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Re: OT: Muppets

From Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com>
Newsgroups sci.electronics.design
Subject Re: OT: Muppets
Date 2017-12-24 14:37 -0800
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On 2017-12-24 13:56, krw@notreal.com wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 07:50:45 -0800, Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 2017-12-23 17:49, krw@notreal.com wrote:
>>> On Sat, 23 Dec 2017 15:27:20 -0500, rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> rickman wrote on 12/23/2017 3:17 PM:
>>>>> Joerg wrote on 12/23/2017 3:09 PM:
>>>>>> On 2017-12-23 12:03, rickman wrote:
>>>>>>> Joerg wrote on 12/23/2017 10:39 AM:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In the US there are efficient commuter trains and on short distance
>>>>>>>> passenger traffic is the larger revenue generator no matter what
>>>>>>>> people say.
>>>>>>>> Not freight.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No one is saying there aren't a few passenger routes that make money.
>>>>>>> It is possible.  But you can't run a railroad on passenger service.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not true.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.intheblack.com/articles/2015/09/01/bullet-trains-and-the-economics-of-high-speed-railways
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Quote "Within one decade, the line generated enough income to cover its
>>>>>> development and running costs". They are clocking in profits year after year.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry, this conversation has been about US trains.  Should have said, "in
>>>>> the US".  Of course it is possible with something like bullet trains, but
>>>>> again we are discussing existing rail service.  The railroads in the US
>>>>> aren't going to build "bullet" trains on their dime.  So for all practical
>>>>> purposes in the US, there will not be profitable passenger railroads.
>>>>>
>>>>> If there is enough usage to gain other benefits, I would support subsidies
>>>>> of specific rail routes.  But they don't seem to work well with a delicate
>>>>> balance between how much subsidy and how much usage.  Some lines are worth
>>>>> the expense, others aren't.
>>>>>
>>>>> Remember, a rail line is not a railroad!
>>>>
>>>> Actually, you should have read more of that article.  "It comes down to
>>>> geographics and population density. It’s going to work very well in some
>>>> countries and not so well in other countries.”  Elsewhere they discuss
>>>> failures and non-starters in Taiwan, Spain, Australia and the US.
>>>
>>> And that, in a nutshell, has been the *entire* argument, here.
>>>
>>>> At best rail passenger service is hit or miss.
>>>
>>> Mass transit only works where there is a mass of people (all traveling
>>> from one place to another).
>>>
>>
>> We've got plenty of that in the US. One example of many is Silicon
>> Valley. Rents and home prices are unaffordable for many so they must
>> live in the bedroom communties around. Farther away than lightrail goes.
>> Job mobility is extremely high. Population density is very high. All
>> that is the perfect breeding ground for passenger rail. Or in this case,
>> would be.
>
> No, we really don't have a lot of that in the US.  A *few* large
> cities, perhaps, but that's it.  There is a vast territory between
> those few waste islands that has no use for passenger rail of any
> kind.  Few cities are prime candidates, for that matter.
>

When have you been in the Bay Area last time? When one city ends the 
next one begins, immediately. There is no free turf in between. There 
can't be because it would be a colossal waste of financial opportunity 
to let any land sit idle (unless mandated by some enviro-whatever agency).

-- 
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

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