3rdrail wrote:In general, they're much narrower elsewhere.
3rdrail wrote:CircusFreakGRITZ wrote:1) ...you are saying that having the trains there in the street will make traffic enforcement and drivers alike become more aware of the fact that trolleys cannot dodge vehicles.
2)...Second, you are saying that riders wouldn't mind how long it takes to get from Arborway to downtown.
3)... many riders would certainly mind...
4)... Again, we all need to un-bias ourselves.
5) ...Being a train buff, I am sure YOU would not mind train service that's as slow as molasses, but as a fellow train buff myself...
6)...you are looking at this in terms of "I really want to see a train running in the street because there was one before" rather than "what makes sense today?"
A bit presumptuous, wouldn't you say ?
Edit 3:52PM, date. Circus Freak, my hand just slipped and I inadvertantly pushed the "Foe" button by your name by mistake. Unfortunately, I will not be able to see your intelligently composed posts from this point on. Oh darn !
CircusFreakGRITZ wrote:Again, I was not trying to criticize you personally. Have you seen presidential debates? It is a debate, and the candidates don't take things personally. In fact, I am not sure why you are acting like the victim here. All you seem to do is criticize others (does the MBTA online store discussion ring a bell?), then you cry foul when people argue with your own points.
Just like they "temporarily discontinued" the "A" Watertown.MarkB wrote:T management had been trying to get rid of that line since the 1940s. When they finally did so, it was sneaky in the sense that they claimed they were doing repairs, but the process played out over years, with lawsuits flying all around. So it's not like they pulled the plug one day - they had a clear strategy, and rammed it home over several years.
I posted something similar in http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=106627&p=1099194&hilit=hyrail#p1099194. In Japan there is a confusingly named "Dual Mode Vehicle" http://gondolaproject.com/2012/03/05/techno-squabbles-and-dual-mode-vehicles-railbus-busrail/. Perhaps we should call it a "roadable trolley". It is a 28 passenger diesel bus with a "Hyrail" on the front and back, switches modes <15 sec., but uses the back rubber tires for propulsion. My idea: take a silverline dual-mode, make it PCC size w/o any articulation. Put Hyrails on the front and back like the Japanese version, but use the steel wheels for propulsion. Pretty complicated but sweet. MarkB's version would be cheaper and simpler (all-electric), but you'd have to make one of the two trolley poles retract, or offset them and merge them together when running on rail. Are the trolley wires still in place on Arborway?Here's my idea - trackless trollies for South/Centre st, with those undercarriage rail wheels that pickup trucks use to run on railroad tracks. Go rubber to Heath st, and then put down the rail wheels and run right into the tunnel at Northeastern. It's genius1
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