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proudly continuing the tradition of couping the government with your old classmates. it sounds scarier when they're military academy classmates
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
proudly continuing the tradition of couping the government with your old classmates. it sounds scarier when they're military academy classmates
According to the Dong-A Ilbo, anyway
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
According to the Dong-A Ilbo, anyway
The JiTe1 type in fact was built as an answer to American and German innovations including SVT 877/137, except it was heavier, less powerful, plain slow. That's probably one reason why they could be handed over to a mine railway and converted after the establishment of the new China.
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The JiTe1 type in fact was built as an answer to American and German innovations including SVT 877/137, except it was heavier, less powerful, plain slow. That's probably one reason why they could be handed over to a mine railway and converted after the establishment of the new China.
100%. there is the Chinese case as a stark contrast but it has pretty unique circumstances
November 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
100%. there is the Chinese case as a stark contrast but it has pretty unique circumstances
Not sure if the lesson of the Japanese example is really that much about democracy so much as it is about heavily bureaucratised and not necessarily very democratic MLIT (along with MITI) being really good at what they did
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Not sure if the lesson of the Japanese example is really that much about democracy so much as it is about heavily bureaucratised and not necessarily very democratic MLIT (along with MITI) being really good at what they did
The Taiwanese and Korean dictatorships were pretty corrupt and personalist but ended up producing a lot of the urban infrastructure planning and development foundational in the democratic period
November 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The Taiwanese and Korean dictatorships were pretty corrupt and personalist but ended up producing a lot of the urban infrastructure planning and development foundational in the democratic period
Manila didn't, despite Philippine democracy.
November 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Manila didn't, despite Philippine democracy.
Yes, there was a big PR post a couple of years ago about it
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Yes, there was a big PR post a couple of years ago about it
The 3rd party financing agreements of course are on hiatus for the stations but I'm really puzzled by absence of Danforth separation.
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The 3rd party financing agreements of course are on hiatus for the stations but I'm really puzzled by absence of Danforth separation.
You're supposed to provide 2 terse sentences about a random work package nobody has ever heard of and which nobody understands. This feels way too normal
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
You're supposed to provide 2 terse sentences about a random work package nobody has ever heard of and which nobody understands. This feels way too normal
i think motor mopeds are meant here, not electric
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
i think motor mopeds are meant here, not electric
data availability plus maybe a touch of "nobody who works for us is willing to try and find/read it". the correlates probably just don't work outside of their home environment too. the very strong Osaka cycling culture exists in such a different infrastructural environment than European examples
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 AM
data availability plus maybe a touch of "nobody who works for us is willing to try and find/read it". the correlates probably just don't work outside of their home environment too. the very strong Osaka cycling culture exists in such a different infrastructural environment than European examples
well, every other city in Taiwan too
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
well, every other city in Taiwan too
World indices that are pretty much just Europe and her children give
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 AM
World indices that are pretty much just Europe and her children give
osaka, with like 30% bicycle commuting rate, not on the list, but taipei, with <1/10th that, 2nd? feels like what you get when you build the model on Euro infrastructure expectations and then misfit horribly on dissimilar environments
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
osaka, with like 30% bicycle commuting rate, not on the list, but taipei, with <1/10th that, 2nd? feels like what you get when you build the model on Euro infrastructure expectations and then misfit horribly on dissimilar environments
The prediction is of course coming true, although most of the entrants do so at urban population densities 2-4 times greater than that of Japan and 10 times USA. It has been trial and error into an efficient path to modernity.
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The prediction is of course coming true, although most of the entrants do so at urban population densities 2-4 times greater than that of Japan and 10 times USA. It has been trial and error into an efficient path to modernity.
An old post by @jrurbanenetwork.bsky.social got me interested into this system. It turns out to have had an unexpectedly complex history.
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
An old post by @jrurbanenetwork.bsky.social got me interested into this system. It turns out to have had an unexpectedly complex history.
The electric railway was always freight-first, and after 2009 it continued to perform internal transportation for the Fushun mines. A tourist train briefly restored public service in 2019, but it has since ended and the lines are planned for reuse as a transit railway in the city's 5-year plan.
November 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The electric railway was always freight-first, and after 2009 it continued to perform internal transportation for the Fushun mines. A tourist train briefly restored public service in 2019, but it has since ended and the lines are planned for reuse as a transit railway in the city's 5-year plan.
The system faithfully hauled around Fushun residents until 2009, when municipal subsidies ran out. Its various archaic-looking trains draw a lot of curiosity.
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The system faithfully hauled around Fushun residents until 2009, when municipal subsidies ran out. Its various archaic-looking trains draw a lot of curiosity.
First constructed by Russia in 1904, the system was subsequently expanded by Japan and the People's Republic. Although primarily a mining railway, it came to take on a role of urban transportation, especially for workers in the city's industries.
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
First constructed by Russia in 1904, the system was subsequently expanded by Japan and the People's Republic. Although primarily a mining railway, it came to take on a role of urban transportation, especially for workers in the city's industries.