2012-08-30, 20:22 | Link #8221 |
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2012-09-04, 04:15 | Link #8222 |
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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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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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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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2012-09-04, 23:15 | Link #8227 | |
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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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2012-09-05, 00:29 | Link #8230 | |
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2012-09-05, 00:34 | Link #8231 |
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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.
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2012-09-05, 00:59 | Link #8233 | |
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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?
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2012-09-05, 01:03 | Link #8234 | |
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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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2012-09-05, 03:24 | Link #8238 | |
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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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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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2012-09-05, 07:04 | Link #8240 |
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Chairs placed by Eastwood cutout on Calif. trail
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