Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
However, putting rails on existing freeways is riddled with problems.
Well, we've had streetcar tracks in cities for well over a hundred
years. There are lots of places where railroad tracks run right along
highways. There are many places with dedicated lanes for trucks or
buses; they've often created them by taking over lanes or shoulders that
were already there. So I think if there was a will to do it, it could be
done. The problems aren't with engineering; they are with people.
The problems with my solution (and to some degree, Peter's) is the
logistics... In short, a lot of how things are done would have to change.
Exactly.
A few people have talked about disappearance of rails. That is true in
urban areas but the intercity rails seem to be largely intact and
heavily used. What is disappearing is passenger service. But that's
another topic.
What rails are left are indeed heavily used. But a great deal of track
has been abandoned or allowed to fall into ruin.
Lee Hart
--
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
-- Leonard Cohen, from "Anthem"
--
Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com
_______________________________________________
UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub
ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html
INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
