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As someone who has watched from afar the trail people blocking expansion of light rail in the Baltimore and Washington areas, I find Rails with Trails an option worth considering. When looking at the risks, how close are people getting to the Chicago, South Shore and South Bend tracks that run in the middle of the street in Michigan City, Indiana. There is similar mainline street running in other parts of the country. How close are the elevated tracks to parallel streets in Chicago? I suspect that the distance from the closest NJT (ex DL&W) track to the I280 service road in East Orange, New Jersey isn't much more than 25 feet and may be less. (horizontal distance, since it is elevated). People on passenger train platforms all over the world are within a lesser distance. If I have a choice between trails with rails and trails precluding rails, I know which I will take. <br /> <br />In regard to the Monterrey case, I would support the return of rail if I lived there. People will take trains when they won't take buses. While the RDCs or other equipment won't take that much traffic off the highway, they at least will offer a better alternative. The pollution will be no worse than the buses. If you want to do something constructive, find ways to emulate Germany and other European countries where whistle blowing isn't mandatory at grade crossings and find a way to get UIC car strength requirements proved as safe as the current FRA requirements so we can have lighter equipment. Both the New Jersey River Line equipment and Ottawa O-train equipment are considered mainline equipment suitable for interruning with freight in Europe. This change will allow lighter equipment. If Monterrey is fortunate enough to get a decently designed rail service (get consultants who are familiar with German rural rail), you will find it far better patronized than you believe possible. Incidentally, I have riddent the Monterrey local bus service to the airport from a conference I was at in the early 1980's and would like to have been able to take a train.
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