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Trains should be powered by induction strips underneath the tracks, like really powerful versions of wireless phone charging. It's more compact than overhead catenary wires or third rails, more resistant to weather and damage, and less likely to electrocute people.

>>1994690
>10 times more expensive
>inefficient power transfer
God i wish only 3 digit IQ people would exist on this planet

>>1994695
Don't forget
>Sorry about your 5 miles of ruined induction surface because something was dragging

>>1994695
you do not understand how IQ works. Ironic.

>>1994717
>you do not understand how IQ works. Ironic.


Help me ID GT bike

Anybody know the year and model on this?


This is peak metro layout. Complex grid.

I wonder if annoying zoomies in mexico sperg about barcelona as annoyingly as zoomies in gringolistan sperg about aaamsterdaaaaaaaam
>guey check out this picture of el autobus de barcelona we have to abolish el ayuntamiento and give the slim family unchecked control sobre todo and have los carteles asasinar everyone over 30 or the haciendas won't trickle down!!!

>>1994878
>it has been 2024 years since the birth of jesus christ
>barcelona still hasn't connected their two separate tram networks
this is why calatuña does not deserve independence


Rural Intercity Buses

I wish there were more transit of this kind however barebones it would have to be in the US. I was running the numbers on operating a private shuttle between two small cities that the local transit agencies seems to have no desire to connect, and even in the worst case scenario of expensive insurance and low ridership, I could make a modest living off of a running a twice-daily 30 mile long service that stops in all the small towns and villages along the way. Maybe this is all just completely obsolete in this day and age but I can't imagine anything more kino than living in a cozy hamlet and riding into the city over the country roads in one of these, stopping at the center of one stoplight towns and not interstate park and rides.

And before you snicker at the suggestion that the humble 14 pax shuttle can be transit, please consider 14 pax shuttle, Japan

>>1996437
I wish we had these micro buses again. 20 seats, the back is low-entry which can be accessed with stollers or wheelchairs, trunk underneath has ample space for some luggage.

Too bad regulations say you must use large, 40ft long buses in transit nowadays except the roads are windy and tiny like in Switzerland.

Either standard 40ft, standard articulated ones or get a permission to use something like a 13-seater.

>>1996437
IIRC the town of Lindsay in Ontario, Canada uses the bus in you op pic for their bus network. Only recently having maybe adopted 1 larger bus. It's been a while since I lived there.


Do trains cause autism or do autistics enjoy them naturally

you're not as funny as you think you are, op.

Selection bias, when you put anything under that kind of intense scrutiny you're going to find more of anything that might otherwise have flown under the radar with the default trans portation, it's like how the rate of left handedness appeared to spike dramatically and then stabilized after they stopped punishing left handedness


B737-8 trailing edge flap

Is it supposed to look like that? It looks like a piece is missing.

On it right now, and it doesn’t look right to me. I have a background of flying, and maybe im just super unobservant, but that little scoop out of the edge of the flap looks like it might be a broken piece. If not, why does it look like that? Cant see the other side of the plane to compare and cant find images on google.

I have never seen that in my life and I watch a lot of airplane youtube. On the other hand, theoretically that should be visible on the thing where the pilot walks around and points the youtuber to the different things he checks, yes?

>>1996156
It's an cutout, likely due to a crack that began to form. A small portion of the flap can be removed and still be considered effective

>>1996232
https://nationalpost.com/news/we-kn<wbr>ow-about-this-alaska-airlines-apolo<wbr>gizes-for-handwritten-note-on-damag<wbr>ed-wing-of-plane
>In what may be the most obvious corporate statement of the year, Alaska Airlines says a handwritten note on a damaged wing flap of a Boeing 737 that said “We know about this” may not have been the “best approach” to ensuring the confidence of the travelling public.
>The airline made the statement after a passenger snapped a picture of the note on a July 28 flight from Burbank, California to Seattle, which pointed down to a portion of the wing flap that appears to have been cut out.
>Alaska Airlines said the note was pointing to a permanent and FAA-approved repair to the flap.

>>1996232
>>1996235
Fucking insane that this is done and allowed

>>1996282
You strike me as the kind of person who'd send back your entire meal if you found a single piece of fluff on the plate

>>1996287
>>1996300
The “repair” is that a fucking piece of the aircraft is lobbed off? And im the Karen?

>>1996156
Speed hole, don't worry about it

>>1996355
It's a Boeing, at least that part was intentionally taken off.

>>1996156
Can you get the aircraft registration number?

>>1996402
>plane is inspected for cracks
>oh no, there is one on the wing!
>hacksaws it off
>no more cracks!
Problem?

