tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post4827476583874456431..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: Connecting the DotsPantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-5195405428413073912009-03-04T16:02:00.000-08:002009-03-04T16:02:00.000-08:00How can a guy who sounds so reasonable in this art...How can a guy who sounds so reasonable in this article then not bat an eye at shared-lane streetcar?M1EKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650370583235985527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-48530374369310988812009-03-04T08:04:00.000-08:002009-03-04T08:04:00.000-08:00The failure of VTA light rail is largely the failu...The failure of VTA light rail is largely the failure to connect jobs to residents effectively. Yes, it does hit monay job centers, but it doesn't do so well with residences, with by far the biggest number being south of Downtown San Jose. The amazingly slow run through downtown and the long street running on North 1st makes the whole prospect much, much less attractive. If there's one way to make light rail more efficient, it's to interconnect it with Caltrain better, with timed transfers at Tamien and San Jose Diridon to allow riders to transfer from the southern (fast) bits of light rail to Caltrain for a quick ride to jobs in Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View and Palo Alto.<BR/><BR/>As for what Brian said, yeah Muni might be slow in absolute terms, but a 4 mile ride gets you halfway across the city. A 4 mile ride on VTA barely gets you from Mountain View to the nearest office park. Plain old mileage just isn't a very effective measure when the density of destinations differs so drastically.crzwdjkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394805356595604336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-8346618531881886722009-03-03T19:22:00.000-08:002009-03-03T19:22:00.000-08:00I think they should use the ROW for a high speed l...I think they should use the ROW for a high speed light rail link (stations every 5 miles say), linking to the existing system. That means no different rolling stock, more flexibility and the possibility of light rail in the east bay. The existing trams operate at a perfectly reasonable 55mph (which is easily competitive with the freeway in peak hour) and the option would be to bring in some faster units at a later date.<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, you can mix these with traffic at the ends, you can handle tight corners at the ends, you don't need to retrain the drivers.<BR/><BR/>The BART to SJ just seems like a really bad idea all around.njhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15278712220761294549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-14205577312110782692009-03-03T15:43:00.000-08:002009-03-03T15:43:00.000-08:00Depends on what part of the system you live. If y...Depends on what part of the system you live. If you're in the outer sunset yes. If you're in the Duboce Triangle, The Castro or Dolores Heights no.Pantograph Trolleypolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-75963938202350810552009-03-03T14:16:00.000-08:002009-03-03T14:16:00.000-08:00"I don't know how many people who live in San Fran..."I don't know how many people who live in San Francisco have told me that the killer for thier connection to a job in San Jose is the slow round about light rail."<BR/><BR/>haha! someone from sf who thinks that light rail in another city is slow! that's great, especially since muni goes about as slow as most local buses in other cities...FLUBBERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642630850939361572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-89543708770352823592009-03-03T14:06:00.000-08:002009-03-03T14:06:00.000-08:00Sometimes I really hate VTA light rail because of ...Sometimes I really hate VTA light rail because of the extremely slow speed. With stops spaced every half mile, the system was built for a dense urban environment. Unfortunately, office parks don't really support that kind of stop spacing. If the region was more dense, and had less competition from mega-freeways I'm sure the system would be much more attractive. <BR/><BR/>With that said, I really like what they did with the Vasona extension. The stops seem well placed, and the 55 mph top speed is a welcome change from the crawl through Downtown San Jose and Sunnyvale.Jarrett Mullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459396868012776121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-63900554161758421952009-03-03T02:02:00.000-08:002009-03-03T02:02:00.000-08:00Quit making me feel so sad about this blog's relat...Quit making me feel so sad about this blog's relative unpopularity!Morgan Wickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816659818434590943noreply@blogger.com