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08-06-2008 - 21:17
Synonymouse
Is there a prenup specifying how the assets are to be divvied up in case the SMART marriage fails?
It is too bad that this thing got so screwed up. By comparison to SMART's plan rebuilding the NWP
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08-05-2008 - 23:07
Synonymouse
If Larkspur insists on an inadequate station because they never wanted the rail line in the first place. let them pay for the station. Their attitude is contemptible and typical of Marin, objecting t
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08-05-2008 - 19:55
Synonymouse
Here is a question for the experts. Will revenues generated in Sonoma County by the SMART measure be spent on capital projects in Marin County - say for example, the Larkspur terminal?
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08-05-2008 - 10:01
Synonymouse
Here's why I think SMART is likely to fail based on 30 years of commuting out of the North Bay to San Francisco. During that period I watched both patronage and service dwindle on the Golden Gate Tra
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08-04-2008 - 20:58
Synonymouse
Is there a resale market for the dmu's in case SMART utterly bombs, as more and more I think is likely?
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08-04-2008 - 12:01
Synonymouse
It would seem that the Colorado Rail Car dmu's would in some sense be a contemporary version of the Budd rdc. I just can't see the merit of adding such complexity unless there is a fuel and labor sav
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08-04-2008 - 09:38
Synonymouse
It looks to me that these dmu's cope with the capacity issue by running on much more frequent schedules than SMART intends
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08-03-2008 - 20:14
Synonymouse
I am still trying to get a grasp on the rationale behind SMART's going for dmu's instead of standard rail passenger equipment. My calculations are not coming out the same as SMART's. When I add up t
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08-03-2008 - 12:17
Synonymouse
I am trying to force my mind open on this Sprinter deal but so far the economics aren't impressing me. I can see shopping for a cheaper union and fewer on board employees but it would be more convinc
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08-03-2008 - 09:38
Synonymouse
I am still trying to make some sense out of the SMART Sprinter plan. Would SMART platform employees be under a different union than NCRA. I hate to reveal my ignorance, but our Caltrain operators in
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08-01-2008 - 22:05
Synonymouse
And of course to have a real transit line which might have at least some impact on traffic you would need to have headways of at least every half hour. All day. Clearly this dual mode jury rig would
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08-01-2008 - 13:13
Synonymouse
Does anyone know what is the wire to rail height standard used by the Sacramento light rail system? This is similar to the operation I would visualize for my imaginary Petaluma to Santa Rosa streetca
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08-01-2008 - 08:56
Synonymouse
My apologies to Capdiamonte, who got me on the SMART-NCRA ownership question - I somehow missed that transfer. But it looks like SMART doesn't own trackage thru Cloverdale.
It still doesn't do any
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07-31-2008 - 23:40
Synonymouse
The southern part of the line used to belong to Golden Gate Transit and sits in Marin County which has never wanted to do anything with it except use it for parking, as in Larkspur, or tear it up. Th
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07-31-2008 - 20:03
Synonymouse
Unfortunately in Northern California people do keep getting killed with alarming regularity, especially along the busy SF-San Jose Caltrain line. Some are suicides, some accidental. The faster the t
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07-31-2008 - 10:12
Synonymouse
I am curious as to the relative weight of the Sprinter versus a Budd RDC? I do know that a locomotive hauled train will clear out an intersection and protect the rail passengers in the process. And
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07-30-2008 - 22:57
Synonymouse
Would that SMART were the Gold Line instead of a doodlebug. Then we would have a real replacement for GGT's Awful 80 line. DMU's are rail transit for people who are slightly sure they need rail tran
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07-30-2008 - 11:23
Synonymouse
I notice that the same individuals who initiated the Novato legal campaign against NCRA also voted against putting the SMART initiative on the ballot in Marin. Perhaps their real goal all along was t
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07-26-2008 - 19:30
Synonymouse
Are we saying then that we could up with a really botched system? Say for instance something as botched as BART? The only way that the hsr could end up as flawed as BART would be if Quentin Kopp ins
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07-26-2008 - 11:13
Synonymouse
The Union Pacific has already indicated its hostility to an incremental approach. The point about Kopp is well taken but there is no way you are going to buck the political machine that runs Californ
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07-25-2008 - 09:27
Synonymouse
The San Francisco Chronicle today ran a slick opinion piece condemning high speed rail as too noisy for urban areas. Anyone know if Southwest Airlines is lobbying against high speed rail in Californi
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07-19-2008 - 21:29
Synonymouse
Where exactly is the "freight service"? The way I see it no public funds no NCRA and/or SMART. And so far I don't see the great and powerful STB moving to trump that judge in Marin. And how come
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07-19-2008 - 01:05
Synonymouse
If SMART insists on diesel it should go locomotive hauled like ACE and forget dmu's, which will not survive a collision with a truck at speed. I doubt in Europe where these dmu's orginate they have t
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07-17-2008 - 20:14
Synonymouse
Such a long timeline only gives opponents more opportunity to torpedo the project. Perhaps legal actions are factored in the 6 years. After all this is California, land of lawyers. If my memory ser
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07-15-2008 - 09:09
Synonymouse
Tell you what - I will confess that that the highway lobby's campaign against rail transit is a conspiracy theory when the ant-NCRA and anti-SMART "fronts" come out publicly against any further highwa
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07-14-2008 - 20:52
Synonymouse
Rest assured the highway lobby is pulling the strings behind every anti-rail transit campaign in the country. This is by far the largest and most powerful economic bloc in the U.S. Just for starters
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07-14-2008 - 11:02
Synonymouse
I would caution against overconfidence, both about the election and the lawsuit. Critics keep carping about the cost of SMART, which has produced a very bare-bones plan. The likelihood of collisions
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07-13-2008 - 10:35
Synonymouse
In a climate of delay and neglect locals who are opposed to the railroad will work behind the scenes to expropriate pieces of the right of way. This has already happened south of Corte Madera. All i
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07-11-2008 - 09:39
Synonymouse
3990. Re: 16 trains a day
I think they will be lucky to get 16 cars a week. It is also possible we are seeing a developing economic seachange working against imports. Container traffic is down in LA.
I support SMART's doo
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