SMART's speeds are too high in certain areas. Consider if the NWP ROW had been converted to busway as GGT wanted. Looks like BRT speeds are around 55mph:
https://www.streetfilms.org/las-orange-li
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https://patch.com/california/rohnertpark-cotati/man-hit-killed-smart-train-suspected-suicide-cops?utm_source=alert-breakingnews&utm_medium=email&utm_term=traffic-transit&utm_campaign=alert
Cops tag
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https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/transports/ecotaxe/ecotaxe-vers-une-hausse-des-prix-des-billets-d-avion_3528751.html
Earth to Gavin: a perfect way to finance more 5'6" and base tunnels to Pal
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For $100bil and brand new you should be getting a lot closer to straight.
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140813-the-challenge-to-make-trains-fast
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I assure you Barry Zoeller cares very much about it.
The Ranch and Palmdale, along with a host of others as they say, sabotaged CAHSR. To paraphrase Michael Corleone, they have to "answer" for it.
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Long term problem for NWP and Bosco: all powerful MTC-BART-SPUR sees SMART as merely a placeholder for 5'6", incompatible with freight. For BART to seize another ROW via eminent domain extremely dif
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Let me summarize: there are some extremely powerful and connected interests in the SouthBay that want HSR via Pacheco real bad and not Altamont. It is a significantly inferior alternative but they d
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In the initial stages of selling the Palmdale scheme Tejon was vilified as seismic unbuildable and Tehachapi as safe from temblors. Of course PB was prevaricating and eventually was forced to admit t
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What gives? The east side shakes as much overall as Ft. Tejon? How much damage was there in Kern or at Mojave in 1857? Was there anybody there to keep records?
And somehow the usual suspects at
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https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/emploi/plans-sociaux/quel-avenir-pour-les-magasins-physiques_3518337.html
"Il s'agit de la guerre des agiles contre les fragiles." The agile vs. the fragile.
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https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/07/02/report-of-possible-active-shooter-at-tanforan-mall-san-bruno-bart-station-closed/
A gun involved may have been ditched on BART.
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Hey, Elon is ready to move to jet backpacks after his flame thrower.
You're taking SMART way too seriously - it was just a scheme to get new tracks for Doug Bosco.
I am beginning to think GGT wa
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