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Report as: spam offensive metaphors on 11/09/07 at 2pm

"A handful of bridges serve as clogged pulmonary vessels that barely allow the two lungs of the Bay to breath through the smog of commuter traffic."
Who allowed that to be printed?

Report as: spam offensive us trains on 11/10/07 at 7am

"railways effectively connect Eastern Seaboard cities such as Washington and Boston,"
Have you tried pricing those out on a non-expense account? Greyhound and the Chinatown free market are far more viable.

Report as: spam offensive Maybe... on 11/10/07 at 8am

The editorial board should just publish one editorial a week. That way, they can take one issue that actually is important and about which an editorial would be interesting to read. Best case, an editorial might actually be a voice in an argument that people would heed. And they can spend four days making sure it makes sense.

Report as: spam offensive Tom on 11/11/07 at 2am

"railways effectively connect Eastern Seaboard cities such as Washington and Boston,"
Have you tried pricing those out on a non-expense account? Greyhound and the Chinatown free market are far more viable.
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Doesn't WAS-BOS cost something like $150-$200 roundtrip on Amtrak? You can buy advance flights for less than that!

Report as: spam offensive Erin on 11/12/07 at 11am

"Doesn't WAS-BOS cost something like $150-$200 roundtrip on Amtrak? You can buy advance flights for less than that!"
Perhaps, but the projected ticket price for SF to LA on CHSR is about half the cost of a plane ticket.

Report as: spam offensive King Nine on 11/12/07 at 11am

A good example of how not to plan mass transit is L.A.'s Metrorail(Metrofail). It's a pork laden joke. The subway links downtown with er.., well nowhere. The light rail lines connects L.A. with Long Beach? The system map seems to be dreamed up by an LSD research team.
The obvious answer is an elevated light rail/monorail using the existing freeway system right of way. If projects like this were turned over to the private sector,it would be feasable. Give them to CalTrans and we'll never live long enough to see them.




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