Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Radey Shouman Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Lost your home? Car? Everything? Thank a bicyclist and the California road diet. Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 14:57:19 -0500 Organization: None of the above Lines: 99 Message-ID: <87tt9q39ls.fsf@mothra.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> References: <%KBgP.409299$EYNf.56321@fx11.iad> <87y0z23azz.fsf@mothra.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:57:20 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6f1cca4289ccfec1ce88af7baa48ed42"; logging-data="1228936"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX191dfGZPKUkATf9py3QwLmAZi9UNOIo2X8=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:QmgUAeZPLAAxuOn5FuUYcziNIWg= sha1:v4FyLZ54piWDhjTsKj5aRbqQ7do= Bytes: 6182 Radey Shouman writes: > Zen Cycle writes: > >> On 1/21/2025 12:38 PM, AMuzi wrote: >>> On 1/21/2025 11:12 AM, Shadow wrote: >>>> On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 09:07:20 -0600, AMuzi wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 1/21/2025 7:01 AM, Shadow wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:48:33 +0100, Rolf Mantel >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>> San Francisco or Oakland to LA is only an hour on commercial >>>>>>>> aircraft. The same to Las Vegas and only a half hour more to Arizona >>>>>>>> and only a half hour more than that to Denver. Trains simply do not >>>>>>>> work with the distances between major cities in the US. Too bad, I >>>>>>>> do like railroads. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On the contrary, exactly those are the distances that work on >>>>>>> high- speed >>>>>>> trains.  "One hour on commercial aricraft" means a total >>>>>>> travelling time >>>>>>> of approx. three hours "city-center to city-center"; a "2:40 non-stop >>>>>>> travel time" by train as planned on completion of phase 1 would >>>>>>> kill the >>>>>>> air market completely. >>>>>> >>>>>>     I agree. You waste over an hour going to the airport and >>>>>> passing through the secret state police. And when you reach your >>>>>> destination, it's usually at least 30 mins to the center of town. Two >>>>>> wasted hours. >>>>>>     I presume train passengers would not be subject to "homeland >>>>>> insecurity" groping. Unless one of the CEO's from the "air market" >>>>>> paid someone to plant a bomb. The usual "take me to Cuba" excuse would >>>>>> not work. >>>>>>     []'s >>>>> >>>>> That's not right. >>>>> >>>>> Here, the Stasi have infested the trains as well: >>>>> https://www.amtrak.com/tickets-id-safety-security >>>> >>>>     That's about crossing borders to another country. I think >>>> that's reasonable. Lots of criminals try to avoid prosecution by >>>> crossing borders .... over 100 of Bolsonaro's followers fled to the >>>> US. I have no idea how they got permits, most of them do not work, and >>>> many of them are criminals linked to drugs trafficking, prostitution, >>>> money laundering and contraband. >>>> >>>>     I mean being searched to travel in your own country.... that >>>> should not happen in a "free" country. >>>>> >>>>> I do not go to airports, and even to pick up or drop off >>>>> someone; I remain in my car in the parking area. >>>> >>>>     Well, I used to have to travel by plane. >>>>     When traveling in Brazil I prefer 1) A train - if available. >>>> There are very few passenger trains left >>>>     2) A bus. They are usually comfortable and have air >>>> conditioning. >>>>     3) Ugggh a plane >>>> >>>>     That's if I have transport on the other end. If I don't, I >>>> just drive there. Trouble is, I'm getting too old to drive. The most I >>>> can stay awake is about 12 hours. Then I just curl up and go to sleep. >>>> I've woken up in a stalled car twice in the last 10 years.... >>>>     []'s >>> Domestic Amtrak security protocols: >>> https://www.ncesc.com/does-amtrak-have-security-check/ >>> >> >> Well, that's not true at all. It may be a stated policy, but it's not >> in use by any stretch of the imagination. >> >> My father likes to visit my sister in Georgia twice a year and is >> partial to the Amtrak from Boston to Savannah (he transfers in either >> new york, philidehphia, and DC, depending on the times he traveled) >> >> I drive him to the Amtrak station in Boston. I help him with his >> luggage to the platform, help him on the train, and make sure the >> attendants understand his health issues. Upon his return I reverse the >> process. We've been doing this for three years now (2x a year), and >> not once has there ever been a security checkpoint or any attempt by >> any TSA or Amtrak employees to screen him or me, check his or my ID, >> or any attempt to restrict my movement in the terminal or getting on >> the train even without a ticket. My sister has a similar experience in >> Savannah. >> >> They may reserve the right to enforce some sort of security protocol, >> but they haven't done it in either Boston or Savannah in the past 3 >> years. > > That was my experience boarding in Albany as well. I had brought a > passport thinking they might go all read-id on me, but in the event they ^ real-id > didn't check a thing. Could change overnight, who knows. --