The tracks were originally designed for industrial use only, major industries south of the tracks. Now they’re planning to upgrade them to passenger tracks for Amtrak…
That doesn’t sound like a good or safe idea to me. Most anywhere any everyday passenger would want to visit, save for the beaches, is north of the tracks.
I mean, some sort of highway crossing might be nice. But I mean, one of the big selling points of train tracks are that they’re relatively cheap to build (maybe more expensive than roads but still pretty good). Don’t see why it’d be a safety issue tho.
Highway crossing? You think that’s all there is to it?
You got like a 10 acre parking lot, which to cross just that alone requires walking ~3 acres. Then you got a 2 lane service road, then a 6 lane highway to cross.
And then there’s no room on the north side of the tracks for a train station, you’d still have to walk across the train tracks as well just to get to the train station.
Gotta walk over 3 acres of pavement, plus 8 lanes of road, plus railroad tracks, all while toting your groceries? Yeah, ain’t nobody gonna take the train to Walmart around here.
Yes I know. When I say acre in terms of distance, for one I’m implying a square acre (per side is ~208.71 feet, 63.615 meters), and for two, I’m only estimating anyways.
Now that I look at the numbers, it’s probably an even longer walk than that, Walmart has a huge parking lot…
The tracks were originally designed for industrial use only, major industries south of the tracks. Now they’re planning to upgrade them to passenger tracks for Amtrak…
That doesn’t sound like a good or safe idea to me. Most anywhere any everyday passenger would want to visit, save for the beaches, is north of the tracks.
I mean, some sort of highway crossing might be nice. But I mean, one of the big selling points of train tracks are that they’re relatively cheap to build (maybe more expensive than roads but still pretty good). Don’t see why it’d be a safety issue tho.
Highway crossing? You think that’s all there is to it?
You got like a 10 acre parking lot, which to cross just that alone requires walking ~3 acres. Then you got a 2 lane service road, then a 6 lane highway to cross.
And then there’s no room on the north side of the tracks for a train station, you’d still have to walk across the train tracks as well just to get to the train station.
Gotta walk over 3 acres of pavement, plus 8 lanes of road, plus railroad tracks, all while toting your groceries? Yeah, ain’t nobody gonna take the train to Walmart around here.
Jesus christ, that sounds dystopian. Also, wdym walk 3 acres? Acres are a measure of area. They’re not even defined as a square.
Yes I know. When I say acre in terms of distance, for one I’m implying a square acre (per side is ~208.71 feet, 63.615 meters), and for two, I’m only estimating anyways.
Now that I look at the numbers, it’s probably an even longer walk than that, Walmart has a huge parking lot…
The design is very human…