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Cake day: June 27th, 2023

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  • Seriously though, as much as I hate that we’ve abandoned so many railroads in this country, even the urban ones should at least be turned into walking/biking trails once they stop being used. It’s ridiculous to drive past overgrown train tracks and think, “I wouldn’t even need a car if those things were in use, but as it is right now it isn’t even safe to use them as a footpath.”

    A former switchyard in the town where I grew up got turned into a beautiful park and there are trails going through town where the railroad tracks went. Obviously a trolley or some other sort of passenger rail would be better, but at least make that otherwise useless land some sort of public good.