Purple Line – Ride the Tube

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  • November 4, 2011 at 2:26 pm #932020
    Joe Chapline
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    @pfunkallstar 10200 wrote:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/commuting/purple-line-would-require-placing-trail-above-trains-in-tunnel/2011/11/03/gIQAKD9bjM_story.html

    Why does this sound so ridiculous?

    I will reserve judgement until I see a scale model, with hamsters trained to ride little bicycles through the tube.

    November 4, 2011 at 2:52 pm #932023
    Dirt
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    Rebuilding the Capital Crescent Trail through a tunnel in downtown Bethesda as part of a Purple Line transitway would require funneling runners and cyclists through an eight-foot-tall clear tube built above light-rail trains…

    With the creative use of compressed air, runners and cyclists could be propelled through the tunnel and out the other side at a HUGE rate of speed. AWESOME!!!!

    What were we talking about?

    Sorry.

    Pete

    November 4, 2011 at 8:43 pm #932057
    Terpfan
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    Probably because if they have never seen it done before and are confident they can do it then they have collosally forgotten something. Case in point, when they built the Montgomery County Courthouse they originally installed concave windows that created light beams responsible for melting some rear view windows in cars and paint on some cars. Then when they finally opened the same courthouse they forgot to complete the final sewer hookup leading to a bunch of a raw sewage with no pipe to flow into. Alas, how could anyone possibly doubt their design capabilities?!

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