Saturday, June 21, 2008

Travel Hotels

The Transportation industry needs an Overhaul in total, but especially so as far as the Rail system. A lot of Proposals enter Congress every year, but few deal with the problem of how to deal with the fundamental issue, which is what to do with the misappropriation of the Means of Travel. Far too many People are entering the Air, burning too much fuel per travel mile, congesting Air and Air terminals with excess Flights, and multiplying the problems of misplaced Passengers and luggage. Air Travel is additionally subject to Weather constrictions, and Passengers are overburdened by unending Terminal delays. The Whole Transportation system has become a snarl of Problems, whether insufficiently funded Bus Routes, delayed Train Schedules, or canceled Flights.

My Resolution to the Problem may seem asinine to Many, but it is the creation of a system of Travel hotels. People will automatically ask what a system of hotels will do. The Answer states such Hotels can do a lot, if organized in a proper form. Tickets Sales would be transferred to these Hotels, removing such facilities from all Terminals; eliminating a vast amount of the snarl of the Terminals. The later will be closed to the Public except by venue of Commuter busing originating from the Travel hotels where all Tickets are sold. All Luggage will be transferred by Bus or Rail system, deposited and delivered at such Travel hotels; a system saving of both Security Costs and Fuel. The Travel hotels will provide sufficient Room numbers to make delays of travel minimally acceptable to Passengers, with adequate Dining facilities to accommodate a large number of delayed Passengers. The entire Concept of such Travel hotels could provide Solution to the extended Problem of Weather delays, which cannot be permanently eliminated.

The only Question remaining is how to pay for the whole system. The Answer is Congressional action demanding that all Passenger Sales on all Transport systems require a Ticket price increase to pay for Two Nights of Hotel accommodation; said Ticket Sales increase divided between Bus, Rail, and Air traffic based upon average Expected Use of such Accommodations. The Travel hotels would possess a guarantee of consistent Income for Construction and sustained Operation. All Transport systems would have a desire to maintain cheap, but efficient hotel service; simply to maintain their levels of Sales. Passengers will have a resource to which they can resort in the event of Weather delays, no longer burdened by overbearing boredom.

The sheer Introduction of such hotel accommodations will save on Fuel, both to Terminal locations, and in Transit. An interesting aspect of such a system will be a Downgrading of Ticket Sales, as Busing and Rail transit become more attractive alongside a increase in Flight pricing. The construction of such a hotel system will generate Demand in a declining Construction industry which has an automatic funding system for Mortgage payment. It would be a real Win-Win situation. lgl

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