I would be interested to see a further breakdown. My guess is it's the track and associated equipment that makes the biggest difference but idk. Anyone who's been to London knows that there always delays due to "signal failure" so I'm guessing it's that...
I suppose for a fair comparison you need to count the contribution of buses to road wear but I have no idea how to do that properly
Are you asking for references on US real wages? I can find em when I'm at a computer but it's pretty easy to search for. (I use image search to find charts usually)
I had heard about the priority of freight traffic, but never heard that slower trains were so slow. Over here the rail companies don't own the track - I don't think that makes sense at all; a national body ought to own the track so that appropriate priority can be given to passenger and freight traffic.
You know we HAD been considering getting one...
Ah yes, cats, so aloof. Meanwhile my cats: won't stop miaowing until I pick them up, pet them or play with them, if I put my hand out will jump up to bop it before I can reach them, will tap me for pets if I'm out of reach...
So aloof!
Are you gonna buy a household robot that you CAN'T fuck?!
I looked up the figures for tfl buses and underground, and buses are less expensive to run - in the last year they had almost identical operating costs but buses served a lot more passenger distance. (Former info on their budget, latter is here https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/travel-in-london-2024-trends-in-public-transport-demand-and-operational-performance-acc.pdf page 8)
I would expect long distance trains to have higher costs due to higher speeds causing higher wear and hence maintenance requirements, except for driver costs. But note that an intercity train also has a conductor and more station staff. Of course if you have a given rail network and can run the trains faster, you will save a lot on staff costs.
Tbh I'm not sure what the minimum wage has to do with the overall picture. Obviously it should keep pace with wage increases.
The picture for wages overall is not what you say - annual incomes, not just hourly incomes, are not down over the last ten years. Yes, some people are having to worry multiple jobs or are unable to find enough work or specific costs in their life mean the overall picture doesn't reflect their situation, and there is a need to fix that.
But explaining reduced revenue at fast food places with "everyone is poor now due to inflation" is in contradiction with the facts, and you haven't brought up anything to rescue it.
Well if we have evidence of that sure, but in the case of PTFE for example (which is a PFAS) we don't have that, so banning it seems just as nonsensical. Yos be banning it because it might be harmful.
Cool, I'm not gonna tell you you must use teflon pans, but I think we were talking about bans...
It's condensation