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All this is true but the real question is "Why would you build this?" If you look at the roadway required, you need two lanes for traffic, plus two lanes for t
by smoyer 10y ago
All this is true but the real question is "Why would you build this?"
If you look at the roadway required, you need two lanes for traffic, plus two lanes for the "tracks" plus five safety buffers - one between the two lanes and one on each side of the track.
From the pictures, it looks to me like you could have two lanes of traffic and one light rail in the same amount of space. And this configuration requires one less safety buffer. And light rail would probably fit under existing infrastructure (bridges and utility lines).
- mc32 10y agoIt's good to look at things from different perspectives, and this bus was certainly that, but ultimately it looks like an automated monorail would be more appropriate. An elevated monorail's mooring infrastructure takes about a lane's worth of surface area whereas this required barriers, guard rails, two sets of guiding rails, low height restrictions, all the directional constraints of regular rail, etc. Any vehicles involved in a collision with this would be flattened. The undercarriage is very bulky. Nice idea to try but in practice the existing solutions are superior.