Cost almost nothing to run and maintain as they are electric, last 50+ years, takes traffic off the road, can be easily automated, 10 times cheaper to build than subways and heavy rail, basically zero downsides
Trams are good, folks.
Cost almost nothing to run and maintain as they are electric, last 50+ years, takes traffic off the road, can be easily automated, 10 times cheaper to build than subways and heavy rail, basically zero downsides
Trams are good, folks.
fuuck i wish that thing was actually useful though.
you cant really get anywhere on them cause all the lines are so slow and run so infrequently, it might as well just be a big ball of yarn and also plus theyre expensive as fuck to ride :angry-hex:
tourist based rail solutions instead of meaningful transport use kinda rage inducing, sorry
they are cool and pretty i guess
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yeah absolutely.
im just lamenting the lack of modern expansion to the system. im sure back in 1920, the new orleans trolley was similarly awesome seeming.
Surprise: it was
Oh, here's a better version someone made recently.
In Toronto, they're serious public transportation. They're about as long as 3 busses and I always prefer them to trains. It's a smoother, faster ride with a bit more space.
for sure. the ones in new orleans are just... not designed to be an actual mass transit system
Before the Pandemic I was in Kansas City and they have a big and super nice tram that's free, goes by a ton of cool restaurants and bars and museums and ends up at Union Station and then goes back, fully automated I believe: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/KC_Streetcar
cool! ive never been to kansas city, so i had no idea.
my only experience of kansas is driving across it, which takes approx eighty seven years
This is Kansas City, Missouri - definitely the best part of the state that I've experienced.
not kansas city, arkansas?
why is everywhere in this place named the same thing as someplace else? aaaugh
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oh boy, love to take an hour to get from carrollton to claiborne. this system is definitely effective. 🙄
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thats fine if it works for you, but you have to admit its slow as fuck which isnt anywhere near as useful as it could be.
dont get me wrong, i love the damn things, i just also hate them for not being better
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stares at levee system sinking into the ground as sea levels rise
if only someone could have predicted this infrastructure would be inadequate by checks notes two years from now?
stares at light rain causing flooding
okay, where did the fourteen billion actually go?
They invested in the Rampart line, which is actually completely useless.
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just another tourism thing
just shows they can expand the network, they just don't want to do it for the people who actually live in the city
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