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05-22-2019 - 17:09
synonymouse
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/05/16/breaking-news/rail-contractor-must-retrofit-24-honolulu-rail-cars-to-make-them-fireproof/
Those piers do not look so substantial to me and spaced pretty fa
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05-22-2019 - 13:24
synonymouse
1292. Re: patronage
Milovan Djilas, right? That was a hard read, I remember.
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05-22-2019 - 10:53
synonymouse
1293. patronage
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/californias-high-speed-rail-wasnt-captured-by-contractors-it-was-created-by-them
Leftists really should consider this argument as it represents
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05-21-2019 - 19:27
synonymouse
Supported duorail not cool enough for Jetsons Sin City.
"Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane -
Ain't got time for a fast train"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFHA15B8iNI
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05-21-2019 - 11:16
synonymouse
Crunican already pissed on bechtel gauge and she gone now.
Actually the Bechtel-SP weird tech strategy worked pretty well. The UP now owns the property and the strategy. What a war it would still
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05-21-2019 - 10:19
synonymouse
You forgot 3rd rail at 1000vdc! he he he
I wonder how the Chinese rail interests would respond if MTC floated a proposal to do a "quickie" regauging of BART. With their own people if necessary.
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05-21-2019 - 10:11
synonymouse
1298. Re: Meanwhile in Moscow
China passed a law banning electronics refuse. A lot of it has been diverted to Thailand, to companies owned by overseas Chinese.
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05-20-2019 - 20:34
synonymouse
1299. Meanwhile in Moscow
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/russie/russie-des-habitants-se-mobilisent-contre-la-mise-en-place-d-une-dechetterie-geante_3452439.html
Moscow sending garbage trains to somebody else's backyard.
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05-20-2019 - 11:08
synonymouse
1300. Free Muni?
https://www.sfexaminer.com/the-city/report-make-muni-free-to-offset-ride-hail-impacts/
The bums will turn transit vehicles into a crapatorium.
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05-20-2019 - 10:47
synonymouse
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/security/444476-schumer-wants-investigation-into-chinese-designed-new-york
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05-20-2019 - 10:43
synonymouse
Do you think being "modern" and "coolest" was what motivated Bechtel to slime the Bay Area with a proprietary track gauge from the other side of the world? And a bizarro operating voltage and A and B
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05-20-2019 - 10:35
synonymouse
You really think putting doodlebugs on a new Richmond-San Rafael bridge is a good idea? Remember what happened to the Key System on the Bay Bridge? And the Key was carrying a lot of passengers - har
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05-20-2019 - 00:01
synonymouse
1304. Re: Valley to Valley (Confidential and Proprietary?) Clem, they know exactly what they are doing...
I do not relish playing the role of village idiot and harping but the pols controlling this affair cannot understand these fine arguments. None of them - Newsom, Feinstein, Pelosi, Harris, Breed, Sch
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05-19-2019 - 17:15
synonymouse
Highways and bridges - no problem. BART - no problem with corporate approval and pimping.
Trump could probably fall for a high-end gadgetbahn - say a Japanese maglev on the Eastern seaboard if the
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05-19-2019 - 16:54
synonymouse
We know the source of the insistence on Pacheco, but I am thinking those notables may be coming up against some equally heavy-hitters, namely BART-MTC. But with the difference that the latter do not
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05-19-2019 - 10:47
synonymouse
Doodlebugs from Cloverdale to Richmond hardly enough passengers for a bus.
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05-19-2019 - 10:42
synonymouse
All due respect, I have to disagree. California turned this thing into a patronage scheme from the get-go, mostly all on the Federal government's dime. The Party caved to San Jose, Fresno, Palmdale
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05-19-2019 - 10:30
synonymouse
1309. Re: Gavin Rail
Rand Paul is not a populist; he is a "liberal" in the original European sense - a doctrinaire believer in laissez-faire.
Trump is a full bore Reaganite in populist packaging and I think a little to
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05-19-2019 - 00:00
synonymouse
1310. Re: Gavin Rail
Gavin would take their investment money but they would have to employ locals not bring in their own crews.
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05-18-2019 - 10:08
synonymouse
The Party einsteins face a visceral technical problem here: Bosco's standard gauge definitely not MTC-SPUR's bechtel gauge. Not to mention 3rd rail vs. FRA-AAR plates, etc.
Mansourian is talking
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05-17-2019 - 23:30
synonymouse
1312. Re: SMART dream$
There is no GGT bus service north of Santa Rosa - that should tell you something.
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05-17-2019 - 16:10
synonymouse
https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-high-speed-rail-loses-federal-funding-20190516-story.html
"the state authority submitted since late 2016, repeatedly admonishing the state for 'defici
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05-17-2019 - 12:22
synonymouse
The consultants adjust the cost estimates to accord with the political objectives.
So these same folks who come up with $5bil for Pacheco would come up with $25bil for Tejon. It is all a question
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05-17-2019 - 11:53
synonymouse
Why would they want to? BART is the antithesis of high tech - a museum op. Now cell phones are another matter - you can figure any product made in China has its plans sent to Chinese intelligence.
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05-17-2019 - 11:42
synonymouse
1316. SMART dream$
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/9602528-181/smart-to-seek-up-to?ref=moststory&sba=AAS
Going the wrong direction with diminishing patronage as you proceed north. Should be south. And Richmond a
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05-17-2019 - 11:07
synonymouse
The Pacheco Pass megaproject is the pet of San Josie, ergo the likes of the SVLG, Guardino, Liccardo and likely some of the Peninsula bazillionaires. No doubt BART-MTC also prefers it as it leaves Al
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05-17-2019 - 10:51
synonymouse
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-trains-crrc/u-s-lawmakers-blast-chinese-rail-firm-amid-cybersecurity-fears-idUSKCN1SM2UY
If CRRC were to supply bechtel gauge rolling stock what could i
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05-16-2019 - 18:42
synonymouse
PBCAHSR will have to prove in court they are not in willful violation of specific provisos of Prop 1a now that this thing has been underway for more than a decade. That is the reason you will not see
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05-16-2019 - 13:44
synonymouse
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/16/trump-administration-pulls-california-high-speed-rail-funding.html
Newsom should find the stones to put this thing back on the ballot. He wants to raise taxes for s
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