Comments on: Mid-Week Miami News

By: Sean Bossinger

Sean Bossinger — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:11:00 +0000

Not to nitpick on Metrorail, but I asked someone I know who used to work in their maintenance facility why they don’t run the trains at 70mph anymore. (For those who were around when they first opened the line, top speed was 70, now it’s between 55 and 58mph).

He laughed, and then told me that shortly after they opened, the county found that the vendor hadn’t accounted for wear of the wheels in the design of the electric motors. When the wheels wear, the motors have to spin faster to deliver faster speeds…

Faster speed was causing the motors to wear faster, increasing the amount of maintenance required. Or the motors would fly apart.

By: Sean Bossinger

Sean Bossinger — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:01:00 +0000

Minor correction on the Turkey Point nuclear plant:

It’s two reactors. Units six and seven.

At least it’s not more fossil-fueled units.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:31:00 +0000

Agreed. Sadly most incoporations are done along ethnic and economic lines. The end result will be all the poorer areas under County control and all the afluent areas will be independent municipalities.

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:43:00 +0000

If they want to annex more property so much, why not pick up the Palmetto Estates and Perrine too? If anything, those neighborhoods that are currently unincorperated would make more sense since they are right next to the Villiage as it is. Picking those up would then justify picking up part of the falls area in my opinion.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:55:00 +0000

At least the Falls is being annexed into Palmetto Bay rather than forming yet another tiny municipality. Of course many residents are complaining that it will make PB too large and would prefer a smaller “closer to the people” (and of course completely useless) Falls municipality.