Comments on: Building a smarter rail system http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2009/04/building-a-smarter-rail-system.html Instrumented. Interconnected. Intelligent. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:19:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alex http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2009/04/building-a-smarter-rail-system.html#comment-184555 Alex Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:33:44 +0000 http://asmarterplanet.com/?p=199#comment-184555 I'm really impressed with your writing skills and also with the layout on your blog. Is this a paid theme or did you customize it yourself? Anyway keep up the excellent quality writing, it’s rare to see a great blog like this one nowadays.. I’m really impressed with your writing skills and also with the layout on your blog. Is this a paid theme or did you customize it yourself? Anyway keep up the excellent quality writing, it’s rare to see a great blog like this one nowadays..

]]> By: Susan http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2009/04/building-a-smarter-rail-system.html#comment-3844 Susan Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:28:44 +0000 http://asmarterplanet.com/?p=199#comment-3844 Before Pan Am is invited to build anything, they must be demanded to improve their pitiful environmental record. The company broke ground to build a 26- acre parking lot to unload Ford autos [coordinated by UPS] over an aquifer within days of being fined $400,000 for an under-reported and tardily reported spill a few miles down the track of between 800 and 1700 gallons. The aquifer supplies 60 percent of Ayer, MA's water. The construction is in process when a perfectly good lot is across the street - Pan AM has leased it to CSX. Go figure. Before Pan Am is invited to build anything, they must be demanded to improve their pitiful environmental record.

The company broke ground to build a 26- acre parking lot to unload Ford autos [coordinated by UPS] over an aquifer within days of being fined $400,000 for an under-reported and tardily reported spill a few miles down the track of between 800 and 1700 gallons.

The aquifer supplies 60 percent of Ayer, MA’s water. The construction is in process when a perfectly good lot is across the street – Pan AM has leased it to CSX. Go figure.

]]> By: Bob Dunstall http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2009/04/building-a-smarter-rail-system.html#comment-3284 Bob Dunstall Fri, 29 May 2009 13:14:59 +0000 http://asmarterplanet.com/?p=199#comment-3284 The immediate challenge is to use analytics to allow us to optimize the existing infrastructure which is not really that malleable to rapid change. And the specific short term challenge is sharing the needs for high speed passenger service with much lower speed and heavier freight traffic. From a public policy perspective we clearly do not want to have high speed passenger services push aside the freight traffic. (That would just put more trucks on the inter-states) And even in terms of scheduling priorities, intermodal freight is often a key component of just-in-time logistics supply chains which are essential to America's competitive position. The immediate challenge is to use analytics to allow us to optimize the existing infrastructure which is not really that malleable to rapid change. And the specific short term challenge is sharing the needs for high speed passenger service with much lower speed and heavier freight traffic. From a public policy perspective we clearly do not want to have high speed passenger services push aside the freight traffic. (That would just put more trucks on the inter-states) And even in terms of scheduling priorities, intermodal freight is often a key component of just-in-time logistics supply chains which are essential to America’s competitive position.

]]> By: Lost Pearblossom Highway | Gregor.us http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2009/04/building-a-smarter-rail-system.html#comment-2735 Lost Pearblossom Highway | Gregor.us Tue, 19 May 2009 05:24:10 +0000 http://asmarterplanet.com/?p=199#comment-2735 [...] have a recent study on lost productivity in a transport system overweighted towards the automobile, IBM research has started trying to quantify traffic congestion losses to GDP, globally. For all of [...] [...] have a recent study on lost productivity in a transport system overweighted towards the automobile, IBM research has started trying to quantify traffic congestion losses to GDP, globally. For all of [...]

]]> By: Peter Cooper http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2009/04/building-a-smarter-rail-system.html#comment-1233 Peter Cooper Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:50:35 +0000 http://asmarterplanet.com/?p=199#comment-1233 My company the Pan-American Railway Inc. has been preaching this for years, and has plans to build a nation wide network of high-speed passenger and freight railroads utilizing old rights of way and shared corridores. We envision funding the project as a public private partnership, and will guarantee passenger service without operating subsidies. Please feel free to contact us about our project. Peter Cooper Pan-American Railway Inc. 208 661-1675 phone My company the Pan-American Railway Inc. has been preaching this for years, and has plans to build a nation wide network of high-speed passenger and freight railroads utilizing old rights of way and shared corridores. We envision funding the project as a public private partnership, and will guarantee passenger service without operating subsidies. Please feel free to contact us about our project.

Peter Cooper
Pan-American Railway Inc.
208 661-1675 phone

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