tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post5680148402778857648..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: Changing How We ThinkPantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-85347293165762648872010-04-14T19:35:18.339-07:002010-04-14T19:35:18.339-07:00"It would be very unwise to restudy the Red L..."It would be very unwise to restudy the Red Line after so much work and political will has gone into it. Baltimore needs more fixed rail ASAP."<br /><br />^This is the sunk cost fallacy.<br /><br />The MTA is hand waving. There is no reason to think with the revised criteria heavy rail isn't better than light rail for Baltimore.Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01756015490022519173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-23659818172722517292010-03-31T00:22:18.097-07:002010-03-31T00:22:18.097-07:00Would it be possible to keep the Red Line as LRT b...Would it be possible to keep the Red Line as LRT but potentially re-study parts of the route to make it all grade seperated and therefore heavy rail-like?Something like LA's Green Line.<br /><br />I recall there was only a few rather short portions of surface trackage planned, maybe now these can be subsurface.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01946240918282472258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-12772765347217667222010-03-29T08:49:18.156-07:002010-03-29T08:49:18.156-07:00You are correct that the restudy suggestions are n...You are correct that the restudy suggestions are not practical. The Maryland MTA thinks that the new FTA standards, while they would improve the Baltimore Red Line's chances, wouldn't provide funding for heavy rail.<br /><br />It would be very unwise to restudy the Red Line after so much work and political will has gone into it. Baltimore needs more fixed rail ASAP.Cavanhttp://greatergreaterwashington.org/author.cgi?username=cavannoreply@blogger.com