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So many US cities have situations like this.
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What the fuck am i looking at 💀 The european brain cannot comprehend this
It’s because there’s no-one bibbing their horns isn’t it?
Some random metropolitan city in America
I’ve been to Chicago exactly once in my life, for just about exactly 24 hours, ten years ago. And while I did ride the CTA, it wasn’t the Red Line. Why was I instantly able to recognize this as Chicago? Rosemont Station on the Blue Line was my hotel stop, and that’s where I thought this was until I googled Garfield Station.
Why would there need to be a sound barrier between two things that are both noisy? The only unique thing here is the passenger train running right next to the freeway. But what’s the problem? And don’t tell me the problem is “noise.” Trains & cars are both noisy. If you want a sound barrier, put on noise-canceling headphones.
Maybe OP was complaining about the noise the trains make from the perspective of the cars? /s
For as much as Amsterdam is lauded by infrastructure lovers as a bike and pedestrian friendly, public transport dense city,
We also have one of those. Amsterdam Zuid. Right by the highway though it’s fewer lanes.
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Its the US
Nobody gives a shit about people needing public transportation
Or people suffering from Boise because those are just the stupid poor people
You can’t make money off of them so they’re useless
When I lived there Americans would act like I was suffering because I chose to ride my bike home. They would push to give me a ride really hard.
If I tried to take a bus, they would rather drive me around than let me take the bus.
They were very kind, but god they are confused
Sounds like you were acquainted with a lot of kind helpful people in the usa. My experience in the USA riding a bike & bus is that people made fun of me & relegated me to a lower social class. But nobody has ever offered a ride.
This was in San Diego. My childhood home was like your experience. Not sure where you were, but some places have a pretty stuck up culture. There are places that aren’t so toxic
Well you certainly aren’t wrong about Boise.
Uogh also just thinking about all the microplasrics and car fumes in the air, not a great experience.
Irving Park on the Blue line was my morning and evening walking nightmare. I always felt so exposed to just a random accident especially a truck tire which I did witness hit the station but no people or trains thankfully.
I’d be less concerned about noise and more so flying debris. Interstates are dangerous in that flying debris can be as bad as chunk of spare iron flying.
I wonder how that layout even happens. Are rails and highways planned together?
I guess here in Switzerland the rail lines are mostly much older than the highways, and that’s why this doesn’t feel familiar
Meanwhile Germany near Stuttgart Airport to Ulm:
I’d say it’s ease of access and kind of makes sense to put it near the streets. Why destroy the environment more in unique places rather than within the street area which already has seen impacts of it through road traffic.
Though this railway is not 100% of the time near the highway.
This should make it feel more alien:
That station is in the middle of a 4 lane express way in both directions 90e and a 2 lane each way highway 90, which itself is wrapped on the outide with a 2 lane each way local arterial,
Me when I play City Skylines
Sometimes. Sometimes they create highways in the USA that have a huge gap in the middle so they can add more lanes in the future if needed. Those gaps can sometimes be repurposed for public transport. It’s really just lobbyists that have pushed for cars since 1940 so the rich fucks can get richer by selling more cars. America has shit transportation so we can ensure the worst people in society get richer and richer.
We dont have this in Sweden. They are never next to massive highway, not even in Stockholm.
But US is its own “special” category in the world and I hate to see Sweden become more and more Americanized.
On the other hand, why the fuck should I even care about it. The world will do what it will do. Mostly very stupid and insane things these days.
We do have train lines passing highways, including stations near them, but not designed like this, never at the same level without barriers. It’s always dozens of meters apart and with more elevation, sometimes on train bridges.
Be happy you at least have access to something resembling public transport
It’s also insane that there would be a metro station next to somewhere that no pedestrian ever wants to go.
I saw these in Chicago. Looks like hell.
Holy narrow gauge Batman
That’s the electrified third rail.
I think there’s 4 rails there. I believe the 1 on the outside is the electrified 3rd rail, the middle is the outside rail, the left is a rail to prevent derailed trains from entering the road, and the 4th rail is not visible in this video.
Here’s another perspective of that station:
Also fun fact, there’s 2 Garfield Stations in Chicago.
I’ve realized first handed how much a 24’ wall/ sound barrier does. Like omg it should be all along all highways especially if it’s a bridge over houses just like the other parts of this city.
