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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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