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George Ojeda I thought I explained the MDBF or "mean distance between failure" phenomenon clearly enough; in case I didn`t, here I go again: this is the distance that a vehicle can travel from critical repair to critical repair. The MTBF or "mean time between failure" is how long something, from an important piece of machinery to structural members (such as highways) last from initial installation to the point where it demands repair in order to be safe.
I mentioned that rail lines, as well as rail vehicles, have the GREATEST measured MDBF/MTBF of ANY land-based vehicles. Another item worth mentioning is the fact that, for such a SHORT trip from Miami to New York City, JUST ONE JET ENGINE of even the smallest aircraft consumes MORE THAN THREE TIMES THE FUEL that just three HSR trains would use!! Furthermore, planes ALSO have a VERY LOW MTBF, thus requiring MUCH MORE MAINTENANCE than trains!!
Yet, this STUPID federal (and several STUPID state governments) will continue to oversubsidize the two most UNSAFE and WASTEFUL transportation modes, the automobile and the airplane; as a result of that EXTREME STUPIDITY, the vast majority is locked into the erroneous mindset that "trains are no good for ANYTHING but freight"----which is one of the WORST transportation myths we ALL tolerate today!!!!
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@NyanSten You're WRONG about the railroads; they use diesel power because GENERAL MOTORS pulled some BULLSHIT with the companies that produced electric locomotives, making them artificially MORE EXPENSIVE than inefficient diesel power!! Furthermore, General Motors played a big hand in the Public Utilities Holding Trust Act of 1932 (?) which stated that railroads could no longer own the power plants that fed their overhead wires/third rails, and had to sell them to the (local) utility companies, which then PROFITTED HANDSOMELY!! This, in addition to taxes collected because of private property ownership, is what caused the railroads to falter miserably, while the other transportation modes, WHICH HAVE NEVER PAID THEIR OWN WAY (except for water-borne craft), AND HAVE ALWAYS DEPENDED ON HUGE, HAND-OVER-FIST EXCESSIVE SUBSIDIES!!!!
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TheGuyAtTheWheel "....so why punish them for it?"....the most obvious reason is that, even in our large metropolitan areas, transit funding has ALWAYS been commandeered for some automotive use!! Furthermore, transit patrons have been severely punished, in fact literally ABUSED, by having their efficient electric rail systems destroyed in favor of automotive transportation, with Los Angeles being the most egregious example!!!!
"....do you use bus or rail?" I happen to use BOTH; and with light rail, one MUST often worry about traffic, since most light rail lines are constructed to be RIGHT SMACK AT GRADE, WITHOUT ANY SEPARATION FROM AUTOMOTIVE TRAFFIC except, maybe a painted line or a very small physical barrier. SELDOM are light rail lines constructed on sealed rights-of-way!!!! (The subway, being heavy rail, is FULLY grade separated, whether elevated or underground).
As far as the bus is concerned....
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