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05-16-2019 - 10:29
synonymouse
Does this also entail more connector buses from Bakersfield to LA? And why aren't these buses routed thru Mojave and Palmdale?
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05-16-2019 - 10:26
synonymouse
1322. Feinstein letter
https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?id=869AF072-C056-439D-963C-5B8E8D47E724
Bechtel gauge is carrying fewer passengers.
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05-15-2019 - 12:54
synonymouse
I believe that is an acronym for Fresno Area Rapid Transit, pretty much Valley HSR.
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05-15-2019 - 10:34
synonymouse
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Palmdale
It is so down and out no NIMBY's.
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05-14-2019 - 12:29
synonymouse
My guess is the Volstead Act has already been repealed as there is some streamlining on the autos and trucks. Latter half of the thirties.
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05-13-2019 - 20:37
synonymouse
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-jt/france-2/20-heures/video-les-courants-electriques-a-l-origine-des-mysterieuses-morts-de-vaches_3441895.html
Windmills got other problems:
-kill bids
-mes
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05-13-2019 - 20:22
synonymouse
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/europe/allemagne/allemagne-une-autoroute-electrique-inauguree_3441545.html
Impressive overhead - starchitect cardiac arrest
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05-13-2019 - 12:09
synonymouse
You would definitely want to merge SMART into Golden Gate Transit.
The GG Bridge has the resources and the gravitas to spar with MTC-BART-SPUR to get the entree into SF for SMART.
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05-13-2019 - 10:37
synonymouse
1329. Re: Downtown Connector... It's only "news" to the LA Times.....and certainly not "new" news....?
It is unfortunate the LA crosstown tunnel is encountering problems. The basic plan seems to be a good one, so problems of implementation not conception.
In SF the Central Subway was undermined by
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05-12-2019 - 10:51
synonymouse
https://www.rainews.it/tgr/campania/notiziari/
Scroll to 04:15 for Scampia scheduled demo.
France is trashing these Wiener "pink palaces" too. The elevators are chronically out of operation jus
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05-12-2019 - 10:38
synonymouse
https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/news/21079872/federal-officials-insist-honolulu-step-up-its-funding-of-rail
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05-10-2019 - 12:44
synonymouse
Good point and one that brings up a real problem for BART-MTC-SPUR. If BART ridership is declining and Caltrain's increasing(perhaps substantially with electrification)the case for a second bechtel g
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05-10-2019 - 11:11
synonymouse
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Flagging-ridership-puts-BART-in-budget-bind-and-13833861.php
The hoi polloi just do not appreciate the Bechtels were guided by divine inspiration. Just
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05-09-2019 - 15:02
synonymouse
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/More-Coupler-Damage-Found-on-New-Muni-Cars-Triggering-Redesign-and-Finger-Pointing-509654611.html
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05-09-2019 - 10:25
synonymouse
1336. "sunk cost fallacy"
https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article170068582.html
Rats don't have to deal with skunks like the Tejon Ranch Co.
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05-08-2019 - 17:17
synonymouse
The first SF cable car lines were also built to 3'6" gauge. Market St. lines were standard gauge.
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05-08-2019 - 09:29
synonymouse
1338. gadgetbahnning
https://www.city-journal.org/california-high-speed-rail-alternatives
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05-07-2019 - 11:50
synonymouse
1339. PBprop
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/07/why-is-there-no-high-speed-rail-in-the-us.html
Interesting retrospective at first on the highway lobby postwar massacre of electric rail transit in the US but it was
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05-07-2019 - 11:10
synonymouse
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-bullet-train-costs-central-valley-20190505-story.html
"Infrastructure" is code for "Patronage".
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05-07-2019 - 10:32
synonymouse
Nuevo San Quentin as TOD at Palmdale HSR Hauptbahnhof.
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05-07-2019 - 10:26
synonymouse
Had Muni management killed off the B in the postwar 1946-50 rip-out of most all of the streetcar lines in the City Geary would have been converted to trolley coach. It was busier than the #5 and the
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05-06-2019 - 16:57
synonymouse
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-California-s-struggling-high-speed-13818027.php
"Shearing down the system remains the best option for now."
How about shearing do
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05-06-2019 - 10:59
synonymouse
1344. Oh no
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Breed-picks-former-Bay-Area-transportation-czar-13811010.php
Just when you thought things could not get any worse.
Plus ca change...
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05-06-2019 - 10:38
synonymouse
All the electrification of the #38 and #7 need is commitment at the top and willingness to tell BART-MTC and SPUR to take a flying leap. She should insist on a more Muni-friendly MTC and less puppete
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05-05-2019 - 19:31
synonymouse
Did the UP not have to install fuel facilities for the big blow gas turbines that burnt bunker C? Allegedly they consumed prodigious amounts of fuel. They were very impressive(smokers) in the summer
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05-05-2019 - 19:15
synonymouse
http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=37167&start=15
"Coal strikes in 1946 and again in 1952 pushed the UP to convert locomotives to oil. By the end of 1946, all 4-8-4s on the system were
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05-05-2019 - 17:09
synonymouse
AFAIK UP management was miffed about a coal miners' strike and wanted to punish the UMW.
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05-05-2019 - 12:02
synonymouse
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article229992974.html
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05-05-2019 - 11:09
synonymouse
I just hope we see any fired up UP steamer in Sacramento this summer so I can take my grandkids to see something we likely won't experience again.
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