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and a side note for the Mouse
Author: No
Date: 08-21-2018 - 18:27
Japan has a high speed rail line. Japan has earthquakes - more and bigger than we've had in recent years. Japan has active volcanoes - not just historically, actually. Japan's HSR line has lots of tunnels and big bridges. Japan's HSR line has never killed a passenger, and its operators apologize publicly if timings are even 1/2 minute off the advertised (fast or slow). Japan's HSR tops out now at around 180mph, but the original line was built for about 125mph. It provides useful service.
Think about that as an example, and ask why we have to spend wild amounts of money for something that only China (hardly a fine example of cost-effectiveness) does routinely for any significant distance - more than 200 mph. Constant harping on details of what route is used doesn't help when whether the system being built is appropriate or sustainable is the issue. What's wrong with 125 mph if it provides good service for the people that need it at a price they can afford, not a monument to Mr. Kopp, and allows construction of more than a viaduct between Fresno and Bakersfield?
Yes, I know, The Proposition doesn't allow that. So how do we accomplish Plan B? Bob has some good ideas for that in SoCal. What about elsewhere?
Think about that as an example, and ask why we have to spend wild amounts of money for something that only China (hardly a fine example of cost-effectiveness) does routinely for any significant distance - more than 200 mph. Constant harping on details of what route is used doesn't help when whether the system being built is appropriate or sustainable is the issue. What's wrong with 125 mph if it provides good service for the people that need it at a price they can afford, not a monument to Mr. Kopp, and allows construction of more than a viaduct between Fresno and Bakersfield?
Yes, I know, The Proposition doesn't allow that. So how do we accomplish Plan B? Bob has some good ideas for that in SoCal. What about elsewhere?
