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There absolutely is, but no one seems to believe it's possible. It's called SkyTran personal rapid transit. Wikipedia has a page all about it here: https://en
by Grishnakh 10y ago
There absolutely is, but no one seems to believe it's possible.
It's called SkyTran personal rapid transit. Wikipedia has a page all about it here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTran
With small maglev pods traveling 100-150 mph, a 100-mile commute is actually quite doable in one of these, especially since you can sleep in it as it's automated and takes you door-to-door. If governments would actually invest in this and build it instead of wasting money on boondoggles like high-speed rail, we'd make a gigantic dent in our carbon emissions and roadway deaths, plus save ourselves a lot of time that we waste driving.
- stuaxo 10y agoThere is no way that would get planning permission in central London. It would have to be underground.
- Grishnakh 10y agoYou don't need SkyTran in dense city centers; it can't handle the volume of people that a subway can. SkyTran is an alternative for cars; it can handle a lot more people than cars, and in a far more efficient manner. It's not meant for extremely dense areas, except perhaps as an alternative to taxis (i.e., in places like London or Manhattan, it would have to more expensive than the subways and cater to richer people). The main use-case for SkyTran is for suburbs, inter-city transport (between cities close enough to drive), etc.