what a turn signal is but certainly knows how to use a cell phone because it's in the their ear as they cut you off in traffic. #infrastructure
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I use public transportation.
It's okay, I read until
I reach my destination.
Sometimes the paper,
Sometimes a book.
The amount of money I save,
This shit is off the hook
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/Down at the Tube Station at Midnight
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There, all better.
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-why can't we have cool ads like Gizmodo's Cheez-It Trek yourself(it beats what we have). Why do we have to have sh*tty ads.
Were we bad or something?
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London survives only BECAUSE of public transportation. those "effete train-taking commuters" don't drive into the city every day.
that's what makes it work. if they DIDN'T have public transportation - well i mean you see what happens.
i am having a hard time understanding Wes Siler's stance on this issue.
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And that's why I like him.
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Public transport's great, when it works.
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"what happens when your country relies on public transportation"
you are actually able to function? unless there is a once-in-a-year strike? without it, this traffic is your every day reality?
yet train takers are effete sheep?
but... at the same time... we WANT more public transport?
yet still.... don't put all your eggs in one basket?
that's it?
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Oh yeah, and I just like driving.
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also, i like to go out after work and have a few beverages. driving drunk is bad.
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For commuting, taking my bike is more fun... and it keeps me from getting fat.
I take the TTC once in a while. But I can usually get to where I'm going faster by cycling... unless it's in snow.
But to just say 'I'm never taking the TTC again because they went on strike' is ridiculous. Autoworkers went on strike for much higher wages in the past... are you gonna swear off buying cars?
Construction workers went on strike in the past... are you gonna swear off buying a house/condo?
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Also, is this on a bicycle or a motorbike of somekind? He makes liberal use of the bike lane, so that or he's just a rule breaker.
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that's our basket of eggs!
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construction, minor accidents, weather... and suddenly the roads are on strike.
the "tube" doesn't have such issues. and when they do, they are announced and predictable.
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I'll give that much to them- when they strike in Europe, they strike. They don't play around at all.
It makes me wonder why our protests in the U.S. are so weak in comparison- even our strikes can't compare.
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You'd have to go back to pre-WWII days to see big ass, no holes-barred labor strikes.
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