[PRCo] skybus redux

[Fred Schneider]

I have ridden it but I cannot recall.


On Apr 3, 2014, at 4:56 PM, D Brashear wrote:

> 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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