How Did I Miss This One 3713

(Brent P)

The sensors and actuators already exist - they are installed in a bunch of Buicks that drive up and down the auxiliary lanes of I-15 in San Diego county; their costs can only come down. Computers are also small enough and powerful enough - once again proven by the SD test Buicks. The only really expensive part left to develop is the software.

something of an anomaly, in that they are maintained to standards that allow a 90 MPH speed limit. Chicagoland, by contrast, has some seriously aging rail infrastructure that is over 150 years old in some places. For example, until it was replaced a few weeks ago, the 1910-era "L" viaduct over Main Street in Evanston was crumbling so badly that trains were forced to slow to a crawl when pbutting over it. That bridge has since been replaced, but there are at least a dozen Grove Street, that are in equally bad shape that are not even on the replacement schedule yet due to lack of funds.

We shall see.

Once again I disagree. The Metrolinik trains have "failures" seemingly all the time, including a train-car collision earlier this month that almost made me late for work (the two trains before mine were cancelled, and mine had a few extra cars tacked on to handle the extra load from the cancelled trains), and yet the speed limiit for those trains has not fallen below 90 MPH.

It happens every time there is a big earthquake in SoCal - freeways always suffer damage, and businesses stagger work hours to avoid complete gridlock on the remaining roads. The precedent has already been set; if enough employees demand it, we'll see staggered work hours even without a major disaster.

Why not? Companies already offer things like on-site day care, parking spaces for car pools, employer-paid commuter vans, etc. etc. Not every employer is an butthole like yours. ;) -- What the heck, I'll play too. - Dave