Excellent comment, Michael. Thank you.Another factor that impedes travel by train is that freight gets priority over people in many areas causing passenger trains to have to wait on sections where only one train can travel at a time. It is sad so much rail was converted to suburbs. The heavy rail of yesterday could have been the light rail of today, giving millions access to a quick and easy ride to jobs and cities.Keep up the good work, sir.Sincerely,C.
Let’s change the experiment a bit. Now we have 30 kids who live at 30 different random locations within 10 miles of the school such that no two locations are adjacent.
Now the POV excells at delivering the kids while the train can’t do it at all.
Transportation efficency is not primarily based on energy efficency so the PBS example is rendered IRRELEVANT.
High density urban living also makes poor sense in a world with the internet and electronics. It causes increased pollution, increased urban heat island effect, increases dependency rather than independence, and limits personal choice.
A better model is something like Frank Lloyd Wright’s Broadacres Estate model with a semi-homogeneous landscape of smaller towns that are relatively self-supporting.Couple that with cheap energy… which for the near future is best met by nuclear and hydrogen not sunshine and whirlygigs. It also eliminates trains for passenger service, eliminates the need for most larger expensive public tranist systems and even the POV for most local trips.
The high urban density model with centralized public transit is so obsolete an industrial revolution model. We live in the electronics age and should realize that the future is not in copying the 19th Century.
Oh, Lisa, just get it over with and ask Jerry Brown out on a date. He’s in every one of your toons. He’ll probably call you Linda a lot, but otherwise, he’ll make you a better woman.
You repeat a frequent comment of mine, Nantucket. Whenever rail is discussed, I reveal my strong belief in that system of travel for man and products. Thank you for adding another voice on this important topic.Sincerely,C.
ConserveGov over 10 years ago
Spend, spend, spend…….The Liberal Playbook.
Enoki over 10 years ago
Oh, California’s Democrat politicians in Sacramento just voted themselves a big fat raise too!
chazandru over 10 years ago
Excellent comment, Michael. Thank you.Another factor that impedes travel by train is that freight gets priority over people in many areas causing passenger trains to have to wait on sections where only one train can travel at a time. It is sad so much rail was converted to suburbs. The heavy rail of yesterday could have been the light rail of today, giving millions access to a quick and easy ride to jobs and cities.Keep up the good work, sir.Sincerely,C.
Enoki over 10 years ago
Too bad PBS’s example was TOTALLY IRRELEVANT!
Let’s change the experiment a bit. Now we have 30 kids who live at 30 different random locations within 10 miles of the school such that no two locations are adjacent.
Now the POV excells at delivering the kids while the train can’t do it at all.
Transportation efficency is not primarily based on energy efficency so the PBS example is rendered IRRELEVANT.
High density urban living also makes poor sense in a world with the internet and electronics. It causes increased pollution, increased urban heat island effect, increases dependency rather than independence, and limits personal choice.
A better model is something like Frank Lloyd Wright’s Broadacres Estate model with a semi-homogeneous landscape of smaller towns that are relatively self-supporting.Couple that with cheap energy… which for the near future is best met by nuclear and hydrogen not sunshine and whirlygigs. It also eliminates trains for passenger service, eliminates the need for most larger expensive public tranist systems and even the POV for most local trips.
The high urban density model with centralized public transit is so obsolete an industrial revolution model. We live in the electronics age and should realize that the future is not in copying the 19th Century.
nate9279 over 10 years ago
Oh, Lisa, just get it over with and ask Jerry Brown out on a date. He’s in every one of your toons. He’ll probably call you Linda a lot, but otherwise, he’ll make you a better woman.
chazandru over 10 years ago
You repeat a frequent comment of mine, Nantucket. Whenever rail is discussed, I reveal my strong belief in that system of travel for man and products. Thank you for adding another voice on this important topic.Sincerely,C.