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> But they have all the same design problems of monorails (the worst and least expandable form of public transportation). Difficult to switch lines and difficul
by protomyth 10y ago
> But they have all the same design problems of monorails (the worst and least expandable form of public transportation). Difficult to switch lines and difficult to extend. Also you get the additional difficulty of turning, which apparently is very difficult in ETTs.
I see the fan group for monorails has a response on the switches http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/switch.html http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/switch.html - what are they missing?
- jcranmer 10y agoMonorails operate at relatively low speeds. It's much easier to switch something running 20 mph than something at 200 mph, particularly because you start running into issues with the acceleration curves and thus having the two lines angle off appropriately.