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Re: TA is obsessed with CBTC, and ''New'' tech for no reason. |
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Posted by RonInBayside on Wed Mar 5 09:55:16 2008, in response to Re: TA is obsessed with CBTC, and ''New'' tech for no reason., posted by JournalSquare-K-Car on Tue Mar 4 21:23:14 2008. "If you ran 62s on the MFL(broad guage trucks), the passengers would notice hown it took longer to get to their destination. They would also notice how slow the cars are, and how they can't go above 22 miles on an up-grade."True, but that's not what I am referring to. Passengers want reliable service, meaning a high frequency of trains, safety, comfortable ride. They are very highly intolerant of accident risks (even sometimes unrealistically so, the same kind of intolerance of risk that they have about a lot of technology issues). Rapid acceleration beyond 3 mph/s is mnot wanted by the public because it is uncomfortable when you have to stand. Railbuffs like it, but railbuffs do not have the same agenda as most passengers. "News will spread that the subway service is faster, and more frequent, so more people will ride." The trains are already packed. SEPTA these days has no trouble at all turning the subways into sardine tinms and it has nothing to do with speed. New York Cty is carrying record loads on the trains and it also has nothing to do with speed. I am optimistic thart one day you will stop confusing foaming with knowledge. :0) |
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