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> Passengers will load into electric skates, which access the Dugout Loop tunnel from the surface via a ramp or elevator. So on the Western Terminus, the 'skat
by King-Aaron 8y ago
> Passengers will load into electric skates, which access the Dugout Loop tunnel from the surface via a ramp or elevator.
So on the Western Terminus, the 'skates' are parked in a holding lot above the track, then individually lowered via an elevator onto the track as needed.
What I don't understand is why this design is advantageous to just having all the skates in a lot next to/on the same level as the track, and passengers just use an escalator to go down to the skate-parking level?
In my mind that would be more efficient, surely. Both cost efficient and mechanically efficient.
- leot 8y agoUnderground space is more expensive than above.
- King-Aaron 8y agoRidiculously, I hadn't considered that.
- usrusr 8y agoReally depends on where you are. When you want to ferry people between huge parking lots, sure, go for it. But ferrying people between parking lots is a band-aid at best, compared to a real transit system. Also, if above-ground space at the connected points is sufficiently cheap, you will usually find most of the connection to be cheaper above-ground as well.