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Re: San Jose's Light Rail after 25 years----inefficient etc
Author: RG
Date: 12-28-2012 - 14:23
DUH Wrote:
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> None of this needs to be this complicated! Compare
> France to CA. As the world's population has grown
> in the last 50 years, a place like France has
> developed around a well built transit system that
> continues to expand and build upon what past
> generations have already done. The population
> reflects that. CA on the other hand has done
> precisely the same thing, but via freeways
> instead. Now a bunch of politicians and choo choo
> buffs want to "fix" our over-crowded freeways by
> forcing a transportation system down our throats
> despite 50 years of history and development around
> a different model of transportation. Forcing high
> speed rail into a history not built around it will
> be about as successful as forcing capitalism on
> Russia has been....great in theory, but oblivious
> to history.
Sure add more freeway lanes and if the right-of-way is not wide enough, go up. And once the vehicles arrive at their destination, make sure there is plenty of free parking. No doubt, your desired methodology will be sustainable for another 50+ years.
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> None of this needs to be this complicated! Compare
> France to CA. As the world's population has grown
> in the last 50 years, a place like France has
> developed around a well built transit system that
> continues to expand and build upon what past
> generations have already done. The population
> reflects that. CA on the other hand has done
> precisely the same thing, but via freeways
> instead. Now a bunch of politicians and choo choo
> buffs want to "fix" our over-crowded freeways by
> forcing a transportation system down our throats
> despite 50 years of history and development around
> a different model of transportation. Forcing high
> speed rail into a history not built around it will
> be about as successful as forcing capitalism on
> Russia has been....great in theory, but oblivious
> to history.
Sure add more freeway lanes and if the right-of-way is not wide enough, go up. And once the vehicles arrive at their destination, make sure there is plenty of free parking. No doubt, your desired methodology will be sustainable for another 50+ years.
