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A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment
As long as it goes right from my house directly to where I need to go, take me and whomever I need exclusively, and also optionally be my own little space I could customize to my taste, then hell yeah, I'd take the tram.
But at this scale rails seem to be inefficient. PRT is where it's really at.
Trains don't self-drive, though.
Edit: Okay, for the pedants: most trains don't self-drive.
DLR trains do, and several airport trains.
Some London Underground lines have drivers that only intervene in the automatic operation of the train in an emergency or abnormal condition.
What? The train in my country are mostly self-drive.
So bike lanes but for cars. What could go wrong.
time is a straight line. the circle is only for the easing of the incomprehending mind
Building railway tracks to achieve universal coverage for the entire US without be a massive undertaking that would require a huge effort over multiple decades. Compared to that, building self driving cars is downright trivial. Let's not forget that they exist already, albeit in limited areas. People should not let their (justified) anger at Musk blind them to reality.
We had good nationwide rail, and instead of expanding it, we dug it up and replaced it with nationwide roads.
So let's do it again, dig up the roads and replace it with rail.
Trains can be faster, safer, cleaner, and more comfortable. We can still have roads for the last mile, but trains for Intercity and interstate.