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RE: Cammo's Casual Conversation Corner - 7/19/2008 1:16:23 AM
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saraimay75
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G'day everyone! How are you all today?
It is evening here but I am good.
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RE: Cammo's Casual Conversation Corner - 7/19/2008 6:58:48 AM
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I start TAFE on Monday at 9:30 am (but because of the trains, I have to leave home about 8am).
There's a convenient timing of trains at the interchange station early in the morning, which is why I leave at that time.
Depending on where you are, connections are better here, but the best connections are in downtown though.
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RE: Cammo's Casual Conversation Corner - 7/19/2008 8:18:34 AM
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WOW, they actually guarantee 3 minutes? A transfer connection here while not short would be normal here.
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RE: Cammo's Casual Conversation Corner - 7/19/2008 9:38:25 AM
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Ok, I have done that too, however buses and sometimes trains tend to run an erratic schedule around here instead.
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RE: Cammo's Casual Conversation Corner - 7/19/2008 10:20:32 AM
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Usually I keep a schedule handy for buses. The Government had a real bureaucratic way on figuring out how often buses run and when they leave, etc.
Trains are a little more regular, but the trolley system leaves a real lot to be desired though.
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RE: Cammo's Casual Conversation Corner - 7/19/2008 2:00:18 PM
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Well, it looks like they will be building a Mass Transit/Steel Rail/Train here on Oahu. It one of the Hot Topics it will cost millions of dollars and take years to build.
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RE: Cammo's Casual Conversation Corner - 7/19/2008 2:07:12 PM
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Now will it be underground? It does take much longer to build them that way than above ground. Also, will it be light rail trains or regular ones instead?
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RE: Cammo's Casual Conversation Corner - 7/19/2008 2:15:31 PM
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Nope, not underground. Above ground way above ground. One of the main problem is we have only seen pretty little pictures with pinpoints. Nothing real. This rail system will need to be held up some how...
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RE: Cammo's Casual Conversation Corner - 7/19/2008 2:16:42 PM
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So a lot of people are against it then?
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RE: Cammo's Casual Conversation Corner - 7/19/2008 2:33:56 PM
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So a lot of people are against it then?
There are people on both sides.
One of the most common argument against it is how it will serve only on part of the island but we all have to pay for it. I find this argument tired.
There is also some arguement of where the routes will go.
The people for argue that it will releive traffic. Which it may but it take years and cause few traffic problems. Before it can be used.
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RE: Cammo's Casual Conversation Corner - 7/19/2008 2:45:00 PM
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Sounds like the typical arguements/problems that come with rapid transit.
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RE: Cammo's Casual Conversation Corner - 7/19/2008 8:05:44 PM
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Sounds like the typical arguements/problems that come with rapid transit.
Heh, gotta love NIMBYism.
At the moment there's a rail line nearing completion in Sydney's north. Essentially it serves one of Sydney's universities, and one of our major suburban centres (we have some surprisingly established suburban CBDs that look like cities in their own right).
AAanyway, the line crosses over a minor national park. The original proposal was to build a bridge over the area. Now of course, the NIMBYs and BANANAs didn't like this. Eventually it all came to a head, and it was forced underground.
This had three other consequences: the line became longer (and hence more expensive), It caused the grades on at least part of the line to be undesirable (about 1:35), and thirdly, because of safety regulations regarding station depth, the cancellation of one of the stations -- which would have served a second campus of a different university.
As a flow on from this, that other university's campus is being wound down and is going to be redeveloped - enrolments to the campus have apparently been abysmal.
Oh, did I mention how many motorway tunnels we have?
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RE: Cammo's Casual Conversation Corner - 7/19/2008 10:13:22 PM
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Sounds bureaucratic alright!
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RE: Cammo's Casual Conversation Corner - 7/21/2008 9:09:24 PM
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Heya Cammo! Long time no see...how are ya?
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RE: Cammo's Casual Conversation Corner - 7/21/2008 9:30:59 PM
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Good! what is TAFE?
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RE: Cammo's Casual Conversation Corner - 7/21/2008 9:38:48 PM
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Ah...so what do you wanna be when you grow up?
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