The experimental railway in London that never stopped
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The experimental railway in London that never stopped
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Re: The experimental railway in London that never stopped
#2Pretty Interesting. Anyone knows the economics of this today?
Or a related note, what happens is one can use light rail tracks in SF Bay area as extra car lanes? Does it help in any way? Lets say we have special cars which can run on rails when train is not coming.
Re: The experimental railway in London that never stopped
#3There is also this Chinese concept train that never stops at a station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Ig19gYP9o
Re: The experimental railway in London that never stopped
#4Pretty Interesting. Anyone knows the economics of this today? Or a related note, what happens is one can use light rail tracks in SF Bay area as extra car lanes? Does it help in any way? Lets say we have special cars which can run on rails when train is not coming.
Adding extra car lanes will not solve the traffic problem in dense areas. See the pictures that compares public transit density with cars:
http://www.humantransit.org/2012/09/the-photo-that-explains-...
Maybe if everyone car-pooled optimally and we prohibited not-pooling during rush we would not have this problem. My dream world would have more extensive subways in the bay area that runs 24hrs a day so that I can never drive again.
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#5Reminds me of the rides at Disneyland that run continuously. The Haunted Mansion cars don't stop to let people on; people step onto a moving walkway at the same speed as the cars.
(The exception is to let someone who can't use the walkway or get on quickly enough, like a wheelchair user, to board.)
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#6Same concept for elevators
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster
Hint: they are dangerous
Also like the old busses which had no doors so you could just jump on
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#7Please don't hide youtube video controls.
Re: The experimental railway in London that never stopped
#8Pretty Interesting. Anyone knows the economics of this today? Or a related note, what happens is one can use light rail tracks in SF Bay area as extra car lanes? Does it help in any way? Lets say we have special cars which can run on rails when train is not coming.
Cars generate more congestion simply because they take more space:
http://tlcminnesota.typepad.com/.a/6a00e553d253af88330176173...
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#9Please don't hide youtube video controls.
Re: The experimental railway in London that never stopped
#10I like when the nanny state is occasionally thwarted by its toddler citizens' wants: the New Routemasters in London are a great example. Rather than the agonising 20-metre, 10-minute wait to the stop, you can assess the road yourself and hop off (and on if you just miss it).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Routemaster
Boris, the London mayor, re-introduced these. I look forward to his PMship after Cameron, mainly because of the points he makes about freedom in this piece, using the Routemaster metaphorically (paragraph 7 on).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/10067598/Hop-on-and-off-...