Subj : Re: EVs
To   : Adept
From : Spectre
Date : Mon Oct 23 2023 06:34:00

 Ad> I suppose, but _roads_ aren't profitable, so I'm not sure why trains have
 Ad> to be.

I don't believe they have to be.  At the end of the day they're
infrastructure, the teeming masses would be screaming if we didn't have
either of those things.

I would hazard to suggest generally the road may be slightly cheaper as after
its built you're not supplying the rolling stock. Thats up to them as use it.
While the train requires more infrastructure inputs to keep on working.

Here most intercity trains are pretty woeful, been a long time since I last
took one, but it was something like 16hrs for a nominal 8hr road trip.
However nagging at the back of my mind, is the point that for cargo purposes
so long as it went where needed, they were becoming cheaper than trucking
here... and we have some seriously large trucks here, road trains, B
triples..  mostly due to fuel costs, the train being far more efficient
especially over distance.

 Ad> But that's long-distance. I tend to think that shorter-distance trains are
 Ad> generally more interesting, anyway. As I'm not going to commute on a daily
 Ad> basis from LA to SF, but going from San Jose to SF (or vice versa) is at
 Ad> least somewhat reasonable.

I find our public transport, all of it, busses, trains we have trams too, to
be somewhat woeful.  Not that it directly relates, but I swear every bus
driver thinks he's Fangio, last few times I've had to resort to a fairly
local trip I've needed a belt of pain relief at the end of the trip.. Our
trains vary wildly... from line to line and time of day.  I used to live on
one of the better serviced lines.  Back then the cost was reasonable, to get
into the city and you'd get there in ~40mins.. while if you took the car
you'd have to get there either about 2hrs early to secure one of the very few
spots that were free to park, or you'd have to pay for the time the hiddeous
fee for a lot. If you left at a civilised time you'd have traffic coming out
the wazoo and catch the parking debacle.  Parking's only gotten more
expensive, but so have PT here.

Spec


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