بِسْمِ
اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ , الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
, الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ , مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ , إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ
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الضَّالِّينَ.
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If you're a rail travel proponent, there's good news and there's bad news when it comes to high-speed trains.
The good news is, globally, high-speed is up and running around the world — to the tune of some 13,000 miles of track in more than half a dozen countries.
"You can take a high-speed train from Seville to Barcelona and never leave a high-speed track," says Rick Harnish, executive director of the Midwest High Speed Rail Association. "It really is a proven technology."
The not so good news is, if you live in the United States, you're out of luck when it comes to HSR, thus far. High-speed rail in the U.S. is mired, for the most part, in opposing views about what's best for the country's travel infrastructure — and how we should pay for it.
The U.S. does not lack for recent efforts to implement high-speed rail, however. The western part of the country is alive with proposals. But if there's a future for the technology of moving people from one place to another along a fixed track at tremendous velocities, it will be born of something other than entrepreneurial spirit alone.
California Connections: Plans.
When you think about high-speed rails, you think about shaving drives
which would take an entire afternoon into a quick couple-hour commute.
For example, one project in California would link Los Angeles to San Francisco in a 2.5-hour shot, hurtling north and south at some 220 miles per hour. The estimated price tag: a cool $68 billion. Proponents say building the high-speed system will bring jobs.
Opponents maintain that its projected ridership — by some estimates, approximately 20,000 people per day — simply doesn't justify the expense. Lawsuits from landowners along the proposed route are also ongoing. Construction is supposed to start this year, but, as of August, it has not.
Image: XpressWest
Another project, dubbed the XpressWest, is a private enterprise meant to shuttle riders between a park-and-ride station in Victorville, California (about 100 miles east of L.A.), and Las Vegas at approximately 150 miles per hour. But the concept hit a hurdle it couldn't clear earlier this summer when the U.S. Department of Transportation said no to a $5.5 billion loan meant to help pay for the projected $7 billion plan.
"The people who want trains are dispersed, and not recognizing that if they want trains they have to tell their Congressman they want them," Harnish says. "And on the other hand, people who think that any government spending is Communist and evil make their voices heard very frequently."
Opponents say that the massive government subsidies involved in high-speed rail construction and operation are the wrong way to spend taxpayers' money. While it's not clear that they consider it "Communist" and "evil", they certainly do consider it the kind of expenditure that benefits developers over riders — which they also suggest are too few and far between.
"It's easy for me to advocate for a system when somebody else is paying for it," says William Ibbs, professor of civil engineering at Berkeley Research, at the University of California. "Most rail systems require about one third of their costs to be subsidized and virtually all of the capital costs to be subsidized."
Ibbs suggests that a better use of money would be to expand road-based systems that he says are more dynamic, flexible and widely used — he says that highways are able to accommodate shifting population in ways that perhaps fixed rail would not.
Harnish, on the other hand, says highways drain tax dollars as well, and are not what commuters would choose to use first — if they had a better choice than what rail offers now.
In the U.S., it seems certain that the future of high-speed rail will hinge on the resolution of these differing approaches. If high-speed rail does get a nod somewhere, anytime soon, most projections put the first rides as coming sometime in the 2020s.
Image: Flickr, lwy
Sumber: (High-speed-rail-future).
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High-Speed Rail: What's the Hold-Up?
If you're a rail travel proponent, there's good news and there's bad news when it comes to high-speed trains.
The good news is, globally, high-speed is up and running around the world — to the tune of some 13,000 miles of track in more than half a dozen countries.
"You can take a high-speed train from Seville to Barcelona and never leave a high-speed track," says Rick Harnish, executive director of the Midwest High Speed Rail Association. "It really is a proven technology."
The not so good news is, if you live in the United States, you're out of luck when it comes to HSR, thus far. High-speed rail in the U.S. is mired, for the most part, in opposing views about what's best for the country's travel infrastructure — and how we should pay for it.
The U.S. does not lack for recent efforts to implement high-speed rail, however. The western part of the country is alive with proposals. But if there's a future for the technology of moving people from one place to another along a fixed track at tremendous velocities, it will be born of something other than entrepreneurial spirit alone.
California Connections: Plans.
Image: California High Speed Rail
When you think about high-speed rails, you think about shaving drives
which would take an entire afternoon into a quick couple-hour commute.For example, one project in California would link Los Angeles to San Francisco in a 2.5-hour shot, hurtling north and south at some 220 miles per hour. The estimated price tag: a cool $68 billion. Proponents say building the high-speed system will bring jobs.
Opponents maintain that its projected ridership — by some estimates, approximately 20,000 people per day — simply doesn't justify the expense. Lawsuits from landowners along the proposed route are also ongoing. Construction is supposed to start this year, but, as of August, it has not.
Another project, dubbed the XpressWest, is a private enterprise meant to shuttle riders between a park-and-ride station in Victorville, California (about 100 miles east of L.A.), and Las Vegas at approximately 150 miles per hour. But the concept hit a hurdle it couldn't clear earlier this summer when the U.S. Department of Transportation said no to a $5.5 billion loan meant to help pay for the projected $7 billion plan.
