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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

stopdiggin

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4. 'taking up slack' in lines does not sound like

Reply to Think. Again. (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 14, 2023, 12:12 PM

Jul 2023

a terribly complicated 'fix' or adjustment. Something you could start on tomorrow? On the other hand - working on systems and facilities that are currently in service ... That is a problem. For any system.

Second comment - engineers, infrastructure, transportation systems, power grids what have you - are all going to have to (more or less immediately) integrate planning for 'extreme weather' situations into their systems - as part of the 'new normal.' It's coming. We can no longer pretend like these events are 'catching us by surprise.' (even though, in all fairness, a natural disaster is still a natural disaster. and a tornado still a tornado. but a heat wave .. ? )

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Why the overhead wires powering NJ Transit, Amtrak trains keep breaking [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 OP

No Paywall: https://archive.li/jJIWd Think. Again. Jul 2023 #1

Another fix the article ignores might be.... Think. Again. Jul 2023 #2

'taking up slack' in lines does not sound like stopdiggin Jul 2023 #4

True, but... Think. Again. Jul 2023 #5

The overhead catenary is very old Vogon_Glory Jul 2023 #3

I used to commute on that train (NY to Shore/Manasquan) and rarely did it fail. Decompression time. SheilaAnn Jul 2023 #6