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What we need is some kind of double decker traffic train thing.
We could make it ride on some sort of steel rail and string along multiple carriages to increase fuel and space efficiency
That's the beauty of it. We contract all the rail rights and rolling stock out to the highest bidder. Then the free market pressure ensures the customer has the best price. The city can cover maintenance costs, of course!
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/s you fool!Or pods in which people can sit or stand. And, I know this sounds crazy, but hear me about. What if these pods could be connected to each other so that more people can be carried..... And these inter connected pods would go on special rails, at fixt times..... And what if we would make like a network of these rail systems all over the city so that we can transport even more people...... And a even more futuristic idea would be to put all of this underground..... Transportation of the future!
Allow me to dismiss this out of hand. How would the people even get access to such transportation? Some kind of point of gathering where they could collectively enter or exit these “pods”? Dumb. While we’re at it, and just for the sake of argument, these pods could go at significant speed since they’ll be on their own “rail“ systems (as you call them). This would dramatically decrease the travel time for commuters, but is of course ridiculous on its’ face! Best not to even consider trying such high speed “rail” systems. Back to the cars! ICE over the communist “EV”!