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Old 2012-08-30, 20:22   Link #8221
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Old 2012-09-04, 04:15   Link #8222
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Old 2012-09-04, 22:14   Link #8223
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We have some mass transit systems. But because of just how spead out the major metropolitan areas are on the West Coast, some of it is impractical.
A spread out area does make serving with Mass Transit a bit more difficult, but it's hardly a game breaker. In fact, geography plays a much bigger role, and because almost every major metro on the west coast is bounded in some by either mountains/rugged terrain (almost everywhere save for Las Vegas) or bodies of water (all the coastal cities and some inland ones like Sacramento and Salt Lake City) the geographic pinch points they create have become boons for Mass Transit ridership.

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The idea of bullet trains to get from San Francisco to Los Angeles has been brought up before. But some consider it a waste of money just to get from one major city to another when it is 400 miles away and you have airports handling that already in 45 minute hops.
IT'S NOT 45 MINUTES WHEN YOU HAVE TO ARRIVE AT THE FUCKING AIRPORT 3 HOURS AHEAD OF TIME TO GET THROUGH SECURITY. Now to be more civil, it's not just San Francisco and Los Angles, technically it's: San Francisco, San Mateo County, Palo Alto, San Jose, Gilroy, Merced, Fresno, Hanford, Bakersfield, Palmdale, San Fernando, and Los Angeles that are getting served in the first phase, with extensions to Sacramento, Orange County and San Diego to be built in later phases, and the private effort to connect to Las Vegas. That's a much bigger project connecting a whole people, especially considering that doing nothing would cost even more.
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Old 2012-09-04, 23:00   Link #8224
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Well it use to be 45 minutes before paranoia hit the airplane.

Still quicker than the 7 hours or more drive. and certainly more than the 11 or so hours on the Coastal Starlight.
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Old 2012-09-04, 23:06   Link #8225
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Meh, forget Cal, I want a maglev going between Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and Houston.

We got much bigger land mass problems here, and with rising gas prices, it's only going to get worse.
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Old 2012-09-04, 23:12   Link #8226
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Is the distance worth the expense? Can it serve the towns under its route? I know a lot of Texas is flat, especially near the eastern state border.

And to this the other question...what powers the maglev? What source does its power come from? Will it solve a pollution problem, or just localize it near the powerplants.
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Old 2012-09-04, 23:15   Link #8227
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Is the distance worth the expense? Can it serve the towns under its route? I know a lot of Texas is flat, especially near the eastern state border.

And to this the other question...what powers the maglev? What source does its power come from? Will it solve a pollution problem, or just localize it near the powerplants.
If we make use of the looming megavolcano under Yellowstone (and several states) there will be plenty of energy
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Old 2012-09-04, 23:17   Link #8228
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While i really like shinkansen to replace airplanes in future. However, how is the security on bullet train network comparing to airport (in other countries)? Do they also take the same approximate time as airplane (e.g. 3 hours) to process?
Well i guess in theory, terrorists can't just ride the whole train and crash into the Pentagon like they did with airplanes, so maybe the security won't have to be as tight? But won't it be the same blowing up a plane or a train (in worst case scenario)


PS: on energy problem, i think it should not be a problem, because energy using for trains (move things on smooth surface) will always much lower than for airplanes (levitate and move the same mass). And big power plant will always more energy efficiency that the plane engines.
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Old 2012-09-05, 00:28   Link #8229
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Use Mt. Doom (Yellowstone) as power. I like it.
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Old 2012-09-05, 00:29   Link #8230
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While i really like shinkansen to replace airplanes in future. However, how is the security on bullet train network comparing to airport (in other countries)? Do they also take the same approximate time as airplane (e.g. 3 hours) to process?
Well i guess in theory, terrorists can't just ride the whole train and crash into the Pentagon like they did with airplanes, so maybe the security won't have to be as tight? But won't it be the same blowing up a plane or a train (in worst case scenario)


