Good boy, keep repeating that without any question. That's a good thinker

I do not understand what does dots mean:

>Visualising which areas of the country are reachable by public transport. Maps with higher concentrations of purple show higher public transport connectivity.

How we built the maps:

We used our own public transport database to identify the lat/long of each public transit stop

We drew a 15 minute walking catchment area around each stop to identify the other surrounding areas with easy access

So a bus stop is a dot? Or a train station of course. But then it depends in the frequency. Maybe Germany has thousands of bus stops that pass once a day but Spain has less bus routes but more frequency. Also frequency does not mean anything if the public transport is empty.

I was walking in a small city in in Central Victoria, Australia.

I walked past a rail crossing where there was a sign mounted on a post made out of old rail (it was common to reuse old rail for such things last century). The rail had the maker's name forged on it - Krupp!

Here's the history.

https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/558d51a42162f11ab0bdb604

I think I get what you mean. When the railways were built Switzerland (like northern Italy) were still somewhat rich (and more inland, less boats) in regards to southern Italy, so they built more railways. This goes the other way around: Railways tend(ed) to attract people and industries. Many cities in Europe but especially in the US were built because of the railway. There is probably a correlation between how rich a country is, how much tracks it has, when they were built and how the service is today. I find it pretty hard to see a direct connection, but imo it should work as a rule of thumb.

Some of it is an illusion because the countries are all pictured the same size. The most densely populated part of Europe is northwest Germany and Holland. The area where the two countries abut have similarly dense railways, but it appears here as if the train lines thin out suddenly as soon as you cross into the Netherlands.

I'm guessing this is double what it was a few hundred years ago.

i thought this was blurred due to it being nsfw 🤦

Scale is a factor, too. Belgium looks darker than NL partly because the scale is smaller.

Yes I can feel it (I live in one of those cities)

When Credit Suisse (RIP) was founded in order to build the trains and tunnels, Switzerland was already becoming established. And in Swiss fashion, they built a network that’s worth paying for. (It helped that the neighbors also appreciated being able to transit goods through Switzerland, of course.) Today, I spend more on my rail pass than I ever would when I lived in the US, because the utility is so much higher. I can go everywhere, and do it quickly, quietly, and efficiently. Every regular train leaves at the same time past the hour on the same track every time. I can plan a route including which track I’ll arrive and depart from months in advance, or just look at the clock and know how many minutes to my next local train right now. (And all the trains here are hydroelectric powered so it’s guilt-free travel.)

The Swiss mentality is to think about perceived value and build around that, and the trains are no exception. They continue to be built out and upgraded, and I encourage most tourists to forego the car rental and just take the train.

Italy gives 0 fucks about the south. Nothing new.

At this point though, the Netherlands is going way too far in destroying the network for the sake of "profitability". It is no longer seen by provincial governments as a public service but as a burden, and that problematic view has left thousands of people on the curbs of the streets. People can nag about the Belgian network but at least it will bring you home in more occasions than in the Netherlands. In Belgium I could at least expect a bus near my apartment building in the city on Saturdays.

The operations on the network are going down the drain because lines are scrapped sometimes in a very rough manner. And the labor contracts have deteriorated too, leading to strikes that, in severity, are not unfamiliar to the French.

What job do you have?

Hahahahah yeah I was thinking about that. Lived in Siena for 2 years and a half and moving from there was a nightmare

You can see the same interactive map straight from the source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/DEMO_FIND__custom_5503295/bookmark/map?lang=en&bookmarkId=ccc500e8-49c5-4b8c-ba90-564f7bcb8df2

Yeah, I'm from Belgium. It ain't working !

Well now we can clearly see why Christ stopped at Eboli

And have the standards for government assistance changed? No? So, all that money is useless. Go from making $8/hour to $15 and notice how insignificant the difference in living standards is. How do I know? Because I've been caught in this shit storm of a country for decades.

I made $15/hour 16 years ago. 5 years ago, I cycled through 3 jobs that paid the same. In the last 18 months, I have applied to hundreds of jobs because that income level is a trap and is still prevalent. I've been on SNAP the entire time.

Do you know what happens when you get a slight pay increase at poverty wages? You lose your poverty benefits. In my case, that's going to amount to $500/month for food for 2 people and dental coverage for my daughter. So, instead of the government paying me to eat, I'll have to make enough to not only cover that loss, but hope to make WAY more in order to, I don't know, not have to cancel my credit cards, not be living paycheck to paycheck, maybe travel sometime in my life or even go out for pleasure? Or, here is a crazy, crazy thought: maybe I'll be able to pay a single cent to my student loans, get health insurance (lol, right) , or maybe I'll be able to SAVE FUCKING MONEY FOR MY FUTURE.

This study proves one thing: American workers can influence the market if we make demands. otherwise, who cares? It's not enough. It's nowhere near enough.

Germany has a low unemployment rate (and decent welfare), there is less demand of workers for every position. In other countries, they receive so much applications for a possition they don't look at them all and pick the first decent ones they find for an interview.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL8XPZp4-5c

TL;DW: its not just about geography, but also poor government policy, which exacerbates the "problem".

Source : Eurostat

Tool: app.23degrees.io

Check out the interactive visualisation here

I'm not involved in hiring decisions or in measuring hiring success, so I can't produce data showing that the process produces better teams.

What I can say, however, is that this is an incredibly expensive process for tech companies. If they are engaging in this process, it's because they have data indicating that it produces better results and that it's worth the investment.

Those Ladas in Eastern Europe have a different vibe

No, the data is just extremely incomplete. Just taking a very quick glance, without comparing with other maps, I can tell you're missing railway stations along several railway lines in southern Italy, for instance to the Gargano peninsula, along the coast west of Taranto and in various places in Sicily (Pozzallo, Licata, Termini Imerese etc.). This is just off the top of my head and sticking to railways; I'm sure there's thousands of bus stops missing, too, but I don't know by heart where bus stops are.

Spain. From Santander to Bilbao. 100 kms. 3 hours in train!!! 60 minutes in car. This is public transporte.