Sky Bus is the solution which is presented
by the Konkan Railway Corporation India for world community which does not
demand precious urban space but actually adds, can carry both commuters ( 30000
to 160000 per hour capacity)and containers(720 per hour) very economically at
high speeds of 100 to 160 kmph.
This caught my eye. Is kmph a new version of
kph? I'm just wondering why it is so hard to get people to use the solidus
instead of the "p".
Even though the speeds are metric, and FFU-ist will see
hidden FFU. 100 km/h would be 60 mi/h or 1 mi/min and 160 km/h is just 100
mi/h.
The largesse of the corporate
giants has helped the KRC to save at least Rs. 4 crores, said the KRC managing
director, B. Rajaram.
I had no idea what a crore was until I looked it up and it
means 10 million. Thus Rs 4 crores means 40 million. Wouldn't it be
better to say 40 MRUP? At least those of us outside of India would know
what was meant.
Euric
----- Original Message -----
From: "G. Stanley Doore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, 2004-05-23 16:21
Subject: [USMA:29937] Metric skybus diagram (Suspended
monorail in India)
> millimeters rather then in some other multiple for a large transportation
> facility. If someone needs to know the dimensions in English units, one can
> divided the numbers by 25.4 to get inches and then divide that result by 12
> to get dimensions in decimal feet.
>
> This is a practical example of why millimeters should be used instead of
> centimeters or meters.
>
> No big deal.
>
> Stan Doore
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MagNews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 9:20 AM
> Subject: [UrbanMaglev] "Sky bus: corporate giants extend support to KRC"
> Hindu 5/24 (India suspended mono)
>
>
>
>
> ".. The KRC hopes all the components of the sky bus will arrive at the
> Madgoan site by the second week of June. It has also been scheduled to
> conduct the first trial run of the sky bus during the last week of
> June. .." Attached illustration from:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sky_bus_metro/
>
> http://www.hindu.com/2004/05/23/stories/2004052311980300.htm
>
> Kerala - Kochi
>
> Sky bus: corporate giants extend support to KRC
>
>
