floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 6 months agoSelf-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demandnewatlas.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSelf-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demandnewatlas.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoA train is a collection of rolling railcars propelled by one or more locomotives. These are individual self-powered railcars. So no, there’s no train here. Just monorail pods that will get congested as density increases. The whole concept of a train is that all the cars move together and the only congestion is at the switching yards, where it can be optimized.
A train is a collection of rolling railcars propelled by one or more locomotives. These are individual self-powered railcars.
So no, there’s no train here. Just monorail pods that will get congested as density increases.
The whole concept of a train is that all the cars move together and the only congestion is at the switching yards, where it can be optimized.