The Debate over High-Speed Rail
The underlying issues when it comes to high-speed rail projects are often political. Or, to put a finer point on it: the underlying issues revolve around government subsidies. Proponents say that would-be riders can't get their voices above the din of tax-conscious objectors."The people who want trains are dispersed, and not recognizing that if they want trains they have to tell their Congressman they want them," Harnish says. "And on the other hand, people who think that any government spending is Communist and evil make their voices heard very frequently."
Opponents say that the massive government subsidies involved in high-speed rail construction and operation are the wrong way to spend taxpayers' money. While it's not clear that they consider it "Communist" and "evil", they certainly do consider it the kind of expenditure that benefits developers over riders — which they also suggest are too few and far between.
"It's easy for me to advocate for a system when somebody else is paying for it," says William Ibbs, professor of civil engineering at Berkeley Research, at the University of California. "Most rail systems require about one third of their costs to be subsidized and virtually all of the capital costs to be subsidized."
Ibbs suggests that a better use of money would be to expand road-based systems that he says are more dynamic, flexible and widely used — he says that highways are able to accommodate shifting population in ways that perhaps fixed rail would not.
Harnish, on the other hand, says highways drain tax dollars as well, and are not what commuters would choose to use first — if they had a better choice than what rail offers now.
In the U.S., it seems certain that the future of high-speed rail will hinge on the resolution of these differing approaches. If high-speed rail does get a nod somewhere, anytime soon, most projections put the first rides as coming sometime in the 2020s.
Image: Flickr, lwy
Sumber: (High-speed-rail-future).
"..KEHIDUPAN DUNIA HANYALAH Kesenangan YANG MEMPERDAYA" [QS. AL 'IMRAN (3):185].
Firman Allah S.W.T., yang bermaksud: Wahai orang yang beriman! Janganlah kamu mengambil orang yang bukan daripada kalangan kamu (seperti Yahudi, Nasrani, dan Munafiq) menjadi teman karib (yang dipercayai). Mereka tidak akan berhenti berusaha mendatangkan kesusahan kepada kamu. Mereka sukakan apa yang menyusahkan kamu. Telah pun nyata (tanda) kebencian mereka pada pertuturan mulut mereka, dan apa yang tersembunyi oleh hati mereka lebih besar lagi. Sesungguhnya Kami telah jelaskan kepada kamu ayat ayat (Kami), jika kamu memahaminya (memikirkannya).” - [Al Quran Surah Al Imran ayat 118-120] .
Baca Juga:
Firman
Allah S.W.T., yang bermaksud: “Perkataan yang baik dan pemberian maaf,
lebih baik dari sedekah yang diiringi dengan sesuatu yang menyakitkan
(perasaan penerima). Allah Maha Kaya lagi Maha Penyantun.” (Al Baqarah:
263).
Firman
Allah S.W.T., yang bermaksud: “Mereka yang berjuang di jalan Kami
nescaya Kami tunjukkan jalan-jalan Kami. Sesungguhnya Allah berserta
orang yang berbuat baik.” (Al Ankabut: 69).
"Sesungguhnya hanyalah kepada Allah aku mengadukan kesusahan dan kesedihanku." (QS. Yusuf: 86).
Semasa hidup sederhanakanlah kegembiraan. Supaya wujud keseimbangan jiwa dan roh, bila menerima kesedihan yang pasti ditemui juga. Mengingatkan diri sendiri menjadi keutamaaan sebelum mengingatkan orang lain . In Syaa Allah ''palis'' sekali dari sifat-sifat sombong dan keji. Semuanya kerana Allah S.W.T.. Amin Ya Rob. (Peceq Admin).
"Sesungguhnya hanyalah kepada Allah aku mengadukan kesusahan dan kesedihanku." (QS. Yusuf: 86).
Semasa hidup sederhanakanlah kegembiraan. Supaya wujud keseimbangan jiwa dan roh, bila menerima kesedihan yang pasti ditemui juga. Mengingatkan diri sendiri menjadi keutamaaan sebelum mengingatkan orang lain . In Syaa Allah ''palis'' sekali dari sifat-sifat sombong dan keji. Semuanya kerana Allah S.W.T.. Amin Ya Rob. (Peceq Admin).
Perhatian:
Pemaparan tajuk-tajuk, gambar-gambar dan segala bagai, adalah pandangan
dan pendapat peribadi yang lebih menjurus kepada sikap dan sifat untuk
menjadi lebih baik dengan mengamalkan gaya hidup menurut perentah dan
larangan Allah S.W.T., antaranya bersikap dengan tiada prasangka, tidak
bertujuan untuk kebencian, tidak berkeperluan untuk bersubahat dengan
perkara bohong dan tiada kaitan dan berkepentingan dengan mana-mana
individu. Jujur., aku hanyalah hamba Allah S.W.T., yang hina dina.
BERSANGKA BAIK KERANA ALLAH S.W.T..
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