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A comment on What’s a Gadgetbahn? (2017).

Re:What’s a Gadgetbahn? (2017) by Quequau on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @05:21AM (#19142377)
The town I live in is too small for an U-Bahn. Nevertheless it's obvious to anyone paying attention that on-street parking, commuting, and delivery are creating impediments to our happiness and well being.

I have often wondered what a delivery U-Bahn might look like... something that was devoted entirely on deliveries of materials and packages.

Anything to get more of the cars and trucks off the streets and devote more space in the city to people.

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Re:What’s a Gadgetbahn? (2017) by kalleboo on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @06:33AM (#19142664)
London used to have a subway dedicated to mail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Post_Office_Railway

Chicago too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tunnel_Company

Many cities including New York had pneumatic tube mail systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatic_tube_mail_in_New_Yor... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatic_tube#In_postal_servi...

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Re:What’s a Gadgetbahn? (2017) by _pmf_ on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @06:29AM (#19142648)
> and delivery are creating impediments to our happiness and well being. > I have often wondered what a delivery U-Bahn might look like

Instead of having delivery vans on the sidewalk, you'd have U-Bahn-to-store forklifts on the sidewalk.

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