Worth noting that that entire metric of 'are we using all of our capacity' is both why we had supply chain issues for COVID and why the best funded military industrial complex in the world is being outproduced by Russia. Turns out that extracting maximum profit from everything actually reduces your available capacity to respond to unanticipated events and wrecks your resiliency.
Well done as usual Gareth, big love from this side of the pond, think I'll order your book this weekend to make myself feel just a bit better about the last week. Keep up the good work comrade.
The kicker with the whole "let's fill in a bunch of potholes" rhetoric is that it's just that; a patch where more consistent investment in the public realm is needed. Even if we all woke up tomorrow and collectively decided the Number 1 Priority had to be smooth travel surfaces, a regime of filling in pot holes is a complete red herring. In the Netherlands for example, pot holes are dealt with by re-laying the entire street surface, bringing it in line with the most current design standard at the same time (more safety, more space for pedestrians and cycling, more green space) etc. But we don't want to do that, we just to build new roads, new unsustainable suburban sprawl, and quick fixes for pot holes that will just open up again in months
First time listener, came over from WTYP. Hilarious that you clipped Liam saying "Pennsylvania dominance" and used it on your show. Whole show is well done!
I grew up in LA my entire childhood and you can get between El Segundo and Pasadena without getting caught up in traffic already. The trip is simple and requires one transfer at Lynwood and THATS IT. Trains wiz past the cars all the time, especially on the 105, 210, and the 110. Depending on how bad the traffic is you can make the trip up to 30 minutes faster!
That 'cyber attack' on the stations Wi-Fi, it turned out to be a disgruntled employee of the company that provides the Wi-Fi service to Network Rail. No external hacking, just internal security lapse.
@@watcherzero5256 actually i did know this but forgot on the night - it's still a cyber vulnerability of course, but you're right that it's not an attack
it is probably true that computer controlled traffic will make it easier to detour around road problems, thought a god portion of them will route more people down radim suburban long artial roads where do to noisless e elecrtic engine they wil hit more pedestrains and bikes. espacially in europe and dense asian citues where many steet meet i at allmost blind angles to those goinf in certain direction.
again future eipsode subject how to deal with al northern enland or scotland- northern europe fligths .ferry use a more poluteing grade of feuk then cars so even connecting ferry ports to long distance trains is as bad as flights.
In carbon terms a ferry crossing is far less polluting than a plane making the same journey, so encouraging a shift from flights to train+ferry should be advanced. I'm not sure about other pollutants though, if that's what you meant.
@@thesenamesaretaken it makes more particle polution that makes it hard to breath. though because of the large empty roofs ferries would be easy to put solar s cells on. and they might be built with spealist stel that nees temporature that need coal to be made it would be an intresting thin to look into for futureepisodes.
Worth noting that that entire metric of 'are we using all of our capacity' is both why we had supply chain issues for COVID and why the best funded military industrial complex in the world is being outproduced by Russia. Turns out that extracting maximum profit from everything actually reduces your available capacity to respond to unanticipated events and wrecks your resiliency.
Well done as usual Gareth, big love from this side of the pond, think I'll order your book this weekend to make myself feel just a bit better about the last week.
Keep up the good work comrade.
The kicker with the whole "let's fill in a bunch of potholes" rhetoric is that it's just that; a patch where more consistent investment in the public realm is needed.
Even if we all woke up tomorrow and collectively decided the Number 1 Priority had to be smooth travel surfaces, a regime of filling in pot holes is a complete red herring.
In the Netherlands for example, pot holes are dealt with by re-laying the entire street surface, bringing it in line with the most current design standard at the same time (more safety, more space for pedestrians and cycling, more green space) etc.
But we don't want to do that, we just to build new roads, new unsustainable suburban sprawl, and quick fixes for pot holes that will just open up again in months
And don't forget - promote heavier vehicles travelling on the roads. Because we gotta make as potholes as we can.
First time listener, came over from WTYP. Hilarious that you clipped Liam saying "Pennsylvania dominance" and used it on your show. Whole show is well done!
@@AJtheRatty the nicest thing anyone has said about the dreadful production quality of #railnatter! welcome! x
I grew up in LA my entire childhood and you can get between El Segundo and Pasadena without getting caught up in traffic already. The trip is simple and requires one transfer at Lynwood and THATS IT. Trains wiz past the cars all the time, especially on the 105, 210, and the 110. Depending on how bad the traffic is you can make the trip up to 30 minutes faster!
Goth Railnatter
potholes > right-of-way you cant get back... brilliant.
*panicked breathing intensifies*
That 'cyber attack' on the stations Wi-Fi, it turned out to be a disgruntled employee of the company that provides the Wi-Fi service to Network Rail. No external hacking, just internal security lapse.
@@watcherzero5256 actually i did know this but forgot on the night - it's still a cyber vulnerability of course, but you're right that it's not an attack
why do only the british system suffer from leave on the rail.
it is probably true that computer controlled traffic will make it easier to detour around road problems, thought a god portion of them will route more people down radim suburban long artial roads where do to noisless e elecrtic engine they wil hit more pedestrains and bikes.
espacially in europe and dense asian citues where many steet meet i at allmost blind angles to those goinf in certain direction.
Electric cars are only quieter when travelling under 20mph or so. At 30mph the engine noise is irrelevant so the sound they make is the same.
what is ther logic of a bus fare cap i do not understand.
have any other red sea ports alsop go under i that not really fa air to the other countries .
again future eipsode subject how to deal with al northern enland or scotland- northern europe fligths .ferry use a more poluteing grade of feuk then cars so even connecting ferry ports to long distance trains is as bad as flights.
In carbon terms a ferry crossing is far less polluting than a plane making the same journey, so encouraging a shift from flights to train+ferry should be advanced. I'm not sure about other pollutants though, if that's what you meant.
@@thesenamesaretaken it makes more particle polution that makes it hard to breath. though because of the large empty roofs ferries would be easy to put solar s cells on. and they might be built with spealist stel that nees temporature that need coal to be made it would be an intresting thin to look into for futureepisodes.