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07-27-2018 - 21:26
synonymouse
That's MTC slang for Welcome Aboard.
Maybe SPUR will come to its senses and realize BART would ghetto out Geary.
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07-27-2018 - 10:26
synonymouse
1952. Re: SF Muni wants you
After the appearance of electric traction cable railways became obsolete, except on steep hills.
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07-27-2018 - 00:47
synonymouse
1953. Re: SF Muni wants you
No engineering consultants needed at that time to re-invent the wheel.
A better question is why the first cable lines were built to 3'6". Answer is narrow streets, like Sacramento and Clay. The M
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07-26-2018 - 16:35
synonymouse
1954. Re: SF Muni wants you
Muni has studied wiring the #38 and concluded favorably - diesel busmen intervened and the project was shelved along with wiring the then #71.
As to Rolph IIRC in 1934 when San Jose requested troop
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07-26-2018 - 16:22
synonymouse
At the very least you'd think LACMTA would seek a dispensation or indulgence(not quite sure which is ecclesiastically correct in this instance)from Jerry and the Sacramento curia to try out triple sec
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07-26-2018 - 14:39
synonymouse
https://urbanize.la/post/metro-board-approves-orange-line-upgrades?utm_source=pushengage&utm_medium=pushnotification&utm_campaign=pushengage
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07-26-2018 - 14:36
synonymouse
1957. Re: SF Muni wants you
AFAIK Sunny Jim Rolph was a Republican.
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07-26-2018 - 11:13
synonymouse
1958. SF Muni wants you
http://www.sfexaminer.com/muni-suffering-major-citywide-service-gaps-due-operator-shortage/
Interesting set of comments. This has been a recurrent problem over the years but Muni now has to deal w
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07-25-2018 - 18:43
synonymouse
1959. Re: Interesting Fact
The Market St. Ry. had a counterbalance line on Fillmore St. from vicinity of Broadway down to the Marina.
It was trashed in 1942 along with the Castro St. cable and the Sacramento St. cable. I as
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07-24-2018 - 23:50
synonymouse
1960. Re: Interesting Fact
But why not BART Imperial gauge so it won't suffer the Bechtelian nightmare of the wind blowing it over?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coliseum%E2%80%93Oakland_International_Airport_line
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07-24-2018 - 19:26
synonymouse
1961. Re: Interesting Fact
And still do, like the OAC.
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07-23-2018 - 18:36
synonymouse
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-speed-trap-20180722-story.html#nws=mcnewsletter
When self-driving cars become universal(?)let everyone be awarded a tank. Destruction derby.
Is pedes
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07-23-2018 - 13:31
synonymouse
https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Teen-s-slaying-may-have-been-BART-s-third-in-13097963.php
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07-19-2018 - 23:22
synonymouse
1964. 16,359 battery buses
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/chine/chine-shenzhen-la-ville-aux-transports-electriques_2857953.html
That is going to require a lot of solar panels. I wonder if there is some coal-flavored juic
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07-19-2018 - 21:18
synonymouse
Oh yeah.
Better yet would be something along the lines of the driverless car control system that would give the pedestrian a 360 degree input of all the vehicles coming at him. And a record of all
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07-19-2018 - 14:30
synonymouse
The subject title was supposed to read just SMART.
Apparently the keyboard and/or software pulled up an old subject out of memory. I thought I had fixed it but not.
Of course my opinion about t
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07-19-2018 - 10:37
synonymouse
"buy out"? The counties should charge what is left of NCRA-NWP demolition and scrapping fees and fines.
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07-19-2018 - 10:34
synonymouse
sorry about the titleing - should have read simply SMART. Keyboard weirdness.
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07-19-2018 - 10:32
synonymouse
Lieutenant Brian Miller, Petaluma Police Department AGENCY
Be advised the railroad traffic control arms at Payran Street just east of Petaluma Blvd North are stuck in the down position. Drivers are e
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07-18-2018 - 20:25
synonymouse
Historically Larkspur has not been happy with any station there.
If the line is extended further south Larkspur would no longer be the terminus and that might mollify them a bit. And if if were a
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07-18-2018 - 20:19
synonymouse
You should like this one:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/18/electric-scooters-on-collision-course-with-pedestrians-and-lawmakers-.html
Maybe pedestrians will have to start "packing" if only a body
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07-18-2018 - 15:03
synonymouse
1973. As expected
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/18/court-blocks-measure-asking-voters-to-split-california-in-3.html
The last thing the machine wants is an expression of discontent.
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07-18-2018 - 13:30
synonymouse
SMART needs to proceed south to Marin City and then on to the real City.
But I have noticed one unit pm SMART trains of late so there may be some internal pressure already to economize.
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07-18-2018 - 10:31
synonymouse
The losses from any freight ops(when maintenance of the physical plant is factored in)plus the likelihood that the extension to the north side of Sir Francis Drake will add some passengers but not as
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07-17-2018 - 21:01
synonymouse
Those are good questions along with the general one of what is SMART, a subsidized public entity, doing running a freight op in competition with privately owned truckers.
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07-17-2018 - 13:34
synonymouse
1978. OT but worth a laff
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/17/mgm-resorts-files-suit-against-more-than-1000-route-91-victims.html
What happens in Vegas is a preemptive strike.
You still wanna spend $5-$10 bil on Palmdale bas
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07-16-2018 - 12:55
synonymouse
Anyone who puts something in an email they do not want "spooks" to read is a moron.
What did the Russians find out? Donna Brazile fed Hilary the questions in the debate?
Nixon's burglary of the
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07-15-2018 - 13:04
synonymouse
GGT would use an MCI coach for something like that. They are pretty big and comfortable.
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