Unjerked E39 Transportation Part 1

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about public transportation. What forms of transit make the most sense? This is part 1 of 2 episodes.

 

We first discuss the international perspective on transit. The US has less public transit usage compared to other peer developed countries, although even those countries do not have full public transit penetration. We then discuss the different approaches to rail use, to include government owned rails with private and public cars, fully private but highly regulated private rails, and private rails with public cars.

 

Then we discuss the issue with the speed of construction in the US. Afterwards, we talk about the different transportation methods which exist, and the pros and cons of each. These include auto, bus, light rail, heavy rail, high speed rail, monorail, flying, ferries, and more.. After this, we discuss the cost of these different methods, to include the externalized costs. Finally, we go over saftey, carbon emissions, and timeliness of different methods.

 

3:22 international perspective (2) (3)

 

12:03 Government vs private sector

 

17:41 Speed of construction

 

19:40 transportation methods

 

27:14 pros and cons of methods

 

29:24 Cost comparison of methods (2)

 

37:25 safety

 

41:09 carbon emissions 

 

43:44 time

 

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