>>1996540
Explain how this is an acceptable procedure. What is the rationale behind not replacing the damaged piece of the craft, other than the operator being too cheap to pay for the proper repair?
We are talking about peoples lives here.

>>1996559
nta and I am not a pilot or an engineer, but I know from experience that there are plenty of cases outside aviation where something looks unsafe and it's actually completely safe, likewise there's plenty of cases where something looks safe and is actually dangerous. if you're a reasonably intelligent adult you've probably run into stuff like that yourself, and can extrapolate from there that going by gut feel doesn't tell you anything

>>1996559
>We are talking about peoples lives here
I would challenge you to explain how this endangers anyone, the flap can still adjust the chord line. You'd be impressed at just how much can be broken on a plane without it being considered unairworthy.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou<wbr>rce=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=http<wbr>s://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files<wbr>/2022-07/MMEL_B-737_Rev_62_Draft.pd<wbr>f&ved=2ahUKEwjL_NOv2YmGAxW5v4kEHcbw<wbr>ApMQFnoECAcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2540f3Evuv<wbr>3Wu3Ahbz7rDi

>>1996580
So your issue isn't the crack that they have taken care of it's some hypothetical other crack that they don't know about. Gee I wonder why they're not fixing some crack that doesn't exist and you've decided they can't find. I guess you're going to magic up some reason that they're not going to replace the flap during the next scheduled major service too.

>>1996639
Nta but you're making your decision based on your emotional reaction to it ("It looks bad, therefore it is bad"). See >>1996562. Chances are if that section hadn't been removed, you wouldn't be able to see the crack. Therefore, it would be "safe" in your mind. Removal of the faulty section is one less area to constantly inspect (after identification of the problem) and even risk failing in flight - a far more dangerous outcome than cutting it out in a controlled environment adhering to prescribed practice.

>>1996643
there's no sense in trying to reason with people like this, they run their entire lives based on knee jerk reactions and feelings. if you push him into a corner he's just going to start screeching about DEI and the blacks

>>1996559
It works because it stops the crack from propagating further. Replacing an entire flap section for something that small would take time and cause costly delays. And that assumes they have spares in stock, which I doubt. It will most probably get replaced in the next major maintenance due whenever.

>>1996579
Kek, posting an entire mmel to someone who can't understand how a stress relieving cutout works.


Australia can build nice modern metro stations, why can’t the US? New York’s city 2nd Ave Subway extension costed billions and the station built looked like shit, mid at best. Australia does the same yet builds great stations, all modern, functional with great station amenities and architecture. Metro trains are fully automated as well with platform screen doors on every station.

Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with mutts? This is not an Anglo-issue (London finishes Crossrail and Toronto is going big on transit expansions and major renovations), it appears only mutts are the outlier, why?

>>1995195
We are rather corrupt and distracted.

This project did cost a lot for sydney-ans, but at the end of the day USians value public transport less. We are incredibly bloated in regards to construction, permitting, and everything like that. No only is there a cultural distaste for spending state money on both sides of the aisle when it comes to infrastructure, but it ends up so hampered with consulting and pandering that it just stagnates. Look at Cali's horrifying Hi-Speed Rail experiment.

Consider the problems of scale as well. The NYC subway has an annual ridership of 2 billion. The sydney Metro? 20 million.

I wish we were better too. The MTA and Port Authority need a Napoleon.

>>1995195
Washington DC Metro had good looking stations and the trains looked nice inside.

>>1995195
if i didn't know how SAS stations look like i'd say this sydney station looks utterly soulless. it is insane how much difference even a beige tone can make compared to full sterile white

>>1995223
I agree with you that Sydney Metro is awesome. They have my favorite aboveground metro stations of any in the world.
>What the fuck is wrong with mutts?
For some reason that I'm sure some Anon can answer, American municipal governments have the worst culture and norms of any in the world. Since it's city governments that often take the lead on public transit projects, and since the people in American city governments are literally brain-dead or chained to NIMBYs, American public transit projects are often smothered in the cradle, or ruined in the design phase.
>Had
I was just in DC. The underground stations in the core section are still very nice and pleasing to be in.

>>1995231
First part was meant for >>1995195

>>1995195
>New York’s city 2nd Ave Subway extension costed billions and the station built looked like shit, mid at best.
I'm not saying the 2nd ave line looks amazing but your pics aren't exactly attractive either. When I think of nice looking subways I think of either Mexico City brutalist style, or Russia/DPRK commie nightmare dystopia style. But maybe it's just me.

