Friday Link Salad
Jul. 8th, 2011 10:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chris_gerribBecause it's Friday, have some link salad:
1) Here's an interesting article about passenger rail - the case for not-so-high-speed rail. The author's points are that, although Europe has some very fast trains, much of the rail passenger traffic flows on quick but not super-fast trains. The same economic factors that make European trains viable could work in the US too. For me the key fact was that by reducing delays and making the slower parts of the trip faster, AKA, "cheap fixes," one could get significant improvements in travel time.
2) A bit late, but a reminder of a bloody date in American labor history. Back in the Goode Olde Dayes, union-busting was done by busting in the heads of union members.
3) Here's a controlled study that (not surprisingly) supports the theory that having health care insurance leads to better health outcomes. Who woulda thought? /sarcasm/
4) An interesting reflection on consumer goods in space colonies, forwarded on without comment.
1) Here's an interesting article about passenger rail - the case for not-so-high-speed rail. The author's points are that, although Europe has some very fast trains, much of the rail passenger traffic flows on quick but not super-fast trains. The same economic factors that make European trains viable could work in the US too. For me the key fact was that by reducing delays and making the slower parts of the trip faster, AKA, "cheap fixes," one could get significant improvements in travel time.
2) A bit late, but a reminder of a bloody date in American labor history. Back in the Goode Olde Dayes, union-busting was done by busting in the heads of union members.
3) Here's a controlled study that (not surprisingly) supports the theory that having health care insurance leads to better health outcomes. Who woulda thought? /sarcasm/
4) An interesting reflection on consumer goods in space colonies, forwarded on without comment.
