tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post364295096889817019..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: Baghdad SubwayPantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-45078922061513355552008-11-18T17:29:00.000-08:002008-11-18T17:29:00.000-08:00I agree. Certainly thats how NYC and London got th...I agree. Certainly thats how NYC and London got their original lines 100 years ago and Chinese cities now. But Baghdad is also right in the middle of a war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-66365698470891432902008-11-18T15:18:00.000-08:002008-11-18T15:18:00.000-08:00its sad when its easier to build a subway in baghd...<I>its sad when its easier to build a subway in baghdad than along wilshire or geary blvds.</I><BR/><BR/>It's always easier to build in cities where wages are lower and there's less infrastructure and industrial development to run against. If you think Wilshire's hard, you don't want to know how long New York and London take to build new lines.Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-22790556382715594362008-11-18T06:44:00.000-08:002008-11-18T06:44:00.000-08:00Back when I made an earlier visit to Urbanrail.net...Back when I made an earlier visit to <A HREF="http://www.urbanrail.net/" REL="nofollow">Urbanrail.net</A> five years ago (when it was known as Metropla.net), I saw something at the front saying that bombs will not build a subway in Baghdad. It was apparently just there for a time.<BR/><BR/>Of course Halliburton doesn't make money building subways. It makes money from oil, which is exactly what this war that should end is all about. I've been against it right from the beginning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-82971372782851099802008-11-17T21:59:00.000-08:002008-11-17T21:59:00.000-08:00its sad when its easier to build a subway in baghd...its sad when its easier to build a subway in baghdad than along wilshire or geary blvds. <BR/><BR/>although it appears it just got a little easier for <A HREF="http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_11007858?source=rss" REL="nofollow">san jose to get its subway</A><BR/>(absolutely amazing, hope it holds up [knock on wood])Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-66588733919293164392008-11-17T20:33:00.000-08:002008-11-17T20:33:00.000-08:00"I don't know why we didn't start building it earl..."I don't know why we didn't start building it earlier with all that money we sent over for reconstruction."<BR/><BR/>Because Halliburton doesn't make money building subways.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10558721460437987612noreply@blogger.com