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Bus stops here: Shanghai lets riders design their own routes

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491 points anigbrowl | 7 comments | 14 May 25 04:33 UTC | HN request time: 1.034s | source | bottom
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kr2 ◴[14 May 25 05:12 UTC] No.43981051[source]▶
Chiming in from Los Angeles, USA to say wow, must be nice living in a modern society that prioritizes public transit and peoples' ease of movement. I know, I know, it comes with trade offs of living in an authoritarian state, but the absolute abysmal state of infrastructure in this country is maddening. Ever been on a train in Denmark or Japan or Switzerland?
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drstewart ◴[14 May 25 05:30 UTC] No.43981135[source]▶
No, but tell me about the trains in Canada or Australia or New Zealand instead. Curious what high speed, modern trains these nations have compared to China, or are they more backwards?
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1. viraptor ◴[14 May 25 06:00 UTC] No.43981303[source]▶
This is a silly comparison. How many cities can China connect with trains vs Australia's 7 cities spread over almost 4k km in both axes... It's not as much "backwards" as requirements are vastly different. Melbourne-Canberra-Sydney could be useful and is getting started now, but I wouldn't expect more for decades.
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2. drstewart ◴[14 May 25 06:12 UTC] No.43981378[source]▶
China is so much more modern, progressive, and advanced than Australia
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3. viraptor ◴[14 May 25 06:17 UTC] No.43981419[source]▶
No idea what this has to do with this thread. And you lost me at the progressive claim...
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4. danielbln ◴[14 May 25 06:43 UTC] No.43981572[source]▶
Go protest against the government in both countries and see which is more progressive.
5. drstewart ◴[14 May 25 10:09 UTC] No.43982772{3}[source]▶
You have no idea what China being advanced compared to Australia has to do in a thread replying to someone claiming China is advanced compared to America?
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6. viraptor ◴[14 May 25 10:23 UTC] No.43982851{4}[source]▶
Are you confused about threads? You're the first one saying China is more advanced here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43981378 as an answer to "it doesn't make sense to compare train systems in those two countries". What is even the point you're trying to make here?
7. Apfel ◴[14 May 25 14:58 UTC] No.43985319{4}[source]▶
I think you may be operating under a misapprehension. The word "progressive" is the one people have taken issue with.

China is many things but progressive is not my adjective of choice (I've spent many years living there).