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Re: Mouse has another pyschotic episode over his fixation with SMART?
Author: HUTCH 7.62
Date: 09-29-2019 - 09:07
synonymouse Wrote:
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> SMART trains are going thru that congested and
> poorly laid out crossing at 70mph. We are not
> talking 20mph.
>
> Obviously trains cannot stop on a dime. Buses can
> stop faster but can easily put standees on the
> floor or into a seat. Argument of some merit for
> seat belts on freeway runs and maybe against
> having standees.
>
> But say there's a truck stalled on Golf Course
> crossing in RoPo; you wanna go thru at 70 and
> maybe brake the doodlebug to 60 or go thru at 55
> and maybe get it down to 30 with electric light
> rail?
>
> My goal in lowering speeds is to make SMART less
> effective and force a redo. Dump the freight;
> have GGT take it over and start the
> electrification and building toward Marin City.
I think you should just buy a house at Tejon Ranch instead
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> SMART trains are going thru that congested and
> poorly laid out crossing at 70mph. We are not
> talking 20mph.
>
> Obviously trains cannot stop on a dime. Buses can
> stop faster but can easily put standees on the
> floor or into a seat. Argument of some merit for
> seat belts on freeway runs and maybe against
> having standees.
>
> But say there's a truck stalled on Golf Course
> crossing in RoPo; you wanna go thru at 70 and
> maybe brake the doodlebug to 60 or go thru at 55
> and maybe get it down to 30 with electric light
> rail?
>
> My goal in lowering speeds is to make SMART less
> effective and force a redo. Dump the freight;
> have GGT take it over and start the
> electrification and building toward Marin City.
I think you should just buy a house at Tejon Ranch instead
