----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 8:46 PM
Subject: [USMA:29941] Re: Metric skybus
diagram (Suspended monorail in India)
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 -----
Sent: Sunday, 2004-05-23 16:21
Subject: [USMA:29937] Metric skybus diagram (Suspended
monorail in India)
> The following
diagram is provided to show that specifications are given in
>
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
>
>
