• @temmink@feddit.de
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    86 months ago

    Using that for monorails and regular cargo trains would require the monorails to follow regulations and I don’t see that happening.

    • poVoqOPM
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      46 months ago

      Not if it is strictly time separated. Like I wrote, I could see these pods operate exclusively during the day and regular/cargo trains operate exclusively during the night. Or any other such time based system.

      • bluGill
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        46 months ago

        That isn’t acceptable. One person who for whatever reason is out late (emergency at work, or invited to a party) will be screwed when they can’t get back home and tell everyone else.

        • poVoqOPM
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          6 months ago

          At 3am? Come on. And that’s also true for all public transport.

          • bluGill
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            06 months ago

            I know it is true almost everywhere, but that doesn’t make it acceptable. People need to get places, transit is just a tool.

              • bluGill
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                16 months ago

                While you are not wrong, you should always strive to perfection. Running train transit 24x7x365 is low hanging fruit (modern fully automated trains exist - note that the topic here is trains not buses). You do need to do something about maintenance, so I’ll let you get by with 30 minute headways overnight, while during the day you should be running every 5 minutes.

                • @JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.net
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                  36 months ago

                  Man I wish our trains ran anywhere near that constantly. They stop the public transit around midnight in my city, but that doesn’t stop it from being tremendously useful during the rest of the time. You learn to plan for it, and advocate for improvements whenever you can

                  • bluGill
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                    16 months ago

                    It is stupid not to. It doesn’t cost much and makes transit so much nicer.