>>1995195
1. This is literally Australia's only metro line, and it is brand new. It does not represent the country as a whole. A better comparison to the US would be the suburban train network of Sydney to SEPTA regional rail.
2. That doesn't look any better than SAS stations.
3. As this is a new metro line and system, automation and platform screen doors should be expected as standard. The newest US metro line is also automated with platform doors. SAS is an extension of a line from 1917, so it is bounded by constraints the Sydney Metro North West Line is not subject to.
4. Syndey metro is closer in scale to the JFK Airtrain than the Nyc Subway lol.
5. Can't speak to the politics of Australia, but the Nyc subway has numerous factors slowing it's expansion and modernization and ballooning its costs: corruption; state government, which is sometimes antagonistic toward the city, controlling a city service; contractors, sub contractors, sub sub contractors, sub sub sub contractors; unions; decades of deferred maintenance; hurricane damage and future risk of hurricanes; significant amounts of fare evasion, low fares compared to rest of world.
>>1995233
The former Soviet metros are beautiful

>>1995195
>Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with mutts?
NY is just especially egregious here, even for the US. They wanted massive stations with full mezzanines and extensive back-of-house space, but refused to use cut and cover to build them because they didnt want to inconvenience dr*vers. As a result it takes far longer to build the station in the first place and building entirely underground is far more difficult. Eventually they were at least convinced to move some of the back-of-house space aboveground to cut costs. There's other issues as well, but that's the biggest factor. Compare to LA Metro's new D line extension, the first segment is on schedule to open next year and cost about 720$ million per mile, which is pretty close to the cost you see for other high income countries. Never thought I'd say the words, but I'm actually pretty proud of how well LA is expanding its transit system.

>>1995195
Dude in Toronto our transit expansion is painfully slow and always delayed.

We have a line 4 years delayed and it's an LRT rather than full subway

DC is probably one of the best US metro systems, they've actually managed to continue system expansions, decades after initial construction something most other US metros seem to fail at.

That being said DC paid out the ass for it, they did at least get the job done.

>>1995195
>new station looks new
yeah no shit. New stations built in US looks nice too.

>>1995195
does australia have black people?


>be airbus
>do nothing
>stay winning because your only competitor can't build anything except a rehash of a 60 year old design that keeps nosediving

>>1989995
>buy an Airbus A320 Neo for your airline
>choose to equip the aircraft with super efficient PW1100G engines that are unique to the Neo
>the aircraft delivery date is delayed due lack of engine availability
>the aircraft finally receives its engines and is delivered
>said engines proceed to explode after only a handful of flights, your A320N is now grounded and a financial black hole.

>>1989995
I hate this gay world where small point to point airplanes are better
I wanted bigger and badder jumbos

>>1990127
We could have had a system of ultra efficient regional turboprops operating from every single little local airport feeding giant hubs specializing in funneling in all the feeders and putting people on massive jumbos to other hubs where you reverse the process and take a puddle jumper right to your destination.
Instead we got a moderate amount of medium sized airports located somewhere outside a city that require everyone to drive themselves there in cars just to sit in some sort of A737neoMAX that brings you to a "large" airport that doesn't excel at anything, and unless you want to stay in NY/Chicago/LA you have to get on another 3x3 shitbox to bring you to a medium sized airport somewhere kinda sorta near your destination.

What happened? American perspective obviously but is it any different anywhere else?

>>1990074
the cope is strong with this one

>>1990143
Your idea means 2 connections (unless you live near a hub)

Current system is set up for 1 or no connections for most domestic flights. I'll take that one

>>1990147
1 connection and a pain in the ass drive on either side

>>1990146
that's not cope

JetBlue N2048J has been parked for months because of that

>>1990184
It’s a big problem for airlines atm that’s mostly gone under the radar, a United A320N’s engine exploded after only 4 revenue flights recently.

They're called Boeing because that's what the plane does when it inevitably crashes.

>>1990074
So you're saying that not only Boeing is an unsafe failure but now P&W can't put together a working product as well?

WTF is wrong with corporate America?

>>1990201
I mean GE seems fine rn (which is ironic considering people blame Boeing’s current business philosophy on Jack Welch’s influence) but Pratt is really struggling with fan blade durability issues on the GTF series, which happens to be the A320 Neo series engine of choice. Moral of the story is to buy LEAP instead.

>>1990074
>your A320N is now grounded and a financial black hole.
That's for P&W to cover, not you (yes they will pay your estimated losses from downtime due to engine issues on those new geared turbofans). From what I remember those issues only affected the smallest engines and have otherwise been fixed. The whole family of GTFs gives you >15% more fuel economy which is huge.

>be boeing
>do nothing
>stay winning because your only competitor can't build anything except rehashes of a 40 year old design and an "extra wide body" that isn't wide enough

>>1990204
GE teamed up with SNECMA/Safran tho

>>1990204
Ironically, RR's XWB-97 engines also have durability issues, especially in in Dubai's climate, where their would-be largest customer is located. GE and Emirates are the reason the 777X could survive its 5 year delay.

