it’s infinitely faster than stopped cars
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Can they install cameras so we can have a you tube channel like this?
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Just as in the other thread I still don’t get what is so much better than a plain old tram line.
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Because it (potentially) doubles the capacity of the existing roads, rather than halving it.
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But all in all that thing occupies a substantial width, especially once you include realistic clearances. If it is supposed to be any good in dense traffic, you pretty much have to keep cars out of that space for the most part (just as with the tram). It seems that it should be enough space to accommodate a tram track - proven technology that is potentially interoperable with the railway network and has modest curve radiuses. It is true that you reuse more surface area with those buses, but you would need an awful lot of them to take full advantage of that.
Hey! I rode on a monorail in Tokyo just last week. It didn’t kill me or anything!
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The conditions that are necessary for this thing to work will be numerous and highly restrictive. People have already mentioned “no tall vehicles”, “no roof mounted bicycles”, and “no curved roads”. Those are significant, but not prohibitive. Especially in China, where it seems reasonable to assume that they can enforce restrictions that would activate armies of lawyers in the USA.
I can think of several more restrictions offhand. Some of them were discussed in the responses to Corey’s previous thread. No bridges on route, below a certain height. No overhanging wires (same). Traffic signals moved out of train path. And above all, some way to keep drivers from EVER stopping and opening a vehicle door when the big bad train is coming through!
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I hear those things are awfully loud…
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I’ve never posted that they tested the vehicle as it just happened yesterday. Thanks though.
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It glides as softly as a cloud!
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but what about us lazy slobs?
You’ll all be given cushy jobs…
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Somebody put some TruckNutz on that, stat!
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Is there a chance the track could bend?
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Not on your life, my Hindu friend…
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I don’t care if it didn’t bend. Never underestimate our ability to overcome an engineering challenge. The 3D publicity video relied on an impossible object, but this doesn’t preclude the manufacture of a possible object. It all depends on how much money is getting sunk into the thing. It’s similar to the Hyperloop. On paper it doesn’t look great, but I’m waiting to see how engineers sink their teeth into the problem. It may turn out to be vaporware in the end, but I see no reason that cynicism should be the default. I mean, humanity has gone to the moon.
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Let’s solve the traffic problem by building a huge bus that will require huge highways crossing downtown.
Next solution: build new cities around huge highways.
Seems smart.
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And don’t forget North Haverbrook. It really put that town on the map!
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