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Re: Bombardier to Supply 300 New (R-179) Subway Cars for NYC Transit --- P.R. |
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Posted by RailBus63 on Wed Jun 6 10:17:06 2012, in response to Re: Bombardier to Supply 300 New (R-179) Subway Cars for NYC Transit --- P.R., posted by randyo on Wed Jun 6 04:32:16 2012. If all railcar component manufacturers were required by law to make all systems fully compatible expenses would definitely come down.Do you really want bureaucrats in Washington deciding which technologies must be adopted? How will you feel when the needs of some smaller transit system with 60 or 80 cars compromises what otherwise might have been the best design for NYC? The President's Conference Committee is one of the shining examples of mass transit technological development in the United States, yet complete interoperational ability was not mandated. The committee gave carbuilders and equipment suppliers leeway to best meet their performance standards, the same as the MTA has done. Systems that operated multiple-unit PCC streetcars and rapid transit trains often had to segment car types into seperate trains for optimum operation. |
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