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New Thoughts in Public Transportation
Matthew Shaylor writes "The BBC has the following article about an ultramodern public transport system to be tested in Cardif. Unlike conventional public transport, this consists of small cars that running on tracks can automatically take themselves to the correct destination. This allows there to be a mesh of tracks and stations thoughout a city, as opposed to traditional transport which tends to run along corridor routes to a city center. An interesting paper is available. Future versions may have dual control to allow people to drive the cars from the nearest station off the track to their homes. A true replacement for the car!"
.. is that the people constructing these tracks don't have a large enough supply of "curved" sections of track, and always have plenty of "straight" sections of track. Thus, they keep having to go back to Toys R Us to buy more "curvy" tracks...
beats circut switched traffic any day. now i see why this is on /.
"i was saying gnu-rd"
So you're the guy who decided that taking his bike onto a packed subway during rush hour is a good idea. If you felt somebody kidney punch you that was me.
Didn't we used to call "tracks" small cars would take directly to their intended destination something else? I could swear they were called "roads"...
Despite what anyone says, nothing can beat Springfield's Monorail...
Lyle Lanley:
Well, sir, there's nothing on earth
Like a genuine,
Bona fide,
Electrified,
Six-car
Monorail!
What'd I say?
Ned Flanders: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: What's it called?
Patty+Selma: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: That's right! Monorail!
[crowd chants `Monorail' softly and rhythmically]
Miss Hoover: I hear those things are awfully loud...
Lyle Lanley: It glides as softly as a cloud.
Apu: Is there a chance the track could bend?
Lyle Lanley: Not on your life, my Hindu friend.
Barney: What about us brain-dead slobs?
Lyle Lanley: You'll be given cushy jobs.
Abe: Were you sent here by the devil?
Lyle Lanley: No, good sir, I'm on the level.
Wiggum: The ring came off my pudding can.
Lyle Lanley: Take my pen knife, my good man.
I swear it's Springfield's only choice...
Throw up your hands and raise your voice!
All: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: What's it called?
All: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: Once again...
All: Monorail!
Marge: But Main Street's still all cracked and broken...
Bart: Sorry, Mom, the mob has spoken!
All: Monorail!
Monorail!
Monorail!
[big finish]
Monorail!
Homer: Mono... D'oh!
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Sorry I am late for work, the traffic router was flapping and I ended up in Cleveland.
SD
âoeWho knew something as harmless as willful ignorance could end up having real consequences?â
Vandal-proof my ass. At least in the US the punks will have those windows etched in no time.
sulli
RTFJ.
Please actually back up your claims as to SUVs being so much more dangerous and causing more accidents. I see many more smaller passenger car accidents than SUVs.
SUVs account for 100% of all accidents that have occurred to my toyota. given that 1 isn't a great sample size the fact that my car was parked at the time and the person was on the phone eating a burger didn't make me happy either
--- As to make my comment seem, by comparison, more intelegent... doodie doodie doodie poop poop poop!
Subway -> Supertram
Tokenring -> Ethernet
I wonder if they have the same collision algorithm.
(Score:5, Whoring)
Take a bunch of those flat escalators they have in long airport terminals, speed them up by 5-or-so times, plop them down all over the city, and suddenly being a pedestrian isn't BORING anymore! It's like an amusement park ride every time you try to go somewhere! Just make sure you have good life insurance. ^_^
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