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Re: What is the fastest speed of a subway train? |
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Posted by Easy on Thu Feb 25 10:47:56 2010, in response to Re: What is the fastest speed of a subway train?, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Thu Feb 25 03:46:43 2010. A tunnel under Long Beach probably won't happen, but you did nail the slowest point of the line. I think that the best case would be for them to figure a way to better coordinate the signals like they do on Flower and Washington. When you leave 7th/metro there is a countdown timer and if they leave when the light is white (or is it green?) they usally get lights synchronized for the next several miles until they hit the ROW. It doesn't work as well at rush hour when there are multiple trains on that portion, but it's still better than Long Beach where trains stop at the majority of the traffic lights.And the tunnels are interesting because some cities/neighborhoods prefer that the trains run at grade. For example the new Expo Line will run at grade through Santa Monica which is what Santa Monica wanted. I guess that there is s sense that the trains are more part of the commnuity that way and people will be more likely to take the train if they can see it. Also people will perhaps shop more often at businesses along the way. Of course the downside is that the trip takes a few minutes longer. |
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