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Re: iIJ Publisher Addresses SMART GM's Self-Debating Controversy
Author: The Odd Duck
Date: 11-18-2016 - 21:20
Mike Pechner Wrote:
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> Problem with the last argument in your statement
> above concerning Mike Arnold is that thru the mid
> 80's, NWP ran two trains a day into San Rafael
> with lumber, rock, sand and gravel with over 20
> cars (loads and empties) traversing the very same
> crossings.....Having lived in Marin County for
> over 20 years, I can tell you traffic isn't ANY
> worse in the downtown area and NO one complained
> about it back than. Trains went across Fourth St.
> at 10 mph and probably took 45 sec. to a minute to
> clear the crossing and longer for the gates to go
> up and down whereas three DMU's could pass with 15
> sec. Its a weak excuse at best!
Having lived in Marin County I can say it’s the traffic. Back when we move into Marin back in the 60’s it was a quiet town, when I left Marin in 2005 it was more like a gladiator school. I could watch up six cars running the red-light, cars swerving head-on into your lane. Being rude was the favorite past time. But that is Marin. Where they went wrong was not to build a fly over as where San Rafael is a semi bowl, so if they wanted to invest the money it could have been done, but again that’s Marin County.
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> Problem with the last argument in your statement
> above concerning Mike Arnold is that thru the mid
> 80's, NWP ran two trains a day into San Rafael
> with lumber, rock, sand and gravel with over 20
> cars (loads and empties) traversing the very same
> crossings.....Having lived in Marin County for
> over 20 years, I can tell you traffic isn't ANY
> worse in the downtown area and NO one complained
> about it back than. Trains went across Fourth St.
> at 10 mph and probably took 45 sec. to a minute to
> clear the crossing and longer for the gates to go
> up and down whereas three DMU's could pass with 15
> sec. Its a weak excuse at best!
Having lived in Marin County I can say it’s the traffic. Back when we move into Marin back in the 60’s it was a quiet town, when I left Marin in 2005 it was more like a gladiator school. I could watch up six cars running the red-light, cars swerving head-on into your lane. Being rude was the favorite past time. But that is Marin. Where they went wrong was not to build a fly over as where San Rafael is a semi bowl, so if they wanted to invest the money it could have been done, but again that’s Marin County.
