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  1. Denny C I see you VERY EASILY FORGET that the highway network is VERY HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED, and will NEVER TURN A PROFIT!! The airlines are also VERY HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED!! These two transportation modes only APPEAR to be as successful as they seem simply because of their undeserved blank checks from government at ALL levels!! I personally wonder just what would happen if the automobile and the airplane LOST THEIR SUBSIDIES AND HAD TO PAY THEIR OWN WAY, just like rail has had to do for CENTURIES!!!!
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  2. Denny C YES, I SAID THAT!! NOW QUIT SUPPORTING THE AUTOMOBILE!! THAT MACHINE KILLS!!!!
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  3. +Larry Brennan I love your dissertation! May I add that people in NYC even call ANY IND line (or even some BMT lines) the EIGHTH AVENUE LINE?!
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  4. Rasmus Nielsen However, there STILL needs to be a HUMAN operator present at ALL times!!!!
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  5. An extension into the Bronx via an unused freight railroad right-of-way is being seriously considered.
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  6. Oregon Transit Fan Actually, I WAS calm; I was thrown for a total loop due to you mentioning that the automobile is a better machine than rail, that`s all!! In ALL actuality, there is really no "best" form of rapid transit; they ALL have their important niche to fill, and do an ADMIRABLE job!!!!
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  7. Cars and roads that are NOT NEEDED....
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  8. kansasthunderman1 That's just YOU, and NOT the entire world....
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  9. kansasthunderman1 HA! If what you're mentioning is true, pertaining to the choice of mode of transportation, then WHY has the federal government been bent over for the petrochemical industry, which VERY HEAVILY supports the automobile and the airplane, simply because both machines are EXCESSIVELY fuel-intensive, which rail transportation is NOT!! Now, you may mention diesel locomotives on the nation's railroads; that was a choice made by a consolidation of small companies aggregating (but not merging) into a semi-political force that manipulated various politicians to enact HORRIBLE legislation demanding that electric railroads NOT sell their surplus energy to the public; this then made the power plants too expensive to operate, and the railroads were FORCED to switch to INEFFICIENT, EXPENSIVE, and UNSAFE diesel powered locomotives, which then led to a decline in service levels for both passenger AND freight divisions of EACH AND EVERY RAILROAD IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY!!!! Add to the fact that railroads have had to pay their own way for ANYTHING and EVERYTHING they receive, while the automobile and the airplane MUST survive on tremendously EXCESSIVE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES (thanks to the energy corporations)!!!!!!
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  10. simon wang I don't know if you've ever seen the old advertisements for "Tree-Sweet" fruit drinks; however, some of them starred O. J. Simpson and his son. He asked his son (Jason, I think) to say "tree-sweet" 3 times....
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  11. @neldot However, it was he who planned all of the original station locations; they happen to be built in areas of very little pedestrian activity....
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  12. WHY NOT ATTEND THE MEETINGS PRESENTED BY THE ELECTRIC RAILROAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, AND THE PACIFIC RAILROAD SOCIETY, IN THE SOUTH PASADENA LIBRARY, ON THE 3rd FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH, AT 18:30hrs?!?! You'll learn a HELLUVA LOT, and meet several interesting people you can really learn from!!
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  13.  @iceteafan56  How dare you call Los Angeles a "city" when, in reality, it's nothing more than just a huge DEATH CAMP WITH TRAFFIC LIGHTS?!?!
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  14. Jeremy Hall I asked “cash lint” a question; can you answer it?!
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  15.  @OnkelJajusBahn  I CAN SEE THAT YOU'RE ADDICTED TO THE INSANITY OF THE AUTOMOBILE; you've COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN that traffic jams exist....
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  16. Etu Nimi ME, TOO!, (me three! me four! me five! me six....)
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  17. Bushrod Rust Johnson Taking care of automotive pavement ANYWHERE is more expensive than rails....
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  18. *Rights-of-way.
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  19. Michael Wakeham Problem is Los Angeles is STILL so addicted to the automobile that they don't appear to do trains right.....
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  20.  @earlaweese  THAT'S TEXAS FOR YOU!!
