Gonave Mass Transit Railway stops
Why rail?
Building a light rail before roadways seems a bit backwards in most parts of the world. The problem with roads are the large amount of vehicle pollution, road take up a large amount of space, and roads are expensive to maintain.
Keep in mind, Gonave is a very tiny island. Roads and highways should be built, but shouldn't be the initial first piece of land transportation. Given that everything has to be imported, you would have to import fuel for all of the vehicles, and even import the vehicles themselves. It all adds up to major expenses.
If a light rail line was built, the initial costs would be pretty expensive, however the lines and rolling stock vehicles would last for a very long time. Also wind turbines could power the entire initial system. Again the initial costs would be expensive. A wind turbine cost $3-4 million for a 2 MW system. A 2 MW system could power some 30,000 US homes. A light rail train costs about the same, $3-4 million per vehicle. Then look at the amount of the track. Usually light rail could run $30 to 40 million per mile. However put into perspective of all of the highways and roadways that needed to be built, and then the large amount of buses that need to be purchased. Oh, and don't forget where would you park those vehicles? Light rail, while very expensive, is a better option for places with natural boundaries.
If you look at Chicago, NYC, LA, Seattle, Miami, San Francisco, and even Kenosha, WI, all of these places have some type of rail system for mass transit. Now while Gonave isn't nearly as big as Chicago or Miami, it is bigger than Kenosha, WI. Kenosha is a very small city with a 2 mile streetcar line. What Gonave has in common with all of those cities are natural boundaries. All of those cities have major bodies of water near them. Then other smaller cities sit right outside of them. Gonave is surrounded by nothing but water, and it is also surrounded by mountains. Given the small amount of land suitable for building, rail makes more sense.
Where would the stops be?
Well in previous blogs, I mentioned college/university, port, market/commercial district, airport/transpark, government center, downtown, etc.
Creating a small light rail line of 3 - 4 miles would be able to link all of these future destinations. Tourist would arrive at the airport, and could be connected to any of these places in a short amount of time. Citizens of Gonave could live in the downtown district and then could connect to the university area, or the the market area. Below are two pictures of Seattle's light rail trains, which I recently rode on. Very modern, fast, and comfortable. Could this work on Gonave?
This single car configuration is more likely to be how it is established on Gonave.
Building a light rail before roadways seems a bit backwards in most parts of the world. The problem with roads are the large amount of vehicle pollution, road take up a large amount of space, and roads are expensive to maintain.
Keep in mind, Gonave is a very tiny island. Roads and highways should be built, but shouldn't be the initial first piece of land transportation. Given that everything has to be imported, you would have to import fuel for all of the vehicles, and even import the vehicles themselves. It all adds up to major expenses.
If a light rail line was built, the initial costs would be pretty expensive, however the lines and rolling stock vehicles would last for a very long time. Also wind turbines could power the entire initial system. Again the initial costs would be expensive. A wind turbine cost $3-4 million for a 2 MW system. A 2 MW system could power some 30,000 US homes. A light rail train costs about the same, $3-4 million per vehicle. Then look at the amount of the track. Usually light rail could run $30 to 40 million per mile. However put into perspective of all of the highways and roadways that needed to be built, and then the large amount of buses that need to be purchased. Oh, and don't forget where would you park those vehicles? Light rail, while very expensive, is a better option for places with natural boundaries.
If you look at Chicago, NYC, LA, Seattle, Miami, San Francisco, and even Kenosha, WI, all of these places have some type of rail system for mass transit. Now while Gonave isn't nearly as big as Chicago or Miami, it is bigger than Kenosha, WI. Kenosha is a very small city with a 2 mile streetcar line. What Gonave has in common with all of those cities are natural boundaries. All of those cities have major bodies of water near them. Then other smaller cities sit right outside of them. Gonave is surrounded by nothing but water, and it is also surrounded by mountains. Given the small amount of land suitable for building, rail makes more sense.
Where would the stops be?
Well in previous blogs, I mentioned college/university, port, market/commercial district, airport/transpark, government center, downtown, etc.
Creating a small light rail line of 3 - 4 miles would be able to link all of these future destinations. Tourist would arrive at the airport, and could be connected to any of these places in a short amount of time. Citizens of Gonave could live in the downtown district and then could connect to the university area, or the the market area. Below are two pictures of Seattle's light rail trains, which I recently rode on. Very modern, fast, and comfortable. Could this work on Gonave?
The trains can connect several vehicles together for peak demand, and if the system needs to grow.
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