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minus-squareNo_Maines_Land@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoMetro stations are defense infrastructure even if they aren’t bunkers. Public transit directly achieves Baseline Resilience Requirements 2 & 7. It indirectly achieves others. NATO’S 7 baseline resilience requirements: https://www.cimic-coe.org/handbook-entries/welcome-to-the-cimic-handbook/vii-resilience/7-2-seven-baseline-requirements/
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoA lot of countries have used Subways as bomb shelters I know.
minus-squareNo_Maines_Land@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoThey sure do, I’m just trying to demonstrate that public transit infrastructure still matters. Even if it’s an above ground system.
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoWe need a lot more of it. Interstate/interprovince freight and passenger rail, publicly owned. It would pay for itself.
Metro stations are defense infrastructure even if they aren’t bunkers. Public transit directly achieves Baseline Resilience Requirements 2 & 7. It indirectly achieves others.
NATO’S 7 baseline resilience requirements: https://www.cimic-coe.org/handbook-entries/welcome-to-the-cimic-handbook/vii-resilience/7-2-seven-baseline-requirements/
A lot of countries have used Subways as bomb shelters I know.
They sure do, I’m just trying to demonstrate that public transit infrastructure still matters. Even if it’s an above ground system.
We need a lot more of it. Interstate/interprovince freight and passenger rail, publicly owned. It would pay for itself.