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Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Jun 18 20:55:42 2006, in response to Re: Here comes Staten Is. Light Rail (this is why), posted by tydev417 on Sun Jun 18 17:25:45 2006. Nobdoy said it is street-running. The Whole ENTIRE ROW is SEPARATED, there is no "street-running" if they are building it on an old ROWIt appears that you didn't read the study, I see. They have two alignments they are studying; one is the old ROW, the other is a new ROW on the "shoulder" of Richmond Terrace (which would indeed involve street-running on some parts). What YOU fail to understand is that this heavy rail that you speak of is more EXPENSIVE than LRT False, for the umpteenth time. Your LRT is going to have higher capital costs, higher maintenance costs due to necessary separate facilities and separate spare-parts inventories, and higher operating costs due to number of operators and (can you believe it?) fare inspectors. The only way that heavy-rail is ever "more expensive" than LRT is in the case of new-build with extensive underground segments—and there have been a number of new-build underground LRT lines with comparable costs. you hate the R160s, you hate the PA-5s, you don't like the THE project, you don't want Moynihan station, you dislike the Grand Central project, you don't like LRT and only want heavy rail Wow, this is very sad on your part, you resorting to lies. I never spoke out against the R160s—never. Nor did I speak out against the PA-5s; what I said is that it was a waste of money to buy so many of them versus rehabbing the PA-4s. There is no such thing as "Moynihan Station", there is only Moynihan Concourse which delivers virtually nothing. What "Grand Central project" have I spoken out against? As for LRT, it has its place; just not on former commuter or heavy-rail rights of way. As for your language, it's very childish; this is an adult board, and if you can't deal with that, then perhaps you ought to go to some place like Railroadforums . . . |
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