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Re: Bertha’s breakthrough not that all off topic, if you want the world to work for our grandkids.....
Author: :o
Date: 07-19-2017 - 12:48
BOB2 Wrote:
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> Actually building a bored set of double tunnels
> under Sylmar Mountain, from the end of the 118 to
> the 14 just past Lang, with a three highway lanes
> each way, and on the second level, the HSR,
> aqueduct, and utilities on the bottom half,
> financed entirely by road tolls is financially
> feasible, and is even profitable, a perfect
> candidate for a profitable private sector
> investment in our deteriorating "infrastructure",
> easily financed with motorist tolls, and fees per
> train mile, with a 50 year franchise agreement.
>
> Then you would have a rail route from Palmdale to
> access LAUPT, in under an hour for extended LOSSAN
> and Metrolink services, and having bypassed Santa
> Clarita, which would potentially be capable of
> achieving a 3;15 minute non-stop travel time from
> LAUPT to Las Vegas.
>
> Now, I know the usual nutjobs, trolls, and whackos
> will respond that I am the ultimate toady and
> schill of those evil developers, and of the usual
> line of horsecrap they like to spew. But, just
> imagine actually doing something to improve
> transportation efficiency on congested
> corridors....like when we were kids and our
> grandparents built the interstates and aqueducts
> for us..... Oh well, that's just stupid
> ignorant me.....?
>
> Unfortunately, the LACMTA, at the behest of an
> army of Nimby's just tossed the 710 tunnel, which
> was the number one traffic congestion relief and
> transportation greenhouse emissions reduction
> transportation project in the region. Also, very
> easily financed with tolls on those "choosing" to
> use it, even at the hefty $4.5 billion dollar
> cost.
>
> It seems that "evil" tunnels, in elitist
> communities like Pasadena, and South Pasadena are
> a lot like "evil" Thomas, or that "evil" SMART up
> in Marin, when it comes to the mindset of these
> neo Luddite elitist fools.
>
> We used to be capable of great things, but the
> ignorance and superstition, spread by polarized
> nitwits, kind of like some of these trolls on
> Altamont, to pander to the emotions of the mob
> psychology, which presently prevents us from
> considering these innovative alternatives.
Long story short. Anywhere you find a where the majority are Democrats, ain't nothing gonna get done without the usual @#$%& and moaning and paying them off to shut there mouths.
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> Actually building a bored set of double tunnels
> under Sylmar Mountain, from the end of the 118 to
> the 14 just past Lang, with a three highway lanes
> each way, and on the second level, the HSR,
> aqueduct, and utilities on the bottom half,
> financed entirely by road tolls is financially
> feasible, and is even profitable, a perfect
> candidate for a profitable private sector
> investment in our deteriorating "infrastructure",
> easily financed with motorist tolls, and fees per
> train mile, with a 50 year franchise agreement.
>
> Then you would have a rail route from Palmdale to
> access LAUPT, in under an hour for extended LOSSAN
> and Metrolink services, and having bypassed Santa
> Clarita, which would potentially be capable of
> achieving a 3;15 minute non-stop travel time from
> LAUPT to Las Vegas.
>
> Now, I know the usual nutjobs, trolls, and whackos
> will respond that I am the ultimate toady and
> schill of those evil developers, and of the usual
> line of horsecrap they like to spew. But, just
> imagine actually doing something to improve
> transportation efficiency on congested
> corridors....like when we were kids and our
> grandparents built the interstates and aqueducts
> for us..... Oh well, that's just stupid
> ignorant me.....?
>
> Unfortunately, the LACMTA, at the behest of an
> army of Nimby's just tossed the 710 tunnel, which
> was the number one traffic congestion relief and
> transportation greenhouse emissions reduction
> transportation project in the region. Also, very
> easily financed with tolls on those "choosing" to
> use it, even at the hefty $4.5 billion dollar
> cost.
>
> It seems that "evil" tunnels, in elitist
> communities like Pasadena, and South Pasadena are
> a lot like "evil" Thomas, or that "evil" SMART up
> in Marin, when it comes to the mindset of these
> neo Luddite elitist fools.
>
> We used to be capable of great things, but the
> ignorance and superstition, spread by polarized
> nitwits, kind of like some of these trolls on
> Altamont, to pander to the emotions of the mob
> psychology, which presently prevents us from
> considering these innovative alternatives.
Long story short. Anywhere you find a where the majority are Democrats, ain't nothing gonna get done without the usual @#$%& and moaning and paying them off to shut there mouths.
