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- From: whheydt@pbhya.PacBell.COM (Wilson Heydt)
- Subject: Re: Alliance for a Paving Moratorium (Alert)
- Reply-To: whheydt@PacBell.COM (Wilson Heydt)
- Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 16:44:09 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.164409.5229@pbhya.PacBell.COM>
- References: <D2150035.m4i05y@outpost.SF-Bay.org> <1992Dec30.002028.12690@pbhye.PacBell.COM>
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- In article <1992Dec30.002028.12690@pbhye.PacBell.COM> mjvande@PacBell.COM (Mike Vandeman) writes:
- >>> 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.
-
- And a car can do 55 (or more) on city streets. In neither case does
- it mean it's a good idea or that it's a 'normal' operating condition.
-
- --Hal
-
- Hal Ravn, Province of the Mists, West Kingdom
- Wilson H. Heydt, Jr., Albany, CA 94706, 510/524-8321 (home)
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