Hollowplanet
Hollowplanet t1_j6k6i8o wrote
Reply to comment by Proof-Variation7005 in Idea for regional rail line connecting Providence, Fall River, & New Bedford by Dinosaur_Ass_Tattoos
So we're starting a multibillion dollar project banking on people who want to go to Battleship Cove every day. We have to get Battleship Cove to charge $25 for parking while they currently charge nothing while keeping the price of train tickets for a family below the cost to park. Or we'll count on all the people who go to Battleship Cove by themselves. Disregarding the fact that it is Fall River and you can find cheap or free parking everywhere.
Hollowplanet t1_j6k5q0s wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Idea for regional rail line connecting Providence, Fall River, & New Bedford by Dinosaur_Ass_Tattoos
You're thinking of MBTA. Accella is 150mph and doesn't have to go south at 128 like 95 does.
Hollowplanet t1_j6k3vgz wrote
Reply to Idea for regional rail line connecting Providence, Fall River, & New Bedford by Dinosaur_Ass_Tattoos
Next up I would like to propose the Cranston to Des Moines Iowa monorail.
Hollowplanet t1_j6k39av wrote
Reply to comment by MargaretDumont in Idea for regional rail line connecting Providence, Fall River, & New Bedford by Dinosaur_Ass_Tattoos
It already would be through the Providence station but this has a 0 chance of happening. Freight on this line wasn't even profitable.
Hollowplanet t1_j6k306p wrote
Reply to comment by D-camchow in Idea for regional rail line connecting Providence, Fall River, & New Bedford by Dinosaur_Ass_Tattoos
The commuter rail to Boston is packed. Anything south of Providence is never packed and I've never been on an Amtrack that was packed.
Hollowplanet t1_j6k2kgg wrote
Reply to comment by FunLife64 in Idea for regional rail line connecting Providence, Fall River, & New Bedford by Dinosaur_Ass_Tattoos
We have that with Accella. I doubt a maglev from Providence to Boston would ever happen.
Hollowplanet t1_j6k2fcp wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Idea for regional rail line connecting Providence, Fall River, & New Bedford by Dinosaur_Ass_Tattoos
Exactly. What are trainloads of people going to do in Fall River without cars when they could drive there in a few minutes?
Hollowplanet t1_j6k20rg wrote
Reply to comment by vanharn_design in Idea for regional rail line connecting Providence, Fall River, & New Bedford by Dinosaur_Ass_Tattoos
We already have a perfectly good tunnel going under their houses. And a bridge that connects to it.
Hollowplanet t1_is39ci4 wrote
Reply to comment by pvdjay in Opinions on current usage of DePasquale Square? by pvdjay
That has to be a bribe. 400k for some cracked underground pipes? You could get a whole new fountain.
Hollowplanet t1_j6kh42o wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Idea for regional rail line connecting Providence, Fall River, & New Bedford by Dinosaur_Ass_Tattoos
One of those is between Boston and Providence. The other one is in RI. At the Mansfield station it hits 150.