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Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand (newatlas.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

At 3am? Come on. And that's also true for all public transport.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I know it is true almost everywhere, but that doesn't make it acceptable. People need to get places, transit is just a tool.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Better than nothing still, don't let perfect be the enemy of good and all that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

While you are not wrong, you should always strive to perfection. Running train transit 24x7x365 is low hanging fruit (modern fully automated trains exist - note that the topic here is trains not buses). You do need to do something about maintenance, so I'll let you get by with 30 minute headways overnight, while during the day you should be running every 5 minutes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Man I wish our trains ran anywhere near that constantly. They stop the public transit around midnight in my city, but that doesn't stop it from being tremendously useful during the rest of the time. You learn to plan for it, and advocate for improvements whenever you can

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

It is stupid not to. It doesn't cost much and makes transit so much nicer.