@cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social
Post #4364073
2026-08-03 20:42 UTC
@quixoticgeek@social.v.st I think the main issue with the original argument is presenting the false dilemma between more luggage space vs. more passengers as a fact of life. That's the actual trap.
In reality trains are already orders of magnitude more efficient than cars, take way less space than urban sprawl and wide highways, pollute way less and are way cheaper to society. So we can afford some slack. 👍
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@cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social 2026-08-03 20:45
@quixoticgeek@social.v.st Like somehow people aren't bothered that half the space in a passenger airplane is dedicated to luggage. So why not run trains with half the carriages reserved for luggage & freight?
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@quixoticgeek@social.v.st 2026-08-03 20:45
@cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social exactly. No train in normal operation should be more than 50% full. So there shouldn't be contest for space between humans and luggage.
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@f09fa681@digitalcourage.social 2026-08-03 20:46
@cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social @quixoticgeek@social.v.st Indeed. And it's not like bike racks don't already serve regularly and happily as more space for luggage and baby buggys if they're unused. It really isn't a competition.