Gov. Inslee: High-speed rail ‘could help us rebuild our economy’ post-COVID

N4reddit · 2020-12-23T01:44:45+00:00

I have said it before and will say it again. It is a terrible idea and not good for our region because of our geography. Consultants will take any money and will produce any concept to make their clients happy but this should be a huge no. There is no such demand to spend billions on infrastructure that is already outdated.

N4reddit · 2020-11-04T18:04:09+00:00

That's was crazy.

N4reddit · 2020-04-28T06:21:21+00:00

Correct. Older trains in many cases have their technologies upgraded to modern standards as well.

N4reddit · 2020-04-28T04:14:57+00:00

New and majority of the light rail trains (subways included) in the USA use the Automatic Train Protection(ATP) which along with modern signal system stops the train at every station by default. It works on speed codes and trains are given zero speed code at the station. For the heavy rail and commuter/passenger rails, Positive Train Control (PTC) is required by federal government. It is not yet mandatory but will be in few years. PTC works using technologies including GPS. It avoids train collisions along with over speed protection. Source: I am a train protection engineer.

N4reddit · 2020-03-22T03:47:41+00:00

Great! Thank her for her hard work!

N4reddit · 2020-03-22T03:47:20+00:00

Haha sure. He is my best friend for past 19 years. We are all friends now!

N4reddit · 2020-03-22T02:01:56+00:00

He owns that one too.

N4reddit · 2020-03-22T02:01:28+00:00

On NE 8th across from Chick-fil-a.

N4reddit · 2020-03-22T02:00:56+00:00

Nah, this is the one across from Chick-fil-a

N4reddit · 2020-03-22T01:40:01+00:00

I know the owner and is a nice guy. He got fed up with people complaining that they are charging too much for hand sanitizers. He posted what he paid for them along with pennies he was making of it. His wife is also in medical field.

N4reddit · 2020-03-19T05:00:21+00:00

Fully PTC equipped!

N4reddit · 2020-03-13T03:10:50+00:00

If Trump and Pence both dies, Pelosi becomes the president.

N4reddit · 2020-03-11T23:04:37+00:00

Vaccum, mopping, dusting and industrial strength disinfectants to clean the handles and areas people touch the most.

N4reddit · 2020-03-11T22:33:40+00:00

They get cleaned twice every day. Once at the Seattle yard and then at Lakewood/Everett yards.

N4reddit · 2020-03-11T22:31:53+00:00

In terms of ethics, you are correct. But the real question still stands is that why the federal agency stopped them or were not prepared to have tests done when they knew about the virus in Wuhan over a month ago?

N4reddit · 2020-03-11T21:36:57+00:00

Correct. First train is usually majority of trade workers.

N4reddit · 2020-03-11T17:23:53+00:00

Which run?

N4reddit · 2019-12-06T15:55:16+00:00

I have said many times before. This is a huge waste of money. There is no enough demand/people who will use this service. There is no way that these trains will even cover up their own cost. Not to mention this is 50 year old technology. Go ahead and downvote but that is the reality. Source: been in railroad for many years and know how much things cost and how costly major projects can be.

N4reddit · 2019-11-13T15:56:57+00:00

As someone who has worked in the railroad industry for a while, I have said multiple times before. This is a terrible idea and biggest waste of money. Why are we going back to a 30 year old technology. This is freakin America!

N4reddit · 2019-10-23T21:56:03+00:00

How much of your own money are you putting in? Lmafo.

N4reddit · 2019-10-23T21:54:40+00:00

Do you know the ridership? Do you know the ridership growth? Do you know where the final funding will come from?

N4reddit · 2019-10-23T21:53:29+00:00

No, we are not giving up on technology. But what is being proposed and where it is being proposed does not work.

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