[ale] [OT]atlanta beltway need this!!!

[Jeff Lightner]

One of my favorite inventions the Simpsons was the two story outhouse.
They show the inaugural use of same with a guy going into each level.
After a moment or so you hear the guy on the bottom yelling:  "Stop, for
the love of God, Stop!"

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Geoffrey
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 7:23 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] [OT]atlanta beltway need this!!!

Greg Freemyer wrote:
> Jim,
> 
> I'm not sure if it is the same project, but the Atlanta - Chattanooga
> project got $14M in study money in Sept.
> 
> See
<http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-high-speed-rail-136662.html?cxntlid=day
lf_artr>
> 
> The first sentence says:
> 
> "A proposed magnetically levitated rail line northwest from Atlanta
> has just won a $14.2-million study grant from the U.S. Department of
> Transportation, according to U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.)."
> 
> Later it says:
> 
> "It comes from $90 million that was set aside for magnetically
> levitated - or "maglev" - rail a couple of years ago"
> 
> Not that that the AJC is perfect, but it certainly doesn't sound like
> light rail to me.  And of course they could change to light rail
> later, but for now it sounds like maglev is where it is headed.

So maybe someone can define the difference?  Or maybe simply define 
'light rail?'

> 
> Greg
> 
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
wrote:
>> whatever the light rail mess is Atlanta wants $B+ for.
>>
>> I'm a fan of monorails for people movers. Someone needs to do a
>> business costs analysis of Disney World's monorail and compare to a
>> comparable length and daily passenger count municiple/private system
>> elsewhere. Factor in "green" level as well to make it even more
>> acceptable.
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Greg Freemyer
<greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>>> I know there are many discussions here of train travel as a good
>>>> replacement for many cars, etc. With the proposed light rail
process
>>>> for the metro area (supposedly) moving forward I would like to see
>>>> this instead.
>>> Are you talking about the proposed Atlanta(Hartsfield) --
Chattanooga
>>> train, or something else.
>>>
>>>> A solar powered monorail system.
>>>>
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/8039/massimo-iosa-ghini-ener
gy-belt-bologna-italy.html
>>>>
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/yl5l4b5
>>> Very cool,
>>>
>>> Greg
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