Comments on: North Carolina and Virginia Ask for $5 Billion for High-Speed Rail (but Not the Only Ones) http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/30/north-carolina-and-virginia-ask-for-5-billion-for-high-speed-rail-but-not-the-only-ones/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: S. Abdullah Mohammed http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/30/north-carolina-and-virginia-ask-for-5-billion-for-high-speed-rail-but-not-the-only-ones/#comment-8131 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:31:34 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4321#comment-8131 “Get on with it!

]]> By: S. Abdullah Mohammed http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/30/north-carolina-and-virginia-ask-for-5-billion-for-high-speed-rail-but-not-the-only-ones/#comment-25583 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:31:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4321#comment-25583 “Get on with it!

]]> By: S. Abdullah Mohammed http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/30/north-carolina-and-virginia-ask-for-5-billion-for-high-speed-rail-but-not-the-only-ones/#comment-25584 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:31:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4321#comment-25584 “Get on with it!

]]> By: edgar molina http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/30/north-carolina-and-virginia-ask-for-5-billion-for-high-speed-rail-but-not-the-only-ones/#comment-8130 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:25:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4321#comment-8130 I think is the smartest idea in the las few years,first i will get, the military complex involved

lockheed martin, nortrop grumman, boeing, sykorsky, that way instead of creating unnesesary wars the money can be shifted to the economy,think 1 trillion dollars plus interest spent so far on a war .results, deep resession, foreclosures, unemplyment, and we are spending money like crazy, also, our goverment needs 700 billions to finance the buying oil from other countries every single year that is why our dollar devalue it,also more people will have to walk more helping to reduce weight, also, less traffic, our roads bridges will last longer, also will create thousands of jobs,,, I think is a win- win situation if i have to pay more taxes i will gladly doit

]]> By: edgar molina http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/30/north-carolina-and-virginia-ask-for-5-billion-for-high-speed-rail-but-not-the-only-ones/#comment-25581 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:25:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4321#comment-25581 I think is the smartest idea in the las few years,first i will get, the military complex involved

lockheed martin, nortrop grumman, boeing, sykorsky, that way instead of creating unnesesary wars the money can be shifted to the economy,think 1 trillion dollars plus interest spent so far on a war .results, deep resession, foreclosures, unemplyment, and we are spending money like crazy, also, our goverment needs 700 billions to finance the buying oil from other countries every single year that is why our dollar devalue it,also more people will have to walk more helping to reduce weight, also, less traffic, our roads bridges will last longer, also will create thousands of jobs,,, I think is a win- win situation if i have to pay more taxes i will gladly doit

]]> By: edgar molina http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/30/north-carolina-and-virginia-ask-for-5-billion-for-high-speed-rail-but-not-the-only-ones/#comment-25582 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:25:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4321#comment-25582 I think is the smartest idea in the las few years,first i will get, the military complex involved

lockheed martin, nortrop grumman, boeing, sykorsky, that way instead of creating unnesesary wars the money can be shifted to the economy,think 1 trillion dollars plus interest spent so far on a war .results, deep resession, foreclosures, unemplyment, and we are spending money like crazy, also, our goverment needs 700 billions to finance the buying oil from other countries every single year that is why our dollar devalue it,also more people will have to walk more helping to reduce weight, also, less traffic, our roads bridges will last longer, also will create thousands of jobs,,, I think is a win- win situation if i have to pay more taxes i will gladly doit

]]> By: Hitoshi Maruyama http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/30/north-carolina-and-virginia-ask-for-5-billion-for-high-speed-rail-but-not-the-only-ones/#comment-8129 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:09:22 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4321#comment-8129 One thing I would like to emphasize to both NC and VA people that they should study the history of the Japanese high speed train systems of nearly a half century. There are a lot of things that American engineers and operational mangers. If you look at Amtrak’s operations, it is very clear that it has shown clearly lack of good management technology for high speed train systems. So send many young people to Japan and learn about the problems they had and how to solve them every each one. I suggest them to stay there at least five years to not only technical aspects but also learn its train-based culture. Without learning the Japanese high speed train history, they would repeat them .

Particularly I strongly urge them to learn the culture of Japanese with it, they were able to establish non-accident record in the past and still extend it. Accidents in the US railroad systems are too excessive to Japanese standard.

Hitoshi Maruyama, a graduate of Va. Tech

]]> By: Hitoshi Maruyama http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/30/north-carolina-and-virginia-ask-for-5-billion-for-high-speed-rail-but-not-the-only-ones/#comment-25580 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:09:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4321#comment-25580 One thing I would like to emphasize to both NC and VA people that they should study the history of the Japanese high speed train systems of nearly a half century. There are a lot of things that American engineers and operational mangers. If you look at Amtrak’s operations, it is very clear that it has shown clearly lack of good management technology for high speed train systems. So send many young people to Japan and learn about the problems they had and how to solve them every each one. I suggest them to stay there at least five years to not only technical aspects but also learn its train-based culture. Without learning the Japanese high speed train history, they would repeat them .

Particularly I strongly urge them to learn the culture of Japanese with it, they were able to establish non-accident record in the past and still extend it. Accidents in the US railroad systems are too excessive to Japanese standard.

Hitoshi Maruyama, a graduate of Va. Tech

]]> By: Peter http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/30/north-carolina-and-virginia-ask-for-5-billion-for-high-speed-rail-but-not-the-only-ones/#comment-8128 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:01:30 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4321#comment-8128 $57 billion nationwide is a cheap $200 per resident. But we must choose the routes to facilitate long trips, such as my recent Seattle-Salinas, CA trip on Amtrak.

]]> By: Peter http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/30/north-carolina-and-virginia-ask-for-5-billion-for-high-speed-rail-but-not-the-only-ones/#comment-25579 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:01:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4321#comment-25579 $57 billion nationwide is a cheap $200 per resident. But we must choose the routes to facilitate long trips, such as my recent Seattle-Salinas, CA trip on Amtrak.

]]> By: Shannon http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/30/north-carolina-and-virginia-ask-for-5-billion-for-high-speed-rail-but-not-the-only-ones/#comment-8127 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:15:26 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4321#comment-8127 Cool photos, especially the first one!

]]> By: Shannon http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/30/north-carolina-and-virginia-ask-for-5-billion-for-high-speed-rail-but-not-the-only-ones/#comment-25577 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:15:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4321#comment-25577 Cool photos, especially the first one!

]]> By: Shannon http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/30/north-carolina-and-virginia-ask-for-5-billion-for-high-speed-rail-but-not-the-only-ones/#comment-25578 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:15:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4321#comment-25578 Cool photos, especially the first one!

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