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- From: mjvande@pbhye.PacBell.COM (Mike Vandeman)
- Newsgroups: ba.transportation
- Subject: Re: Alliance for a Paving Moratorium (Alert)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.002028.12690@pbhye.PacBell.COM>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 00:20:28 GMT
- References: <D2150035.m4i05y@outpost.SF-Bay.org>
- Reply-To: mjvande@PacBell.COM (Mike Vandeman)
- Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
- Lines: 13
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- >> Your comments are worthless, unless you propose better figures. Plan a light
- >> rail line (not BART -- we are talking about light rail) & an EQUIVALENT
- >> freeway (in person-carrying capacity: one rail line = several freeway lanes)
- >> and THEN do the comparison.
- >
- >To me the comparision would be
- >
- > freeways <-> heavy rail
- >
- > main roads <-> light rail
-
- Actually, a light rail line can carry the equivalent of a freeway, I
- am told. They can reach 55 MPH or more.
-