by west point
red wolf. I would add the Potomac river 2nd bridge.
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west point wrote: ↑Sun Nov 08, 2020 7:44 pm red wolf. I would add the Potomac river 2nd bridge.How much speed-up would that allow? I figured on prioritizing things that would cut the run time (including add capacity). Gateway's a bit more important due to Sandy and volume, and will expand capacity in the long term. B&P Replacement will speed the line from 30 MPH to 79 MPH and expand capacity. BWI's essentially a 2-track station when it needs to be a 4-track, 3 platform station -- you can speed up even the Accela with a rebuild.
mtuandrew wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 6:09 pm One of the ways he can ensure her success is by having successful projects complete in her term - so whatever infrastructure projects he can start, the better.I would add "can start building, shovel in hand and track being laid, the better." This stuff is so close to starting it's not even funny.
John_Perkowski wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 8:48 pm Now, about the 51...Best case for any legislation, beyond, say, paying the light bill, is 50 + Kammy.
Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 7:44 amI'm not too sure about that. Mr. Biden spent 40 years in the Senate. He knows how things work. If the price of a new North River Tunnel is a new I-275 around Lexington, well-- maybe some paving contractors in Kentucky are going to have a happy 2021.John_Perkowski wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 8:48 pm Now, about the 51...Best case for any legislation, beyond, say, paying the light bill, is 50 + Kammy.
But as I've noted at a political forum, "we the people" voted for divided government. We made the bed; now we sleep in it.
mtuandrew wrote: ↑Sun Nov 08, 2020 12:36 pm Aside from the electoral college point you mentioned, which we can’t really tackle here:While there were plans for overhead development at Widett Circle/Southampton Street as part of the Boston Olympic bid, I haven't heard anything about such a project since (and I live in Massachusetts and work in construction, so such a project would probably have caught my attention, but I can't swear I didn't miss an announcement).
NH2060 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 08, 2020 11:18 amAnd for what it’s worth a reasonable approach to Amtrak regardless of who wins would be to try to make Amtrak as self sustaining as possible by turning it into more of a real estate company than just a transport agency, allowing them to lease parcels of land to developers, restaurants, etc. and collect more revenue that way (much like Fortress with Brightline).
With that kind of model they won’t need to keep depending on getting checks from the Feds.
Amtrak does this already to an extent, at least where they own or manage properties. Sunnyside, Ivy City, and maybe Southampton St. already have active overhead development plans - 8th St (LA) and Chicago Coach Yard should be their next targets for development. (Possibly Hialeah, NOUPT, and Cedar Hill too, for industrial and commercial purposes if not retail, office & residential.) Not sure whether they already develop buildings along their self-owned rights of way, though I recall fiberoptic, gas, and electric power line leases as part of their business portfolio.
If you’re advocating that Amtrak be reassigned Federal non-railroad land that would otherwise be managed by NPS, BLM, DOD or other agencies though, or that BLM manage land for Amtrak and give them the profits, I’d like to hear more.
troffey wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 5:17 pmWhile there were plans for overhead development at Widett Circle/Southampton Street as part of the Boston Olympic bid, I haven't heard anything about such a project since (and I live in Massachusetts and work in construction, so such a project would probably have caught my attention, but I can't swear I didn't miss an announcement).I don’t live in MA, and was confusing Southampton with Beacon Park. Sorry!