#moderntransport — Public Fediverse posts

🚗🇬🇧 Oh, #Britain, the land where roads went from "hope you survive" to "kind of safe" in just a few decades! 🎉 Apparently, slapping some #seatbelts and mirrors onto tin cans with wheels transformed death traps into something resembling modern #safety. Who knew that not playing vehicular Russian roulette could save lives? 🏆
https://ourworldindata.org/britain-safest-roads-history #Road #VehicleSafety #ModernTransport #HackerNews #ngated

Vietnam builds $63 Billion, 1500km, high speed rail line.
Meanwhile, passenger trains of any sort don’t really exist in most of Canada because….. we’re a third world country?

https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2024/11/30/au-vietnam-le-parlement-approuve-un-projet-de-ligne-ferroviaire-a-grande-vitesse-de-63-milliards-d-euros_6422303_3210.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

#transport #moderntransport #masstransport