Re:What’s a Gadgetbahn? (2017)
by bobthepanda on Monday February 11, 2019 @07:43PM
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Gadgetbahns are nice pluses assuming unlimited resources, but in reality they end up taking limited resources away from other projects or bread-and-butter services. Conversation starters don't really pay the bills.
Detroit's PeopleMover is a useless toy gadgetbahn that was expensive and served not a lot while the citywide bus system literally fell to pieces.
The arguments around monorail vs light rail in Seattle during the '90s and '00s probably set back transit back a good decade.
Hyperloop/AVs are currently being used as talking points across the United States as an argument to put off public transportation investments for decades more.
In some cases they even get in the way of things; Sydney tore its city center monorail down to build a useful light-rail link for commuters instead.
Detroit's PeopleMover is a useless toy gadgetbahn that was expensive and served not a lot while the citywide bus system literally fell to pieces.
The arguments around monorail vs light rail in Seattle during the '90s and '00s probably set back transit back a good decade.
Hyperloop/AVs are currently being used as talking points across the United States as an argument to put off public transportation investments for decades more.
In some cases they even get in the way of things; Sydney tore its city center monorail down to build a useful light-rail link for commuters instead.