| We recently saw another ferry accident, this one in | | | | being built. Much of the time it is through carefully |
| NY when the pilot of the vessel fell asleep, which may | | | | orchestrated media and public relations releases, which |
| have been a medical situation or condition, but never | | | | insight public out cry to build such a project. In the end |
| the less, accidents like these would be prevented by | | | | the failed project also adversely affect the public trust |
| pilot-less transit systems. This would be no problem | | | | in smart and vital transportation projects of the future. |
| with modern technology. We know in the future this will | | | | One interesting pet project we studied was a |
| be an accepted method and fully safe. | | | | Vermont Bill to have a high speed rail from Boston to |
| Today we will see a union propaganda road show | | | | Montpelier the capital of Vermont, well this is absolutely |
| with the media incited fear in our citizenry to protect | | | | silly considering only about 8000 people live in |
| their jobs through a blocking of these future | | | | Montpelier, VT and most of them are lawyers, |
| technologies in the near term. Through self-interests | | | | politicians, small business owners and crystal meth drug |
| and political action committee donations to politicians | | | | addicts. All they project would do is bring in cheaper |
| and their decision makers on 'K Street" by lobbying | | | | illegal drugs and shuttle law making lawyers back and |
| union groups we see a slowing of these technologies | | | | forth to Boston for dinner and Opera or high society |
| to market. This is unfortunate for mankind and the | | | | brunches. That's a wonderful use of tax payers |
| transportation advancements in this present period. All | | | | monies? Go get em' Vermont? |
| to often such linear decision-making hurts the process | | | | Now if the project included New Hampshire's capital |
| of incremental betterment for all. | | | | and traveled up to Burlington VT and the University; |
| We have the technology now, which will improve | | | | and down to Boston, you might be able to justify it, but |
| safety, prevent hi-jacks from International Terrorists, | | | | weather issues would be a big deal in winter. But if it |
| improve operational costs by a pre-controlled perfect | | | | were built it could seriously help Vermont and New |
| trip programmed settings. Also brought to the table by | | | | Hampshire Tourism, but the distance is not great and a |
| these innovations are lower labor, energy and fuel | | | | regular train would suffice. |
| costs. With the increase of work place shootings of | | | | No matter how technologically advanced a |
| former fired workers, even if such technologies were | | | | transportations system is, it must be reality based, well |
| set in motion, we might have displaced union workers | | | | thought out and removed from the political arena to |
| try to sabotage these systems and then the first | | | | work. In this present period we cannot trust mankind to |
| accident of a pilot-less train would get intense media | | | | properly use such transportation technology or to |
| coverage dwarfing the OJ Simpson, Kobe Bryant, | | | | design his own transportations systems. We need less |
| Scott Peterson or Michael Jackson Court Trails. | | | | linear thought and a better over all strategy. Think |
| We often see pet projects, which make no sense, | | | | about it. |