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Interstate 70 in Colorado is very problematic. It is constantly backed up. Colorado needs to learn from this and get serious about rail for shipping and for human travel.
The i70 line will never happen.
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Holy cow... 16.7 Hertz[1] power? At first that's a really odd sounding choice to this Hoosier. Turns out it's 1/3 of standard 50 Hz in Europe. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_kV_AC_railway_electrificati...
They actually used that in the US as well for railways. I remember a post years ago on the Classic Computer Mailing List from someone who said that their father had worked on the railways and pointed out that the "high bay" station lighting all ran off 3-phase 16.7Hz power. Apparently it looked okay at ground level but was quite disconcerting when you looked up and saw the lights flickering in patterns of three.
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Geography I guess[1]. Kanto is flat, it's the only region in Japan that could sustain feeding such a massive population and could allow building the first mega city on the planet. Combine that with the massive engineering and rail experience Japanese have, and it's no surprise imho that combined with favorable geography they could build it quickly. [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Topograp...
This is interesting analysis. Many good points. Regarding this comment: "first mega city on the planet": As I understand, in the modern era, Beijing was the first city in the world to have one million people.
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I (pro-EU Austrian) think they are great, as they show that we also get huge benefits through our EU membership and that we can do such enormous megaprojects only together Also, eyesore? What do you have against the EU flag?
Austria is a net contributor to the EU, contributing 30% more than it receives (very roughly contributes 3 billion and receives 2). Now I am sure that Austria has benefited from EU membership, but this is not one of the areas.
The funds are less useful if they're in the hands of our government.
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What kid doesn't go through a 'train phase?' and a grand plan to improve the railway could be exciting to a child even if it's more spectacle than utility.
Especially since a child will see all the visualizations and such that are put out before work begins.
The third attempt at a Dublin metro just got planning permission a few weeks ago; said planning is now bogged down in a judicial review.
Somewhat envious of Austria’s speed in this sort of thing, really…
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The 57 km Gotthard Base Tunnel has been in operation since 2016. There's also a 3km long tunnel between France and Italy that opened in 1882. Nowadays there's probably hundreds of 1km+ tunnels in the Alps.
Well, from the other responses, it seems the Italian Alps are pretty stable.
Austria is the only European country I've been to that doesn't have cheap affordable intercity buses. Seemingly none at all. It was kind of strange... Does anyone know why? The only options to get around was the expensive train system - and anyone I asked was bewildered why I would want to take a bus.. Maybe next time I should look in to carpooling or some other options. How do low income people get around typically?…
can be cheap when you book early. Vienna -> Graz -> Vienna: ~20€
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Geography I guess[1]. Kanto is flat, it's the only region in Japan that could sustain feeding such a massive population and could allow building the first mega city on the planet. Combine that with the massive engineering and rail experience Japanese have, and it's no surprise imho that combined with favorable geography they could build it quickly. [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Topograp...
This is interesting analysis. Many good points. Regarding this comment: "first mega city on the planet": As I understand, in the modern era, Beijing was the first city in the world to have one million people.
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In a world where large infrastructure projects regularly exceed their budget by 100-1000%, 7% is huge. It is important to show people that that is possible in government projects. If you find a more concise way of saying „with unusually small overrun of it‘s budget“ tell me. Also there were sections added after the initial estimate.
Does the site mention the budget and completion time/cost at all? I can't find it from a quick browse/search of the site. It's taking editorializing to a whole new level to add details that are not in the linked article or site at all. The right thing to do in this case is find the best source for this information (about the budget, schedule and completion time/cost) and make that the URL of the submission. Please em…