Transportation

1st Nov 2023

The future of transportation

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Why you wanna give me a run-around
Is it a sure-fire way to speed things up
When all it does is slow me down

Bullet Trains

High Speed Railways (HSRs) are a type of passenger rail transport that operates significantly faster than the normal speed of rail traffic. HSRs are spreading around the globe and eventually will be fully implemented in many industrialized countries. Currently, HSRs operate mainly in Europe, but they also exist in the U.S. (Northeast Corridor between Boston, New York and Washington, D.C.), Japan (the high-speed Shinkansen line), China (connecting Beijing-Hangzhou; Guangzhou-Wuhan and Shanghai – Nanjing), and other countries. High-speed lines in Europe, especially in France and Spain, have increased dramatically during the last 10 years. According to the High-Speed Rail Strategic Plan (2009), the U.S. is planning to invest in high-speed passenger rail network of 100 to 600 mile intercity corridors. Aligned with this plan, the California High-Speed Rail Authority is currently planning lines running from Sacramento to San Diego.

Speedy trains and planes are generally competitive until your travel plans extend beyond 1,000 kilometers (621 miles), at which point travelers consider flying superior for time savings, according to an overview of academic research by the Journal of Advanced Transportation. But new technologies may push that boundary in the years and decades to come.

Although high-speed trains are clean and energy-efficient and therefore should be an environmentally friendly transportation system, the operational stage of HSRs can cause important environmental problems, including an increase in bird mortality. In addition to intersecting bird flight paths, birds are almost incapable of avoiding high speed trains when they approach. It has been observed that birds can barely avoid vehicles moving at higher speeds than 43.5-50 mph. In the case of HSRs, trains can reach up to 217 mph. A combination of high speeds with low running frequency of trains can produce high mortality rates of birds as long periods of quietness make birds feel confident perched on or nearby the rail tracks.

Run-Around - Blues Traveler

Oh, once upon a midnight dreary
I woke with something in my head
I couldn't escape the memory
Of a phone call and of what you said

Like a game show contestant with a parting gift
I could not believe my eyes
When I saw through the thoughts of a trusted friend
Who needs to humor me and tell me lies, yeah humor me and tell me lies

And I'll lie too and say I don't mind
And as we seek so shall we find
And when you're feeling open I'll still be here
But not without a certain degree of fear
Well, what will be with you and me
I still can see things hopefully

But you
Why you wanna give me a run-around?
Is it a sure-fire way to speed things up?
When all it does is slow me down

Shake me and my confidence
About a great many things
But I've been there I can see it cower
Like a nervous magician waiting in the wings

Of a bad play where the heroes are right
And nobody thinks or expects too much
And Hollywood's calling for the movie rights
Singing "Hey babe, let's keep in touch", hey baby, let's keep in touch

But I want more than a touch I want you to reach me
And show me all the things no one else can see
So what you feel becomes mine as well
And soon if we're lucky we'd be unable to tell
What's yours and mine, the fishing's fine
And it doesn't have to rhyme, so don't you feed me a line

But you
Why you wanna give me a run-around?
Is it a sure-fire way to speed things up?
When all it does is slow me down

Tra la la la la bombardier, this is the pilot speaking
I've got some news for you
It seems my ship still stands no matter what you drop
And there ain't a whole lot that you can do

Oh sure the banner may be torn and the wind's gotten colder
Perhaps I've grown a little cynical
But I know no matter what the waitress brings
I shall drink it and always be full, yeah I will drink it and always be full

Oh I like coffee and I like tea
I'd like to be able to enter a final plea
I still got this dream that you just can't shake
I love you to the point you can no longer take
Well all right okay, so be that way
I hope and pray that there's something left to say

But you
Why you wanna give me a run-around?
Is it a sure-fire way to speed things up
When all it does is slow me down?

Oh you
Why you wanna give me a run-around?
Is it a sure-fire way to speed things up
When all it does is slow me down?

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