what would be the ideal transit solution for clayton county? (Denton: safety, light rail)

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by MattCW

But how do you run it? Do you suddenly make one side the Gold line and one side the Red line? Or do you try and run extra trains?

You'd pretty much have to split the lines past East Point (Red to the existing Airport stop, Yellow to the new International Terminal stop, or vice versa) regardless of the number of trains run.

[AnsleyPark]

Better roads.

[Mgyeldell]

My little idea for the south side

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid...31734,0.591202

Blue and Red are Heavy rail
Orange is People Mover with rubber tires.

[bryantm3]

Originally Posted by AnsleyPark

Better roads.

Originally Posted by Mgyeldell

My little idea for the south side

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid...31734,0.591202

Blue and Red are Heavy rail
Orange is People Mover with rubber tires.

so basically extending the ATL skytrain to camp creek and old national? that's an interesting idea, the only thing would be cost— does it cost more to build that type of train than it does heavy rail?

[cqholt]

All these e maps have 1 thing in common. HRT running along NS row to jonesboro. If commuter rail could ever get off the ground, this corridor is perfect for DMU that run on high frequencies and make several stops.
Its tough to get funding for HRT, now. Most fed funding is directed towards LRT and/or streetcar. There are exceptions, but those states put up big money.

[mattee01]

Originally Posted by cqholt

All these e maps have 1 thing in common. HRT running along NS row to jonesboro. If commuter rail could ever get off the ground, this corridor is perfect for DMU that run on high frequencies and make several stops.
Its tough to get funding for HRT, now. Most fed funding is directed towards LRT and/or streetcar. There are exceptions, but those states put up big money.

LTR isn't a solution for everything though. If you're talking a longer, more spaced out route, HRT becomes optimal. Also consider its a big problem for ridership if u have to transfer from one form of transit to another on what could've been a straight rail line

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by mattee01

LTR isn't a solution for everything though. If you're talking a longer, more spaced out route, HRT becomes optimal. Also consider its a big problem for ridership if u have to transfer from one form of transit to another on what could've been a straight rail line

I suggested using DMU, which would run on the existing track. Its a more rapid form of commuter rail.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by cqholt

I suggested using DMU, which would run on the existing track. Its a more rapid form of commuter rail.

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Medium-capacity rail transport system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[cqholt]

This is what holds dmu implmentation in the us:

In the United States only FRA-compliant DMU systems are permitted on freight rail corridors. This is due to the Federal Railway Administration setting higher coupling strength requirements than European regulators, effectively prohibiting the use of lighter weight European-style inter-city rail DMUs on U.S. main line railways. This has greatly restricted the development of DMUs within the U.S. as no other country requires the much heavier FRA compliant vehicles, and no export market for them exists.]

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by cqholt

This is what holds dmu implmentation in the us:

That sounds like an engineering problem that could be solved, cq.

What do you think the stumbling block is? Lobbying, safety, economics?