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There must a transport revolution going on in China. It instantly reminded me of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Ig19gYP9o http://www.youtube.com/
by KoZeN 16y ago
There must a transport revolution going on in China.
It instantly reminded me of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Ig19gYP9o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Ig19gYP9o
These trains that never stop seem a lot more feasible than the buses. Granted it would require a massive amount of work from an infrastructure perspective but it seems like such a brilliant solution that would make public transport infinitely more appealing.
- natep 16y agoThis was posted to HN before. The comments on that were basically, it's been done before, and wasn't economical/safe. Keep in mind, you still have to spend energy to accelerate the cars, and there are a lot of safety issues introduced by the extra complexity.
- blahedo 16y agoThis is reminiscent of the way the old-fashioned cablecars worked (and still work in San Francisco): the cable snakes through the system and is operating at full speed always, while the cars start and stop by slowly releasing or catching the cable.