>>1990304
>be A350
>clean sheet design
>in service

>be 777X
>update to existing design
>lol

>>1990387
At least the 777X is somewhat innovative despite being a derivative of an existing airframe, it has funky folding tips while the A350 is a larger but less ambitious 787 clone which uses less carbon fibre.

>>1990478
Huh? How isn't the A350 innovative?

Ahem. Also 737 Max's seats was a nightmare; specifically designed to make passengers uncomfortable so I am glad with Turkish airlines decision.

>>1990656
>737 Max's seats was a nightmare
I though people on this board were somewhat less retarded

Plane manufacturers are not responsible for seats, the airlines choose and install those.

>>1990478
How new the "basic design" of an airplane is is important. The more recent it is, the more reliable the plane can be based on various new technologies and experiences.
The A350 was designed with 21st century HPC and has the most powerful computers of our time, but the 777X is an improvement on a product developed in the Game Boy era, and some of the avionics are probably antiques.

>>1990478
>it has funky folding tips
i give it 6 months after entry into service for one to fall off, jam upwards, or otherwise move undesirably during flight.

>>1989995
Superior European engineering vs Americuck Profiteering

>>1990074
Americans cant even build engines kek

>>1990304
Winning is when your plane is still not in service

>>1990127
yeah so do the airlines it turns out. airbus killed the A380 too early.

>>1992675
If jumbos are making a come back then why did Boeing just stop manufacturing the best plane they've ever offered?

>>1990074
>Can't build plane
>Can't build engines either

>>1990074
P&W GTF series has problems across the board, and it's not a problem isolated to Airbus. A big part of the reason Bombardier had to unload CSeries was the delays and technical problems caused by the P&W GTF, which was CSeries' sole source engine. Embraer E2 is also having problems with P&W GTF. Mitsubishi's termination of the SpaceJet program was also at least partially attributable to the P&W GTF.

>>1992675
No one wanted them for ages and it wasn't viable as a freighter so airbus canned them

>>1990201
DIE and BRIDGE... Basically far too many browns and blacks being hired based on skin color instead of actual qualifications based on colorblindness and suitability for the position cratering profits and QA.

>>1993464
>b..b..but blacks and browns DAE the west has fallen muh DEI

>>1993464
so did DEI exist in the 90s? Because the troubles began with the McDonalds merger, much in the past. The fruit of that misfortune is only bearing out in its entirety now. Companies on this scale don't collapse overnight if they aren't doing risky finacial shit, they rot. I would point to Intel as a less severe case.

>>1989995
>>be airbus
>>develop FBW 40 years ago
>>tweak control of every newer plane so it flies exactly like a320
>>planes basically flies it self, if it weren't for regulations pilots could literally watch porn and finger two stewardesses at the same time
>>say that airlines can save on type rating costs due to every plane flying like a320
>>regulators buy it
>>airlines gobble your cum..i mean hydraulic fluid because they want to save money
>>give too good to be true leasing option for airlines
>>stay winning because your only competitor builds planes where pilot is expected to stay in control for more than 3% of the flight

Embraer should be wrecking those old farts

>>1993605
McDonnell Douglas merger is from the same disease that DEI comes from. They are both creations of the financialization of corporate America. The merger of Boeing and MD ended up just making the board an elitist Business School graduate circlejerk.
Those same people had friends in Private Equity firms and made DEI a religion in the company so they could score fictional high scores that would entice investment.
These people have absolutely zero engineering, technical, or even logistical skills. They have as much experience as the diversity hires they brought in to win their Wall Street BINGO card.

Sadly to the contrary of what "avgeeks" and normies think, Airliners are treated as commodities. The c-suite of large airlines do not give a fuck about the manufacturer just the lowest price, what performance fits them and time to delivery. European airlines most likely get a better price from airbus, and vice versa with American airlines.

>>1996994
well airbus is basically a state-owned enterprise. it exists to serve its own bureaucratic class the same way boeing exists to serve its parasitic investor class. luckily for airbus its possible for the interests of the bureaucracy to align with safety & quality manufacturing, whereas unfortunately for boeing (and honestly, everyone) the malevolence of american greed is basically incompatible with the idea of doing a good job.

so boeing will keep murdering whistleblowers and bribing the right politicians because at the end of day that's cheaper than giving a fuck.

but nobody should be fooled for one second that airbus actually cares, or that airbus is somehow a good company. its not. its actually pretty retarded and the decisions they make about meeting the market are almost always the wrong ones.