01-31-2011, 02:40 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
Except the planning for a mega city is done to prevent something like this
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Well this megacity is by name only. it's not like they are building it from scratch in the middle of somewhere. Still it can't be like Beijing where rush hours are days at a time, can it??
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01-31-2011, 02:47 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Silicon Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
Well this megacity is by name only. it's not like they are building it from scratch in the middle of somewhere. Still it can't be like Beijing where rush hours are days at a time, can it??
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Major traffic will likely come from city to city, i.e. living in one city and working in another. This is the traffic that jams up highways, like people who live in DeWinton that commute into Calgary, or down here where there are people who live in Sacramento and then work in San Jose.
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01-31-2011, 02:53 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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If there was ever a good place for a bunch of sweet maglev trains, this could be the spot.
Forget SimCity to plan this baby, dust off your copies of Transportation Tycoon!
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01-31-2011, 03:07 PM
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Ben
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: God's Country (aka Cape Breton Island)
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Originally Posted by Bigtime
If there was ever a good place for a bunch of sweet maglev trains, this could be the spot.
Forget SimCity to plan this baby, dust off your copies of Transportation Tycoon!
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I actually did that last week, so addictive.
Service subsidy offered:
First Passenger service from Shenzhen to Guangzhou will attract a year's subsidy from the local authority!
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01-31-2011, 03:15 PM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigtime
If there was ever a good place for a bunch of sweet maglev trains, this could be the spot.
Forget SimCity to plan this baby, dust off your copies of Transportation Tycoon!
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They already have Maglev in Shanghai.
What's funny is that the Chinese got all these foreign companies to bid for contracts but forced them to work with local factories to actually produce the trains. After a few years, they "digested" the knowledge and ended the contracts LOL.
Now they aquired all the technology and can build all the trains without paying a cent haha. Good ol' China. The best at copying.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_China
The networks are huge already.
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01-31-2011, 03:21 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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I was aware of the maglev in Shanghai, runs from the airport right? I was thinking this could be a case to have a more widespread use of the technology.
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01-31-2011, 03:33 PM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigtime
I was aware of the maglev in Shanghai, runs from the airport right? I was thinking this could be a case to have a more widespread use of the technology.
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China ruled maglev out as an option for various reasons. Ze Germans wouldn't share the technology (so China could copy it LOL) and conventional rail was fast enough. They have set many records for conventional rail speeds. It's only 3/4 fast as Maglev but it's cheaper.
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01-31-2011, 04:45 PM
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tromboner
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: where the lattes are
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Originally Posted by 3 Justin 3
And I thought Calgary Rush Hour was bad. Leave on Tuesday to get to work on Monday.
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Or you could try to work close to where you live, or live close to where you work.
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01-31-2011, 08:47 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TylerSVT
Ultra dense cities worry me simply because if someone was crazy enough to launch a nuke... that is a LOT of people gone.
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This is what first came to my mind. From a military stand point, a country could take out 50million people so fast... Its a sad thought, but it could happen.
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01-31-2011, 09:01 PM
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I wish people would stop knocking this idea so much, the only drawback I see is that most of the 42 million will be, Chinese.
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01-31-2011, 10:13 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Calgary
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42 million people. Thats truly unbelievable
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01-31-2011, 10:19 PM
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Loves Teh Chat!
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Originally Posted by Bigtime
Time to start building those Arcologies China!
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Damnit! You beat me to it!
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02-01-2011, 12:11 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: DeWinton, AB
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For reference that is more than the population of the entire country of Canada....
Last edited by TylerSVT; 02-01-2011 at 11:28 AM.
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02-01-2011, 02:54 AM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by TylerSVT
For reference that is almost the population of the entire country of Canada....
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Almost? It's almost 10 million MORE than the population of Canada.
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02-01-2011, 07:25 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Vancouver
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TylerSVT...Givin' CP the HARD facts.
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02-01-2011, 07:26 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by drewboy12
This is what first came to my mind. From a military stand point, a country could take out 50 million people so fast... Its a sad thought, but it could happen.
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A drop in the bucket for China.
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02-01-2011, 07:28 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TylerSVT
For reference that is almost the population of the entire country of Canada....
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02-01-2011, 08:48 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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Quote:
Originally Posted by worth
TylerSVT...Givin' CP the HARD facts.
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Celebratory burnout?
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02-01-2011, 11:28 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: DeWinton, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by worth
TylerSVT...Givin' CP the HARD facts.
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Whatever, you got what i meant.
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02-01-2011, 11:30 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Glastonbury
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any of you guys read Chung Kuo?
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