An extra-cringe look at how the Oslo metro area's Green transportation councillor ruined public transportation since 2022 while now marvelling at the consequences of her actions
Stupidity is a job requirement for imperial apparatchicks. Just look around you; have you seen anyone in political arena that really impresses you? Perhaps like DeGaul or others of that sort. As the empire got more entrenched its servants got more stupid. It is a job requirement, along with blind obedience and the ability to not ask questions. What can we say about EU leaders?
By local flavor I meant the undeniable French flavor of Macron or German flavor of Merz, but this quality is less important than willingness to follow orders from above.
This is happening everywhere across the imperial realm. Politicians are increasingly drawn from the bottom of the barrel of humanity. Politicians who advance are mostly compromised. Decent people don’t even apply.
Who even halfway decent would seek that kind of position?
Those who are drawn to power should be kept away from it.
As an aside, what I meant was: such blinded morons (as related above in my piece), you don't have to either bribe or compromise them; feeding their narcissism is sufficient.
I'm quite certain things are the same in Norway as they are here. So I say this as if it was a proven fact:
The companies, whether private or public or hybrid, collect customer data on every route so that they can see where the load is heaviest/most profitable routes and times of day. With electronic devices it's even easier.
(Seems so sensible it doesn't need saying, no?)
And then they ignore that data, because the buses are "supposed to" follow certain routes that they always have done. Despite changing circumstances.
Example from Malmö is one busline which was one of the first ones in the city. It transported workers from a working-class district directly to the docks (this is when Malmö was thriving ship&auto-building city). The docks and wharfs and so on were all shuttered by the time the 1990s rolled around.
That line still runs to this day, following the same route "just because". And no-one has it as theor job to run a logistics-analysis of where the city needs bus lines, how many, what route schedule is optimal and so on.
It is the same here in the country. Buses run on the times they always have, and follow the same routes as 50 or 100 years ago.
That is a much larger problem than EV-adoption, because with the proper economy of resource management, even EV-buses could work (except in Winter or when the power's out).
Where I live, three daily buses would be plenty enough. One early, for the school kids and people not starting work until 0830 or later. One mid-day for pensioners and such going to the store. And one evening, say ca 1800 or so. The buses normally used can take as many as ca 100 passengers; on a day with many riding the bus, there's about 10-15. The option to get 30-passenger buses does not exist, because the companies hired don't any of that kind. Instead, they run some routes using mini-buses. Sardine-cans on wheels. If you have a baby-carriage or a wheelchair, you're SOL. Wait for the next one.
It all needs scrapping down to barebones basic, and the notion that kids can't walk 3km or ride a bike 10km or that parents can't car-pool and drive their kids to school needs to go DIAF.
Governmental policies are ultimately a mixture of prime aims (e.g. population reduction), ideology, stupidity and perhaps local flavor.
I'm unsure if that kind of next-level stupidity is a local issue.
Stupidity is a job requirement for imperial apparatchicks. Just look around you; have you seen anyone in political arena that really impresses you? Perhaps like DeGaul or others of that sort. As the empire got more entrenched its servants got more stupid. It is a job requirement, along with blind obedience and the ability to not ask questions. What can we say about EU leaders?
By local flavor I meant the undeniable French flavor of Macron or German flavor of Merz, but this quality is less important than willingness to follow orders from above.
This is happening everywhere across the imperial realm. Politicians are increasingly drawn from the bottom of the barrel of humanity. Politicians who advance are mostly compromised. Decent people don’t even apply.
Who even halfway decent would seek that kind of position?
Those who are drawn to power should be kept away from it.
As an aside, what I meant was: such blinded morons (as related above in my piece), you don't have to either bribe or compromise them; feeding their narcissism is sufficient.
I'm quite certain things are the same in Norway as they are here. So I say this as if it was a proven fact:
The companies, whether private or public or hybrid, collect customer data on every route so that they can see where the load is heaviest/most profitable routes and times of day. With electronic devices it's even easier.
(Seems so sensible it doesn't need saying, no?)
And then they ignore that data, because the buses are "supposed to" follow certain routes that they always have done. Despite changing circumstances.
Example from Malmö is one busline which was one of the first ones in the city. It transported workers from a working-class district directly to the docks (this is when Malmö was thriving ship&auto-building city). The docks and wharfs and so on were all shuttered by the time the 1990s rolled around.
That line still runs to this day, following the same route "just because". And no-one has it as theor job to run a logistics-analysis of where the city needs bus lines, how many, what route schedule is optimal and so on.
It is the same here in the country. Buses run on the times they always have, and follow the same routes as 50 or 100 years ago.
That is a much larger problem than EV-adoption, because with the proper economy of resource management, even EV-buses could work (except in Winter or when the power's out).
Where I live, three daily buses would be plenty enough. One early, for the school kids and people not starting work until 0830 or later. One mid-day for pensioners and such going to the store. And one evening, say ca 1800 or so. The buses normally used can take as many as ca 100 passengers; on a day with many riding the bus, there's about 10-15. The option to get 30-passenger buses does not exist, because the companies hired don't any of that kind. Instead, they run some routes using mini-buses. Sardine-cans on wheels. If you have a baby-carriage or a wheelchair, you're SOL. Wait for the next one.
It all needs scrapping down to barebones basic, and the notion that kids can't walk 3km or ride a bike 10km or that parents can't car-pool and drive their kids to school needs to go DIAF.
Well, that kinda sums it up.
In addition, I'm for the restoration of consequences for such gross mismanagement.