PS: on energy problem, i think it should not be a problem, because energy using for trains (move things on smooth surface) will always much lower than for airplanes (levitate and move the same mass). And big power plant will always more energy efficiency that the plane engines.
You forget, trains are scheduled to move more frequently than airplanes, so the overall costs may be higher.
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Old 2012-09-05, 00:34   Link #8231
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While i really like shinkansen to replace airplanes in future. However, how is the security on bullet train network comparing to airport (in other countries)? Do they also take the same approximate time as airplane (e.g. 3 hours) to process?
... You get to the station with your ticket, validate it at a machine, and climb into the train? And maybe during the trip a controller checks that you have your ticket? You spend more time walking to your seat than worrying about security.
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Old 2012-09-05, 00:40   Link #8232
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For pollution I think they are thinking about cars more than airplanes.
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Old 2012-09-05, 00:59   Link #8233
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You forget, trains are scheduled to move more frequently than airplanes, so the overall costs may be higher.
Not for long distance bullet trains through, isn't it? As the only reason trains provide more frequent trips than airplanes are because:
  • it provide more trips for more customers (valid reasons)
  • it make the trip planning more convenient for users, as it was subsidized by the government to get people off the road (can't really apply for long distance trip) or away from other alternatives (airplanes/cars, but it will save fuel/ energy consumption in this case)
And they can just make less trip per day/ or less trip during non-peak hours, as no way that it can't compete with airplanes when it comes to infrequency. I think the biggest problem with shinkansen is still due to high initial investment, and the importance of desk-top study on: a) the demand of long-term trips versus b) investment costs/ other risks. Basically quite an intensive engineering/designing alternative (governmental sector+contractors), rather than expanding the current air trips model (private sector)
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... You get to the station with your ticket, validate it at a machine, and climb into the train? And maybe during the trip a controller checks that you have your ticket? You spend more time walking to your seat than worrying about security.
So there's no special security on shinkansen comparing to normal trains? Do you have to send your luggage for security check like with airplanes?
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Old 2012-09-05, 01:03   Link #8234
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Not for long distance bullet trains through, isn't it? As the only reason trains provide more frequent trips than airplanes are because:
  • it provide more trips for more customers (valid reasons)
  • it make the trip planning more convenient for users, as it was subsidized by the government to get people off the road (can't really apply for long distance trip) or away from other alternatives (airplanes/cars, but it will save fuel/ energy consumption in this case)

So there's no special security on shinkansen comparing to normal trains? Do you have to send your luggage for security check like with airplanes?
I've never had luggage check while using shinkansens.
They do check your ticket though.

We also have a lot less terrorism to worry about, and no example of a bomb attack ever. Just a case of gas attack way back.
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Old 2012-09-05, 01:05   Link #8235
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And that was in a subway, which is far more populated and enclosed.
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Old 2012-09-05, 01:09   Link #8236
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Exactly.
Bombing a shinkansen is just counterproductive by comparison.

You'd get WAY better frag counts results elsewhere.
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Old 2012-09-05, 01:15   Link #8237
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risingstar3110: I was talking about France, but no, no security checks.

Re: terroristm: We've had a few subway attacks 20 years ago. Oh, and weren't there big attacks in UK and spain a few years ago?
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Old 2012-09-05, 03:24   Link #8238
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So there's no special security on shinkansen comparing to normal trains? Do you have to send your luggage for security check like with airplanes?
No. It's really just taking a train, except after a few hours you're suddenly in the other side of Japan.

The USA's problems with the maglev stuff is more complicated than just not building them though. The thing with Japan, France, and the rest of the civilized world (*cough*) is that when you get off that Shinkansen or TGV or the London-Paris Eurostar, you have something else to ride on to go from the big train station in the center of the city to where you need to be. In the USA, what's the point of catching a ride on that speedy SF-LA maglev if you can't go anywhere in the cities themselves without a car? (Though to be fair it's not like air travel don't have that problem, but that's why Americans often do road trips instead...)

Metro then maglev, and by the angels Los Angeles really, really needs a metro.
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Old 2012-09-05, 03:40   Link #8239
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See, when I get off a train almost anywhere in the world:
1) it has gone somewhere I'm going or
2) it has connections to other forms of transport
3) it isn't located in some rats ass dump part of town where kidneys are harvested
4) it isn't taking second place in scheduling to every freight train, meaning the passenger trains almost never get anywhere on time.

I spend a fair amount of time in downtown Los Angeles. The metro systems, light rail, and buses are *almost* good for getting around but they don't run on a consistent schedule 24/7. The train station to other cities does connect to it at least. Same with Portland, both the train station and airport are directly connected to the local rail/trolley systems.

But it is all amazingly fractured compared to many other regions.
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