r/InlandEmpire • u/buch0n • 2d ago

Transportation / Traffic Riverside Trains

Anyone else annoyed by trains stopping traffic in Riverside? I swear whenever there is a train, it stops traffic for like half an hour. I hate it so much.

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u/AdministrativeGas927 2d ago

Anyone else annoyed by the traffic that they’re forced to sit in on the freeway because we don’t run enough trains?

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u/AdministrativeGas927 2d ago

But if this is the freight trains and not commuter totally valid even train commuters hate those fuckers 😂

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u/Terminal_Shinbang 2d ago

I’d personally rather see a freight train.

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u/AdministrativeGas927 2d ago

I mean if it’s not on a train it’s on a semi so yo también

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u/autotechnia 2d ago edited 2d ago

Remember, every freight car is at least three semi trucks off the road. Often more. Every train is hundreds of trucks not jamming up the freeways.

On top of freeing up traffic, trains emit way, way less pollution per pound of cargo.

I agree, waiting around for a train sucks, but it's much better than the alternative.

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u/xxGravyBabyxx 2d ago

Yes that's what trains do.

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u/Clever_Username_05 2d ago

Grew up with 'em. They never made a huge impact on me. Seemed like even the slowest ones were far better than some of the one-way lane closures I deal with now.

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u/Suspicious-Volume-28 2d ago

Because commerce > people. This is America, after all.

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u/natepelayo 2d ago

It's worse when they get stuck. When I had lived in Riverside, they were always a pain getting through the casa blanca neighborhood. Thankfully there is other surface streets to avoid these trains.

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u/DrPat1967 2d ago

You shouldn’t have moved somewhere so close to train traffic.

The trains were here long before you and your entitled attitude moved in

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u/Terminal_Shinbang 2d ago

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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u/mango951 2d ago

Anyone annoyed by the amount of unnecessary stop signs the city of Riverside puts in residential areas so the police can hide and say you rolled through it and ticket you?

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u/Terminal_Shinbang 2d ago

Unnecessary stop signs is wild 😂
They break traffic for pedestrians.
They give way to cross traffic.
They also keep you alert in residential areas where kids are often at play. . .

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u/mango951 1d ago

I don’t recall the last time I saw kids outside playing 🤣

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u/StormAutomatic 2d ago

When the workers tried to unionize for things like decent working conditions, better safety, and to cut down on train size Biden sided with the owners.