Revision as of 03:30, 19 April 2023 by 38.154.163.219 (talk) (Created page with "Modern Mass Transit is rendering it easier for commuters, especially with the most recent inter connecting wireless technologies. Many buses, commuter trains, shuttles and eve...")(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Modern Mass Transit is rendering it easier for commuters, especially with the most recent inter connecting wireless technologies. Many buses, commuter trains, shuttles and even trolley cars now have WiFi wireless computer access so no-one has gone out of touch during the travel time. This is being done now in Baltimore to NY trains and in Sacramento to SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Trains thanks to Amtrak. After all we now have WiFi hotspots at McDonalds, Kinko's, Book Stores, Starbucks, Airports and hotel lobbies already.Insurance firms these amenities we are able to get people to stay out of their cars and enjoy the commute and or take a high speed train on their next trip; not to mention save the gasoline which is approaching $3.00 per gallon. Once the system is made the operational costs are relatively low considering the costs of expanding airports which tend to have cyclical trends during boom and bust years and thus hard to control your ROI, with gates becoming empty and then new gates which have to be built in the up cycle. One only must follow the sector rotations of the airline industry and take a trip through the California desert and look at Billions of dollars of Airliners sitting hibernated which may never be utilized again. Between the cutthroat price wars, Bankruptcy tactics and today era of International Terrorism we have to rethink our transportation strategy to include other redundancy methods, that may deliver the speed and comfort that we use to have in Commercial Aviation.We have a couple Nationwide Bus Companies that deliver people in the united states. We must insure buses are safe also in the era of International Terrorism and at the same time we have to increase usage and ridership. New interconnected wireless technologies can perform both. Since you already are on the Internet it is possible to send video feed back again to the command and control for the mass transit system and constantly monitor.Providing amenities to commuters and safety concurrently provides riders back and let's face it nobody really wants to pay $85.00 every week to fill their SUV with gasoline. Now could be a great time to coax the public back again to the mass transit systems we've already create and enhance the economies of scale to create those old embellished proformas used to float the bond measure possible. Can technology do all that? Perhaps it could. Think about it."Lance Winslow" - Online Think Tank forum board. When you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/. Lance can be an online writer in retirement.