Is it possible to move this farce from the the state level to the federal level in our life time? Let us not forget that railroads are considered part of national defense just like the Interstate Hig
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The "proof" of conspiracy won't come out until years after the damage has been done. For example it took decades to document that GM was giving access to dealerships to politicians who were voting to
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Of course it is road interests that are behind the Novato lawsuit And of course they are playing on Marin County's notorious hostility towards anything that smacks of low income, including public tra
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I believe the corrugation issue is more complex and I do recall that the Brits back in the nationalized days put quite a bit of research effort into figuring it out with little success. Cable car t
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I took advantage of the free ride today to sample BART from downtown Sf to Millbrae. What I noticed above all else was the really high noise level, reminiscent of the NYC subway I rode back in the ea
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The freight operation is DOA imho. Trucks make more economic sense for this area. The real issue is the right of way - the road interests want it it gone, pure and simple. They have already succeed
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This whole legal tussle makes sense only if you look at it in the larger historical context of road vs. rail. The highway lobby considers railroads as their natural enemy, ie. any expansion of railro
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