[PRCo] Re: Portland Green Line

[Edward H. Lybarger]

That's apples vs. oranges.  If you use that to select a transportation mode,
that's one thing, but if you compare transit systems you have to look at
those areas.  And it's not just the ramp...it's the operator's time away
from the platform that's a big factor in the dwell time.

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Joshua
Dunfield
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 7:35 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Portland Green Line

2009/9/16 Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>:
> 22 mph isn't so bad when you figure that a New York express train does 
> maybe
> 17 or 18.  You have to look at the number of stops and the dwell time, 
> which has increased most places because of the need to accommodate the 
> handicapped patrons.

If I'm comparing it to driving, walking, or biking, I really don't need to
look at the stops or the dwell time.  MAX wheelchair ramps are pretty fast,
anyway.

Fred: yes, I got that far, but I didn't see anything on that page that's
obviously an 80 page brochure.  I don't feel like going through
15 links.

-j.