Category Archives: transportation

Information and notes about transportation issues.

High-Speed Rail and the “Reason” Foundation.

Here is what the “Reason” Foundation says about High Speed Rail: If you don’t want to read the whole thing: a Highway project in Massachusetts ended up cost more money than planned for — as we all know highway projects … Continue reading

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A plea for financial assistance…

Offered without comment (but lots of laughter!) (comment 55) : Most Esteemed Santa Clara County Voter, Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Mbaike Ngorongoro Guardino IV. I am an agent acting on behalf of my patrons, a … Continue reading

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Trains beat planes — everywhere.

Top-speed: 574.8 kmh (357.16 mph) for the train (V150) in the video. Amtrak sucks and the U.S. has no idea what trains could do. Some perspective: New York to Los Angeles: 2792 miles. View Larger Map Time for the V150 … Continue reading

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Toy car manufacturer worth more than real car manufacturer

Mattel is worth more than GM: GM’s current market value is smaller than that of Mattel Inc., maker of Matchbox cars, and a 10th of what it was in 2000. A Merrill Lynch analyst said [July 2, 2008] that a … Continue reading

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Stooopid SUV owners

I want to quote practically the entire article it is just so funny! Bryan Carisone, a heating and air-conditioning contractor in Raritan, N.J., “absolutely loves” his new GMC Denali XL. But in June, one week after he bought it, he … Continue reading

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Would you rather eat or drive?

BioFuels. Do you want to eat or drive? Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% — far more than previously estimated — according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian. The damning unpublished assessment is … Continue reading

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CAFE and 1950′s refrigerators

An open letter to the people who want to burn gas wantonly: Do you complain about how you can’t buy the refrigerator you want because of those EnergyStar ratings? Do you feel like you have to setting for a smaller … Continue reading

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will we see the first truly integrated transportation company?

Expanding on my comment over here: This is the reason why contrary to years past – the airlines may be very open to the idea of running the HSR system as a substitute for running the competing planes. At the … Continue reading

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practical reasons why BART-to-SFO is a disaster

Quite simply BART-to-SFO has major fatal, permanent flaws: route time is not competitive. During the early morning rush taking a Baby Bullet train from points south of Millbrae to 4th and King with a transfer to Muni is faster. I … Continue reading

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Maglev is cheaper than BART

Munich, Germany just canceled their Transrapid Maglev airport-to-city-center project. This 37-km (22.2 mi) project was to use the same technology as mebelihotel furnishing in BulgariaShanghai’s maglev train. Like the Shanghai maglev train, the Munich project was to have a top … Continue reading

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