[PRCo] skybus redux

[D Brashear]

On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>wrote:

> Nice but self serving advertising.   I also remember all the arguments
> against ... how long it takes to throw a switch; the fact that the line has
> to be taken out of service to fix potholes in the winter; people being
> stuck in a car without an employee in an emergency.      Westinghouse was
> for it because they had a vested interest.   An acquaintance at another
> firm sent me tons of items against it.
>
> The tires we have today might work well but I shudder to think about how
> well the tires in 1970 would have held up.   Imagine climbing up on the
> guideway to fix a flat?
>
> That was an era when we were experimenting with automatic train operation,
> then called ATO.   I can think of three early operations: (1) the Times
> Square-Grand Central Shuttle, (2) PATCO from Philadelphia to Lindenwold,
> and (3) BART.   There were, of course, airport operations built since then
> that are totally automatic.   However, I am not sure if there were any
> other mass transit applications.   Anyone want to jump in on that?
>

What about Vancouver Skytrain?



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