map of nationwide high speed rail
pres obama can be seen here with his photo (a nationwide map!) and more info about midwest high speed rail
http://www.illinoistimes.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=10485
bill clintion signed into law, after a series of train accidents, that rural heavy-rail could only go a maximum speed of 55 or 60mpg i forget; and urban light-rail(trolleys) were limited to 40mph
i remember that law limiting bart's speeds.
what happened to the fact that bart was designed with wheels farther apart than regular rail trains. im thinking it was done to make for a faster train and if bart got slowed down maybe the design and engineering of the bart system is to go faster than usual, than normal trains.
its called a wider wheel base. bart deserves a waiver to federal train speed laws because bart, possibly, was built to go fast, or faster than usual trains like it.
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i have no problems with
i have no problems with that!
bart should definitely be able to go faster, if it can do so and still be safe.
having a speed limit on trains that are automated & run on elevated or underground tracks is stupid.
BART's speed is not limited
BART's speed is not limited by any laws, the cars themselves are designed to go a max of 80MPH, they don't usually though. Normal max speed is 72MPH but is only achieved on straight sections of track for short periods of time.
BART's rail is classified as
BART's rail is classified as broad gauge. It supposedly provides a smoother ride, higher speeds than standard gauge. However, the classification severely limited the number of companies that could competitively bid on building futuristic cars. That is why, Rohr, which built aircraft fuselages won the contract, they had never built transit vehicles before and wanted to get into the special broad gauge market.
I used to love flying until
I used to love flying until the airlines and federal government decided to make everyone as miserable as possible, A 200 mph train similar to what they have in Europe and Asia would be a dream come true.