Originally Posted By Dagoth-Ur:
Why? Any theories?

Originally Posted By Dagoth-Ur:Why-do-people-who-simp-for-public-transportation-always-leftists
Why? Any theories?

A bipartisan group from Florida’s congressional delegation, along with the chairman of the House Transportation Committee, are offering a counterpunch to the jab thrown in Washington D.C.  by opponents of the Brightline private passenger railroad in Florida.

In a letter Monday, U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, the Pennsylvania Republican chairing the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and seven Florida members, Republicans Carlos Curbelo, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Dennis Ross, and John Rutherford; and Democrats Frederica Wilson, Lois Frankel, and Darren Soto urged the Department of Transportation to fend off attacks from “certain interests attempting to undermine this project.”

Paul Gosser, a Republican from Arizona, also signed.

Their letter doesn’t say so, but it appears as a counterpunch to the letter sent five days earlier by U.S. Reps. Brian Mast, Bill Posey, Ron DeSantis, and Matt Gaetz, along with Mark Meadows, the North Carolina Republican who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Subcommittee on Government Operations. They all urged the department to derail a Brightline financing that had previously been approved for the train.

The letter over Curbelo’s and Shuster’s lead signatures both defends Brightline as the kind of private project that needs to be applauded, not derailed, and the private activity bonds being used to finance its next big expansion, which is at issue in this battle between the congressional delegations.

“We are concerned that financing programs created by Congress with the express goal of encouraging private investment in projects that serve a public purpose are under attack by certain interests attempting to undermine this project,” the letter states. “As a surface transportation system, Brightline clearly serves a public need, and its value is already being demonstrated by its successful limited service in South Florida.”

All Aboard Florida launched its Brightline passenger trains between West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale in January and extended the line to Miami last week, with the trains topping out at 79 mph.

Originally Posted By Whippet06:
I loved taking public transport in Japan. You couldn't pay me to take it here (CO).

Originally Posted By mcooper:
I try to like it, but it sucks. I was in NOLA last weekend, we used the trolley and bus to get to the zoo and back to hotel.  Waiting 30+ minutes for a bus or trolley to show up was insane.

Originally Posted By whiskerz:
Public transportation is a huge waste of cash and needs to be forced to become self sufficient and not depending on taxpayer funds.

Originally Posted By RealityCheck0311:
If you want an actual discussion, maybe don't use clickbait type subject titles like "simp" and "always."

People that live in highly populated areas tend to use public transportation more.

People that often do a lot of traveling (Europe, Asia, etc..) realize that most other modern countries have quality public transportation in regards to rail, subway, and busses.

So if you're traveling overseas and then come back to your own city, you realize your public transpiration is lacking and could be considerably better.

The US on the other hand has relied more on the highway system for travel, so if you grow up in a rural or suburban area, the idea of using public transpiration is a foreign concept. Everyone just has a car. And if you don't have a car, you're shit out of luck or seen as poor.

It just so happens that conservatives more than likely live in rural or suburban areas and liberals live in the city.

Like asking "What do people who simp for John Deere tractors always conservatives?"

Umm, maybe because John Deere tractors are owned by people that live in rural areas that tend to be conservative.

Originally Posted By Bohr_Adam:


Roads too. Let's be consistent.