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Only in the beginning and it's not linear. One track can be used by an infinite amount of people with very little to no congestion, unlike roads.

by yard2010 2y ago

dartharva 2y ago
You also can't travel anytime you want. What happens when a doctor has to reach his hospital for a critical emergency but the next train is scheduled in half an hour?
- witx 2y ago
  Have you ever heard about helicopters? There are hospitals that have them. Why do we need _personal_ airplanes for this to happen? Why you think doctors will have money or space for their own airplane when they have no helicopters yet? In this scenario of yours where would this doctor have their "airplane" at home? In a airfield?
  - dartharva 2y ago
    No, he would have a car of his own. That he can drive himself to the hospital. I'm not sure why you jumped to helicopters.
    - aziaziazi 2y ago
      If he can drive and that’s not an emergency why wouldn’t take the train ? Less stress and more safe if he’s impaired. For an emergency I would suggest a professional-driven ambulance with flashing light, or an helicopter if it’s remote if your wallet or country medicare afford it.
      - jayGlow 2y ago
        I think their point was a doctor being called in to work in an emergency not that the doctor is having an emergency.
        aziaziazi 2y ago
        Oh thanks that makes sense! Those "flying doctors" already exists in Australia and one of them saved my life 13 years ago : landed on a single lane road on the middle of the desert to pick me and my friend in a thought condition after a car crash. We arrived in the hospital 2 hours later, instead of 12 hours car drive. IIRC it was a small propeller plane looking simple and not so new or fancy. Didn’t remember the flight :( they quickly nailed me to dream after landing.
- langcss 2y ago
  That is why you have rosters.
- rmbyrro 2y ago
  Nobody advocated against cars, just in favor of more traina. Trains would benefit especially the lower income brackets population with cheap, fast, secure and stress-free transportation.
- bluGill 2y ago
  >the next train is scheduled in half an hour? Fire your transit leadership. Trains should be running every 5 minutes all day every day (and also have a backup option for night service while you do track maintenance). Incompetent leadership isn't doing that. For a bus you are sometimes forced to do cost/benefit and run as little as every half hour, but if you have trains that means you have enough demand to run every 5 minutes (if you don't that means you shouldn't have a train at all - a bus is cheaper). It isn't just doctors that sometimes have an emergency. People have places to be, trying to figure out when the transit system is coming shouldn't be a problem.
- epolanski 2y ago
  He takes the car? We're in a discussion about flights replacing 100/400 miles trips.

Only in the beginning and it's not linear. One track can be used by an infinite amount of people with very little to no congestion, unlike roads.

dartharva 2y ago

You also can't travel anytime you want. What happens when a doctor has to reach his hospital for a critical emergency but the next train is scheduled in half an hour?

witx 2y ago
Have you ever heard about helicopters? There are hospitals that have them. Why do we need _personal_ airplanes for this to happen? Why you think doctors will have money or space for their own airplane when they have no helicopters yet? In this scenario of yours where would this doctor have their "airplane" at home? In a airfield?
- dartharva 2y ago
  No, he would have a car of his own. That he can drive himself to the hospital. I'm not sure why you jumped to helicopters.
  - aziaziazi 2y ago
    If he can drive and that’s not an emergency why wouldn’t take the train ? Less stress and more safe if he’s impaired. For an emergency I would suggest a professional-driven ambulance with flashing light, or an helicopter if it’s remote if your wallet or country medicare afford it.
    - jayGlow 2y ago
      I think their point was a doctor being called in to work in an emergency not that the doctor is having an emergency.
      - aziaziazi 2y ago
        Oh thanks that makes sense! Those "flying doctors" already exists in Australia and one of them saved my life 13 years ago : landed on a single lane road on the middle of the desert to pick me and my friend in a thought condition after a car crash. We arrived in the hospital 2 hours later, instead of 12 hours car drive. IIRC it was a small propeller plane looking simple and not so new or fancy. Didn’t remember the flight :( they quickly nailed me to dream after landing.
langcss 2y ago
That is why you have rosters.
rmbyrro 2y ago
Nobody advocated against cars, just in favor of more traina. Trains would benefit especially the lower income brackets population with cheap, fast, secure and stress-free transportation.
bluGill 2y ago
>the next train is scheduled in half an hour? Fire your transit leadership. Trains should be running every 5 minutes all day every day (and also have a backup option for night service while you do track maintenance). Incompetent leadership isn't doing that. For a bus you are sometimes forced to do cost/benefit and run as little as every half hour, but if you have trains that means you have enough demand to run every 5 minutes (if you don't that means you shouldn't have a train at all - a bus is cheaper). It isn't just doctors that sometimes have an emergency. People have places to be, trying to figure out when the transit system is coming shouldn't be a problem.
epolanski 2y ago
He takes the car? We're in a discussion about flights replacing 100/400 miles trips.