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Re: California gets 300 Million for high speed rail.
Author: Ernest H. Robl
Date: 05-10-2011 - 16:18
JS Wrote:
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> ... I am
> unclear why Europe has been so successful with it,
> but it just seems hopeless here. Oh well; makes
> for good conversation at least.
In Europe, in most cases, someone high up enough in the
govenment makes the decision to build a high-speed line
-- and it gets built. European countries have plenty
of environmental regulations and concerns, but these do
get taken care of once the go-ahead decision has been
made.
One thing that has helped is that most of Europe's rail
networks are electrified, making it easy for the high-speed
equipment to operate into existing stations or to detour
when necessary.
I once interviewed an official at Siemens who had come to
the U.S. after many years in Europe. He said he was
amzaed that it took "forever" to get anything rail-related
built in the U.S.
-- Ernest
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> ... I am
> unclear why Europe has been so successful with it,
> but it just seems hopeless here. Oh well; makes
> for good conversation at least.
In Europe, in most cases, someone high up enough in the
govenment makes the decision to build a high-speed line
-- and it gets built. European countries have plenty
of environmental regulations and concerns, but these do
get taken care of once the go-ahead decision has been
made.
One thing that has helped is that most of Europe's rail
networks are electrified, making it easy for the high-speed
equipment to operate into existing stations or to detour
when necessary.
I once interviewed an official at Siemens who had come to
the U.S. after many years in Europe. He said he was
amzaed that it took "forever" to get anything rail-related
built in the U.S.
-- Ernest