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  21. ClapBoomBoom Does it operate 24/7/365?!?! Do their trains have a FORWARD VIEW?!
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  22. ClapBoomBoom Don`t you mean; "longest in terms of 'route'", and not "track"?!?!
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  23. However, I see sup'm WRONG here; Russia and China are both just as "spread out" as the USA, yet BOTH NATIONS HAVE MUCH BETTER RAIL SYSTEMS THAN THE USA!! And just WHY do you think?! ....I often wonder if any foreign visitors to either one or both countries has ever seen American automotive products in great numbers, as in Germany or some other European nation....
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  24. QUIT COMPLAINING!! First, the system operates 24/7/365, and second, It's better than having to take some damned BUS!!!!
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  25. Well, at least our trains have a FORWARD VIEW....
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  26.  @StylistecS  *Easy.
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  27.  @christianlibertarian5488  "Consumer demand" does NOT mean a demand for more and more of rubber tires/steering wheels.
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  28. TwoWiseFools HOW MORONIC....
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  29. Brewzerr WRONG!! The first self- propelled vehicle was in France, sometime in the early 19th century, built and operated by a man named Cugnot.... Besides, the car is actually the RUIN of this nation; look at the quality of humanity so addicted to rubber tires/ steering wheel transport, and compare it with the quality of humanity in a rail-based city. Now, go watch Disney’s “Mr. Walker and Mr. Wheeler”; and see what I mean.
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  30.  @aryanbhuta3382  Simply compare the people in a rail-based city to those existing in a automobiliated area. Those in the rail-based city are much more ready to quickly socialize and form large groups of friends and acquaintances; in automobiliated areas, people tend to stay as far apart from one another as is practicable. Humans are social beings, and to keep people in isolation in small groups, such as what excessive automotive use does, reduces, or in some cases even eliminates the desire to coexist with others. As far as humanity is concerned, New York City is a far more social area than Los Angeles....
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  31. teethingtithingtitular “....when we were SAY smaller” ?! Don’t you mean: “way”?!?!
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  32. Toronto's system has NO EXPRESS LINES, and doesn't operate 24/7/365....
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  33. Cage BUT YOU'RE NOT MOVING, ARE YOU?!?!
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  34. George Ojeda You just contradicted yourself when you mentioned that driving is cheaper than taking the train....
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  35. Diego Perez JUST BE DAMN THANKFUL IT`S NOT SOME DMNED BUS!!!!
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  36. It already exists WORLDWIDE....
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  37. Michael King But you simply CANNOT argue with the level of service that other systems DON'T PROVIDE!!
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  38. HFYYN Buses are AUTOMOBILES; rail exists so a potential passenger doesn’t hafta use an automobile....
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  39. In THAT case, why not think about removing solids from the sewers BEFORE they flow out to the city sewer?! These, along with the FOG (fats, oils, and grease), are filtered through a layer of combustible garbage in a special screened tank. These solids are periodically removed and compressed into logs or pellets, or can be freeze-dried into a powder. This material can be burned or pyrolyzed to extract thermal energy....
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  40. Lives You must’ve been looking in the mirror when you “thought” that one up....
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  41. Nate Walker GOOD POINT!
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  42. Jorge Abreu A BETTER THAN HAVING TO RIDE A BUS!!!!
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  43. Mbwunion True, but look at the cost of a highway in that exact same area!!
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  44. Oil(s); just ONE reason yout turns float; turds also contain copious amounts of trapped gas, and if you waited long enough, that turd'll eventually sink to the bottom of the bowl....
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  45. BUSES ARE AUTOMOBILES!!
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  46.  @Mankorra_Gomorrah  "Absolutely shocking"; there are several videos here on YouTube that depict just THAT!!
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  47.  @quintusmurray6762  WRONG!! The New York City subway has one line under Lexington Avenue that's so crowded that people often ride between coaches ON THE THRESHOLD PLATES....
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  48. And after WW2, no streetcars....
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  49. Not even the Ganga at its source?!
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  50. quarkwrok I also chose the four-track fact because it's so often OVERLOOKED!!
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