Futurama, pt. Deux!

by Rebecca Schoenkopf

So what have the good folks at Slate cooked up for us so far, in their wiki-style, crowd-sourced, hivey-mindy, someone-must-have-an-idea, please! on developing better transportation?

Weeelll, it turns out: not that much. The most interesting idea we spotted today? Make trains nicer for rich people, and let it trickle down.

HOW are we determining that something that intrinsically National Reviewian is "interesting"? Just from this little nugget, right here:

Want better mass transportation? Don't start with the masses. Set up public-private partnerships to create ultra-luxury coaches with private compartments. Bring back private rail cars and develop private rolling offices and meeting spaces. Create co-op railcar homes. Provide govt. loans but run these selective systems at a membership-driven profit. Give memberships to select celebs. Accuse taxpayers who oppose these initiatives of class warfare. Watch transit subsidies rise, and use the funds to improve systems for the rest of us.

(Our emphasis.)

We do like to jumpstart our Mondays with a little cup of cynicism. Mother's milk and manna.

Hop on over there and give it a look. We'll continue trying to pick out some of the funnest and most fanciful in the coming days—but they'd best step it up.

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