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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Wed Jan 12 00:54:39 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS: MBTA MPXpress Locomotive #010 In Delivery, posted by aem7ac on Wed Jan 12 00:33:03 2011. North American systems sometimes have industry "best practices"To me, I'm sitting in what's arguably the "best" transit region of the country, and I find the network to be somewhat hobbled by the best practices of North American rail transport. I'm stuck with a 2 tph off peak railway with no transfers to an other mode, and an intercity line that with improvements still isn't beating door to door times with no traffic. My older brother is stuck playing triplicate fares because agencies like to treat each other like red-headed stepchildren, and my cousin ends up taking a long bus ride to a long subway line because the local commuter rail line has crap headways at high fares. In Germany, I'd have a frequent service rail line near me that reduces the opportunity costs of going to the core, my older brother would have a simplified and lower tariff for his commuting costs, and my cousin would simply walk to the railway station. And some of my Amtrak trips would finally beat door to door driving times... |
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