Like those you see at the airport? They can only take you so fast though, that's the problem. Maybe it'd be better instead of a massive belt, you have these platforms that move around on a rail and arrive and leave at frequent regular intervals. They speed up and slow down to stop at certain pickup points for passengers to get on and off. Link a few of these together to increase capacity. Add walls, windows and a roof to protect passengers from wind and weather. Add seats for passenger comfort. Hopefully some day someone can invent this genius idea into a reality.
With the fire truck example: why solve car dependency and reduce the need for large rolling metal boxes when you can have whatever the eff that thing is
The key to making these viable is just don’t think about it or why it should exist for more than 1 second. Think for more than 1 second and then you instantly realize how stupid they are
The only real progress that would be practical is IF The Boring Company can get its Prufrock 3 to work anywhere near the speed it claims it will at the cost they claim it will. But this is Tesla we're talking about... And they seem hell bent only using their tunnels for cars despite them being large enough for London Deep Tube Trains... Technically... The smallest diameter of those train tunnels is 11' 6" and the standard TBC tunnel is supposed to be 12' I believe... Maybe a slightly larger tunnel could help get NYC's seemingly ill-fated Second Avenue Subway back on track after almost a hundred years of stops and starts and now only what, a mile and a half or two of subway line at $2B USD or some crazy figure...
But the solution in the end of course is still basic steel-wheel subway lines since they are the arteries of cities worldwide for now hundreds of years... The Vancouver Skytrain/Honolulu Metrorail is about the metro model I'd ideally like more cities to use... Automated metro trains that run 24-7-365 in theory without the need for drivers that could strike and disrupt services which is currently happening in Vancouver right now. All transit is shuttered EXCEPT the Skytrain since Managers can still remotely operate/manage the system without its regular unionized support staff..
For the fire truck, Traffic rarely happens on the well connected streets, the traffic happens on he highways going in, but once you are on the proper streets in the city, there really isn't traffic.
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I love how those people keep inventing trains but worse
oh yes! the gimmickbahan to make the EL sexy and futuristic.
It doesn't need gyro chamber. All passengers rolls their eyes in sync and that is how it maintains position.
lol
they roll their eyes because they're watching the SCI animation of the gyroscope vehicles! >D
The easiest solution is obviously giant treadmills that you just hop on and off of
Like those you see at the airport? They can only take you so fast though, that's the problem. Maybe it'd be better instead of a massive belt, you have these platforms that move around on a rail and arrive and leave at frequent regular intervals. They speed up and slow down to stop at certain pickup points for passengers to get on and off. Link a few of these together to increase capacity. Add walls, windows and a roof to protect passengers from wind and weather. Add seats for passenger comfort. Hopefully some day someone can invent this genius idea into a reality.
They had those at the world's fair in the 1890s.
So hilarious! Made my day, thanks! Also, awesome to see you included a picture of a Finnish InterCity train, I live in Finland.
wait but... how does it float?
Innovation for innovations sake… instead of reinventing the wheel
With the fire truck example: why solve car dependency and reduce the need for large rolling metal boxes when you can have whatever the eff that thing is
3:30 it looks so dainty 🤣
More like this pls! It funny!
The key to making these viable is just don’t think about it or why it should exist for more than 1 second. Think for more than 1 second and then you instantly realize how stupid they are
The only real progress that would be practical is IF The Boring Company can get its Prufrock 3 to work anywhere near the speed it claims it will at the cost they claim it will. But this is Tesla we're talking about... And they seem hell bent only using their tunnels for cars despite them being large enough for London Deep Tube Trains... Technically... The smallest diameter of those train tunnels is 11' 6" and the standard TBC tunnel is supposed to be 12' I believe... Maybe a slightly larger tunnel could help get NYC's seemingly ill-fated Second Avenue Subway back on track after almost a hundred years of stops and starts and now only what, a mile and a half or two of subway line at $2B USD or some crazy figure...
But the solution in the end of course is still basic steel-wheel subway lines since they are the arteries of cities worldwide for now hundreds of years... The Vancouver Skytrain/Honolulu Metrorail is about the metro model I'd ideally like more cities to use... Automated metro trains that run 24-7-365 in theory without the need for drivers that could strike and disrupt services which is currently happening in Vancouver right now. All transit is shuttered EXCEPT the Skytrain since Managers can still remotely operate/manage the system without its regular unionized support staff..
5:55 it must look funny from above
Computer generated graphics are not subjected to the "oppressive" laws of physics
Everything they want to make is to justify keeping eight lanes of vehicle traffic on these fucking streets which is just not the solution
Listen, the answer is shweeb. Google threw a million at it. Shweeb is the future. Can you imagine your life without shweeb?
For the fire truck, Traffic rarely happens on the well connected streets, the traffic happens on he highways going in, but once you are on the proper streets in the city, there really isn't traffic.
Why invest so much money in a driving oval? the money would be better spend in adding another lane!