Comments on: Morning Notes

By: Buckingham Bandit

Buckingham Bandit — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:39:59 +0000

I respectfully disagree. I found the U-bahn to be like the NYC subway (intracity travel), S-Bahn to be like Metro (hybrid subway and commuter rail) and the DB trains in the greater Berlin/Brandenburg area to be like VRE. But I think we’re largely in agreement.

By: bobbytiger

bobbytiger — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:31:38 +0000

Sorry, but no tears for Joe. He took what I considered the best bank in DC thru a hostile takeover, and sucked the blood out of it. It is because him, and little else, that the Riggs failed. RIP?

By: DCBuff

DCBuff — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:00:50 +0000

Actually, the U-bahn is more akin to our Metro, and the S-bahn is a bit more like VRE. But yes, neither are really like streetcars found in Europe or proposed here.

By: drax

drax — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:21:34 +0000

It’s going to cost LIVES!

By: Buckingham Bandit

Buckingham Bandit — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:06:25 +0000

S-Bahn (Stadtbahn, or city rail) is a heavy rail system, essentially like Metro. It has nothing to do with streetcars (strassenbahn),.

By: Josh S

Josh S — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:05:33 +0000

Steve, were you ever a used car salesman? Cause you got a crazy answer for everything that sounds almost as if it might be just plausible enough to make sense.

By: bobco85

bobco85 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:07:42 +0000

I am interested, too. After finding nothing on the Arlington streetcar, I tried finding more information on how streetcars in other cities deal with snow, but found very little information (most of it historical).

Since the streetcar will be using the main road (i.e., no special streetcar-only lane), I predict they will use the regular snow removal trucks. I know the Metro rail uses specialized cars to de-ice the tracks, but I do not expect a similarly specialized streetcar to be used. Because Columbia Pike is a main road, snow removal will already be a priority, and I expect that the biggest issue will be navigating the South Jefferson Street hill.

By: 120

120 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:39:17 +0000

Poor Metro. One bad thing after another.

By: novasteve

novasteve — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:36:49 +0000

hate to break the news to you arlater, but a streetcar weighs a lot more, so if you get hit by a street car, or hit a street car, you are much more likely to get brutally killed than if hit by a bus. It’s physics. I’m mostly familiar with Germany, and the S-bahn basically has it’s own dedicated area that cars can’t access for the most part.

By: ArLater

ArLater — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:32:17 +0000

**My post was in response to Steve, Nova.