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That is good news. Trucks are congesting Europe's streets and long-distance cargo should be transported preferably via train. This is also interesting and shou

by jk2323 9y ago

That is good news. Trucks are congesting Europe's streets and long-distance cargo should be transported preferably via train. This is also interesting and should be applied on a wider scale: http://www.cargobeamer.eu/ http://www.cargobeamer.eu/

thriftwy 9y ago
Some day, somebody is going to figure out how to do JIT train shipments and make a lot of money here. Having said that, trains have last-mile weakness. Trucks are congesting Europe's highways mostly. Wait until you see a train arrive to a terminal not far from city center, dozens of smaller trucks rush to get their cargo. At least trucks can arrive to their own depots located on the outskirts, while anybody who wants to ship by rail has to come to the same common terminal. It's far from a silver bullet.
- jk2323 9y ago
  > Having said that, trains have last-mile weakness. This is exactly where an electric truck might come in handy. >At least trucks can arrive to their own depots located on the outskirts All cargolifter terminals will be far outside of a major city. An exception might be harbors.
  - thriftwy 9y ago
    "will be far outside of a major city" Then you have the problem of last mile again and see a lot of trucks on street.
- roman_savchuk 9y ago
  We need small cross section tube transport for last mile delivery. Fully automated, so we can call it "Internet for transporting physical objects". Or even "Hyperloop for parcels", whatever.
  - LrnByTeach 9y ago
    Once you have ""Hyperloop for parcels", same Hyperloop can be used to transport people as CAR Pools by Fleet companies such as Uber and Google Waymo . Building that Tunnels is expensive, that is what Elon Musk BORING company is experimenting with .
- LrnByTeach 9y ago
  > Some day, somebody is going to figure out how to do JIT train shipments and make a lot of money here. > Having said that, trains have last-mile weakness. That LAST-Mile weakness will be fixed by 2030 when we have Autonomous Trucks doing hand holding of "Standard size container boxes" TO and FROM a TRAIN in an automated way .

by jk2323 9y ago

thriftwy 9y ago

Some day, somebody is going to figure out how to do JIT train shipments and make a lot of money here. Having said that, trains have last-mile weakness. Trucks are congesting Europe's highways mostly. Wait until you see a train arrive to a terminal not far from city center, dozens of smaller trucks rush to get their cargo. At least trucks can arrive to their own depots located on the outskirts, while anybody who wants to ship by rail has to come to the same common terminal. It's far from a silver bullet.

jk2323 9y ago
> Having said that, trains have last-mile weakness. This is exactly where an electric truck might come in handy. >At least trucks can arrive to their own depots located on the outskirts All cargolifter terminals will be far outside of a major city. An exception might be harbors.
- thriftwy 9y ago
  "will be far outside of a major city" Then you have the problem of last mile again and see a lot of trucks on street.
roman_savchuk 9y ago
We need small cross section tube transport for last mile delivery. Fully automated, so we can call it "Internet for transporting physical objects". Or even "Hyperloop for parcels", whatever.
- LrnByTeach 9y ago
  Once you have ""Hyperloop for parcels", same Hyperloop can be used to transport people as CAR Pools by Fleet companies such as Uber and Google Waymo . Building that Tunnels is expensive, that is what Elon Musk BORING company is experimenting with .
LrnByTeach 9y ago
> Some day, somebody is going to figure out how to do JIT train shipments and make a lot of money here. > Having said that, trains have last-mile weakness. That LAST-Mile weakness will be fixed by 2030 when we have Autonomous Trucks doing hand holding of "Standard size container boxes" TO and FROM a TRAIN in an automated way .