Let's Build a Traditional City and Make a Profit

Re:Let's Build a Traditional City and Make a Profit by gaadd33 on Thursday July 31, 2014 @12:32AM (#8112482)

That looks like an incredibly expensive above ground subway/metro compared to something like a tramway network which seems like it would fit this style of development far more. I would expect you could finance a tramway network for the entire property for far less than $250 million.

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Re:Let's Build a Traditional City and Make a Profit by bane on Thursday July 31, 2014 @01:10AM (#8112573)

Tramways work fine for intra-city movement, but inter-city movement really requires something more robust.

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Re:Let's Build a Traditional City and Make a Profit by jpatokal on Thursday July 31, 2014 @03:24AM (#8112850)

What if you combined a tram with a train? Oh wait, they already did:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram-train

Or do what actually happens in cities, namely hub'n'spoke: tram lines to each city's central station, high-speed/capacity lines between cities.

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