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Re:Silicon Valley bets on new transport to counter the rise ... by ceeplusplus on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @08:43PM (#32090585)
Trains already run 15-20m interval at peak hours. The issue is not the interval but rather the average speed of the trains. In China the subways run at max speed everywhere. In the Bay NIMBYs complain so the only places it runs at 80mph is in tunnels and in places where nobody lives (like Union City - Milpitas). There's a section in Oakland where the train is next to a freeway and you can literally drive faster than the train because the train is going 25 mph.

Agree with you about the fentanyl sleepers though. And take the aggressive beggars and people smoking weed off as well, then it'll be usable for actual transport like the subway is in China.

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Re:Silicon Valley bets on new transport to counter the rise ... by dekhn on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @08:51PM (#32090647)
Fair point about the speed, but what I care about is minimizing travel time variance, not minimizing total travel time. I thought "setting your watch to a swiss train clock" was a joke and then in Zurich, the train literally stopped in front of my on the second it was supposed to arrive. The leadership in SF has not the will to make such a thing happen.
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Re:Silicon Valley bets on new transport to counter the rise ... by eek2121 on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @08:47PM (#32090618)
What do you have against weed?
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Re:Silicon Valley bets on new transport to counter the rise ... by ceeplusplus on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @08:48PM (#32090627)
The smell, mostly. I dabble too but in my own home where I'm not stinking up a train car with 20 other people in it.
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Re:Silicon Valley bets on new transport to counter the rise ... by compiler-guy on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @11:37PM (#32091715)
The same thing I have against tuna salad sandwiches. It’s fine if you want to stink up your own home. Knock yourself out (so to speak). But don’t make others deal with your stench.
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