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Re: 2nd Ave Subway Setback |
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Posted by Easy on Tue Jul 21 21:59:22 2009, in response to Re: 2nd Ave Subway Setback, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Tue Jul 21 21:36:05 2009. Why light rail? Or maybe you mean different than what I'm used to. Light rail is relatively expensive to build (50% of heavy rail), with expensive equipment, and is expensive to operate. Then you have a system that has less than half the capacity of heavy rail. IOW it's much cheaper in the long run to build one heavy rail system than two or three parallel light rail systems to carry the same amount of passengers. Of course having more lines is better for passengers, but at a cost. |
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