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Originally Posted by Ancient Dragon 
St Louis began a mass transit rail system about 10 years ago and was an immediate hit. The trains are always full and there is a train going by each rail station every 15 minutes. When there is a baseball game at the down-town St Louis Cardinals Bush statium (no relation to our president) there is a train every 5 minutes. And the city continues to expand the system every few years with the overwhelming taxpayer support.
And its inexpensive too. The last time I rode it I could go anywhere I wanted for only $1.50USD. The St Louis airport is about an hour's drive from my home. Now I just drive to the nearest station's free paring lot, about 10 minutes away, and take the train.
And environmentally safe I think (electric engines).
Another major problem with mass transit is a worker strike, as has happened in many cities and countries here and abroad. Downright criminal, and really cuts into your life style and income.
If lithium ion batteries ever succeed to overcome production problems with larger units, reliability and cost, they will be great for private electric cars. The present nickel hydride batteries used in hybrids are too heavy to run the car alone.
Last edited by sneekula; Feb 29th, 2008 at 1:32 pm.
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Actually, if cities were designed for automobiles, we wouldn't have the traffic problems we have.
Most cities were originally designed with the following two factors uppermost:
- Rectangular plots of real estate.
- Horse and wagon traffic.
Rail and automobile traffic were cobbled into the existing layouts.
Mass transit does not work until the city is large enough to support enough transit routes to cover most of the city. The transit systems of smaller cities (under 2 million population) don't cover enough of the city's area to handle even 10 percent of the trips.
Most cities were originally designed with the following two factors uppermost:
- Rectangular plots of real estate.
- Horse and wagon traffic.
Rail and automobile traffic were cobbled into the existing layouts.
Mass transit does not work until the city is large enough to support enough transit routes to cover most of the city. The transit systems of smaller cities (under 2 million population) don't cover enough of the city's area to handle even 10 percent of the trips.
Last edited by MidiMagic; Mar 3rd, 2008 at 11:31 pm.
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Midi, he was probably thinking about the 'burbs with the concomitant sprawl.
Sneekula, worker strikes are not a major problem with mass transit; they may have major impact 'during' the strike but have no effect on mass transit in general. Remember that it is workers' strikes that gave you a 40-hour work week.
Sneekula, worker strikes are not a major problem with mass transit; they may have major impact 'during' the strike but have no effect on mass transit in general. Remember that it is workers' strikes that gave you a 40-hour work week.
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