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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

marmar

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2. You can get to the train station 10 minutes before departure and still make the train......

Reply to MrTriumph (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 23, 2013, 07:52 PM

Mar 2013

...... you can't do that at an airport.

And this: "Planes don't have many tracks that must lead into and out of a single terminal in a highly dense metropolitan area. To locate a railroad terminal into an existing metropolitan area would be a monumental task." ........ doesn't even make sense. Train stations already are located in the center of the city. You don't have to "locate" them there.

Sorry, but your response is largely bunk.

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In Many Markets, Rail Beats or Competes With Air Travel [View all] marmar Mar 2013 OP

This is largely bunk MrTriumph Mar 2013 #1

You can get to the train station 10 minutes before departure and still make the train...... marmar Mar 2013 #2

I would have gone by rail btween OC and Vegas if it had existed... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #3

I never understood why they didn't extend the monorail to the airport in LV. marmar Mar 2013 #4

It seems there is an effort to make sure monrails are a failure.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #5

the taxi /bus/car rentals industries would not like the monorail going to the airport msongs Mar 2013 #6

People refuse to put up with crap like that forever.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #7