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Rethinking Rail Travel: Boarding a Moving Train
PolygamousRanchKid tips this article about an idea for revolutionizing the rail system in the long-term:
"The idea is to have a city-wide network of trams that travel in a loop and connect with a high-speed rail service. But instead of passengers having to get off the tram at a rail station and wait for the next HSR service to arrive, the moving tram would 'dock' with a moving train, allowing passengers to cross between tram and train without either vehicle ever stopping. 'The trams speed up and the high-speed train slows down and they join, so they dock at high speed,' explains Priestman. 'They stay docked for the same amount of time that it would stop at a station,' he adds. While Priestman admits that it will be some time before his vision could be implemented, he says the time has come to rethink how we travel. 'This idea is a far-future thought but wouldn't it be brilliant to just re-evaluate and just re-think the whole process?' he says."
Grow up. You've got the attitude of a bitchy spoiled brat.
Grow up. You've got the attitude of a bitchy spoiled brat.
Yes, that's the normal communist response when people say they don't like their Glorious People's 'utopia'.
Back when I lived in the UK, twice in one week I had to sit on a stationary train for the best part of an hour while the train crew waited for the police to turn up and remove some drunken louts who were making trouble. But I'm the one with an 'attitude problem'.
Guess I'll be off to the Gulag, eh Comrade?