Drako
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What are the terrorists going to do, hijack the train and fly it into a building?
Apparently you didn't here about the 2005 London bombings?
What are the terrorists going to do, hijack the train and fly it into a building?
Harder to kill a lot of people on a train with a small bomb.
Apparently you didn't here about the 2005 London bombings?
All you have to do is derail it, and at high speed you've pretty much killed everyone on the train.
HSR in CA would mean that people living in Central CA would be able to commute daily to the Bay Area or the LA area for work. It makes a lot of sense there.
the shanghai maglev train on its slower timeframe hits a peak speed of 187, averaging 139 over the 19 miles it takes to go station to station. it takes 8:10. it can accelerate to 220 in 2 minutes. if the floriduh train could do similar and have both express and local routes then it could probably cut the travel time from downtown to downtown to under 40 minutes. but it needs to go downtown to downtown if it goes anywhere. not some station 5 miles from downtown.
We don't want any of those San Joaquin Valley types of people in the Santa Clara Valley. You stay in your valley, I'll stay in mine![]()
People also like living downtown areas. Train stations bring all new life to crap areas as it's usually the trendy folks with money who are the "urban pioneers" of once desolate wastelands of America.
Living car free, green, walking to the store to do your shopping or getting stuff, parks/schools in walking distance for kids. And getting to and from work a few blocks from your house? A lot of people will leave their crap apts in the 'burbs and the debt/hassle of cars for this more modern (yet classic American) lifestyle.
will they get free unicorns also????
Works fine here. And no, no unicorns. Sucks too, you know what those horns would go for nowadays in the castro district crushed up for snorting? =P
This just goes to show you how out of touch with reality you are.
With podunkville? I am sure you good 'ol boys will be ok without dat dere general lee if you got to git out and walk.
Americans are not all lazy fatasses in some hick town too lazy to walk a block for a snackcake. That's not mainstream, its pathetic.
Don't live in a poorly planned out area with shit infrastructure? Plenty of kids walk home from school.
Probably hell of a lot more fit then some sheltered kid being chauffeured everywhere by their obese mommy and daddy.
That's the problem with elitists...they don't understand (nor do they care) how the common folk lives and then to top it off, they have to ridicule them...
This has a way of working itself out, most US downtowns are wastelands currently thanks to freeway blight. Whenever we get a new station developers go nuts trying to fit everyone in new buildings closer the better to the stations.
People also like living downtown areas. Train stations bring all new life to crap areas as it's usually the trendy folks with money who are the "urban pioneers" of once desolate wastelands of America.
Living car free, green, walking to the store to do your shopping or getting stuff, parks/schools in walking distance for kids. And getting to and from work a few blocks from your house? A lot of people will leave their crap apts in the 'burbs and the debt/hassle of cars for this more modern (yet classic American) lifestyle.
Hopefully FL reconsiders this, as it shouldn't be that expensive as it is a very flat state and is the key to slowing down the unsustainable urban sprawl. We have only have the sprawl problem really since the 1950s. Not too late to stop the trend any further and start planning ahead for future generations.
Damn shame, FL is a beautiful state, minus the one story shitty cinderblock crackerboxes dotting the landscape. Hopefully this ends.
How could your typical middle class family afford to live in an area like this? A downtown area can only employ so many people.
the shanghai maglev train on its slower timeframe hits a peak speed of 187, averaging 139 over the 19 miles it takes to go station to station. it takes 8:10. it can accelerate to 220 in 2 minutes. if the floriduh train could do similar and have both express and local routes then it could probably cut the travel time from downtown to downtown to under 40 minutes. but it needs to go downtown to downtown if it goes anywhere. not some station 5 miles from downtown.
In my neighborhood there are a lot more middle class families then your whole state possibly. More people = more of everything. Average house is 4-5 stories tall and yes, I survive here well and support a small business or two, work 40 hours block and a half commute. I get in a car every few years. Actually, I don't even know anyone with a car here or anyone who bothers with even getting their licence. Why bother?
I guess not everyone is as fortunate as you are then. However, you seem to think that what works for you and those in your immediate area is how it should work for everyone else.
If I lived in Florida I would be pissed off that the Governor turned down an opportunity to improve the state's infrastructure because there is a Democrat in the White House.
We don't want any of those San Joaquin Valley types of people in the Santa Clara Valley. You stay in your valley, I'll stay in mine![]()
