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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Sat Jun 11 11:36:58 2005, in response to Re: Canarsie CBTC, posted by RonInBayside on Sat Jun 11 10:41:36 2005. But I'm impressed with his open-mindedness about harnessing this technology. It's quite a change from his posts of two years ago.This thread has been about the rationale behind the Canarsie CBTC. I can certainly understand and explain the arguments. That has still not altered my opinion that CBTC in not appropriate for retrofitting a system with NYCT's topology. There have been many red herrings suggested for CBTC's benefits. The biggest one being increased service capacity. Simply not true. CBTC's only potential retrofit benefit is reduced maintenance costs. Now, when one annularizes the capital costs and overpays by $200 million out of a $288 million contract, those reduced maintenance costs are an illusion. |
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