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[-] androogee@midwest.social 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Read the article, that's literally the first thing they explain

Besides which, it's very obviously a train if you just look at it. It's a small monorail train specifically designed for this purpose using existing infrastructure.

People are never fucking happy.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago

Isn't it better to have a train that runs when you want rather than having to wait potentially hours for the scheduled commuter train. Isn't this better?

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