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@floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 1 year ago

Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand

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Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand

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@floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 1 year ago
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Country folk tend to like the independence offered by their cars, so how do you get them to use public transit? The Monocab system may be the answer, as it utilizes individual on-demand pods that travel on existing abandoned railways.
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    Look at the wheels, flanges on both sides.

    I don’t think that’s compatible with switches.

    • Ephera
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      I’m definitely willing to believe that they’ve got monorail-like flanges. That would probably help with stabilizing. But where the hell are you able to see a picture of the wheels? There’s a few angles in the video which quickly show the wheels, but I can’t actually see much anyways. 🫠

      • @Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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        it’s very visible in the first shot of this video where they do some test runs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2al1oFolWM

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