The transportation of people first came to my attention in the mid 90’s when there came before the city council of Seattle a transportation plan for several billion dollars to provide “hi speed” transportation for thousands of people. I went to several “transit” meetings and what was proposed didn’t appear as if would do what they said; it was a rail car that went slow and stopped often, very similar to the trolley cars I rode in the 40’s in Portland Oregon. Read more
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About Randall Schwab
I am an industrial designer with approximately 40 years, (80,000 hours), of work experience in mechanical and structural design. This experience has been predominately in material handling, that is: conveyors and processing equipment in the aggregate and forest products industries. I guess I’m suggesting that moving people, as in this transportation proposal, is also a material-handling job; it’s just that this material is more sensitive, easily bruised and sometimes cranky. Read more
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Light rail is increasingly being sold to cities as an answer to traffic congestion. It seems to be proliferating all over the world and any example of it, if enough information is available, can be used to extol its virtues and limitations. They’re all pretty much the same. The one I’ve chosen to use as an example is the Minneapolis/St Paul 6 mile line with 17 stations called the Hiawatha. They say it’s 12 miles long but it’s only 6, it travels from Minneapolis to the airport and back. Read more
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ISBN: 9781608441716
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