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Re:One-Of-a-Kind Private Train Takes on Florida’s Traffic Ni... by mozumder on Sunday May 20, 2018 @10:22PM (#17115799)
A 4 lane highway can move 10,000 people per hour. I don't see 32k people/day as a problem.

It might take some time for development to build around the idea of this form of transit as people reconfigure their live-work arrangements around it but it should be do-able. Hopefully the local ordinances are adjusted to allow for this reconfiguration.

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Re:One-Of-a-Kind Private Train Takes on Florida’s Traffic Ni... by s0rce on Monday May 21, 2018 @12:06AM (#17116065)
Americans love cars and the roads are heavily subsidized, a 40mi drive will cost a few dollars and you can take 3-6 people.
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Re:One-Of-a-Kind Private Train Takes on Florida’s Traffic Ni... by yardie on Monday May 21, 2018 @07:09AM (#17117485)
A new, financed car is approaching $500/mo in payments, insurance, and petrol. The price of a well equipped Camry is over $30k. And dealers are turning to more exotic financing terms to keep people buying; 6 and 7 year financing is becoming more common just to keep the payments down.

Owning a car is becoming a major, but necessary, liability for those that don’t have mass transit.

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Re:One-Of-a-Kind Private Train Takes on Florida’s Traffic Ni... by s0rce on Monday May 21, 2018 @03:11PM (#17120927)
This makes sense if your only use of the car was for your commute but many people use a car for other activities as well and if you have one the incremental cost of driving to work could be less than mass transit, hence the complaints about the high cost. Personally, I hate driving and would much rather use the train.
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Re:One-Of-a-Kind Private Train Takes on Florida’s Traffic Ni... by mozumder on Monday May 21, 2018 @02:31AM (#17116552)
Americans hate cars now, which is why they prefer mass transit and ride share.
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Re:One-Of-a-Kind Private Train Takes on Florida’s Traffic Ni... by isostatic on Monday May 21, 2018 @07:09AM (#17117487)
Dear SF Bubble, meet the rest of America.
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Re:One-Of-a-Kind Private Train Takes on Florida’s Traffic Ni... by mozumder on Monday May 21, 2018 @12:48PM (#17119761)
Yes. SF needs to stop trying to make self-driving cars a thing and catch up to the rest of the country that wants mass transit.

Why do SF tech companies keep reinventing the bus??

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