In article , "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:

Where do you guys live? Along many of the interstates here in the
northeast, you'd be hard pressed to ride a scooter let alone put rail lines.
There is NO median, just a barrier. Drive I-95 from Philly to Boston and
see how much rail you can lay. I know a Plate B boxcar has an inside height
of 10' 7" but I don' tknow the outside. Bridge clearance could also be a
problem. McKinley cars are 18' high. That puts the median 5" below the
grade of the highway.

I live in the Midwest, specifically Indianapolis, where we're not all jammed
together like sardines in a can.

As noted previously, the City of Chicago has managed to solve this problem for
commuter rail.

I'm sure the idea has merit in some areas, but it is not easy to do in
others.



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