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A community for discussion on transit systems and transportation all over the world: including buses, trains, trams, streetcars, bicycles, etc. Also relevant are transportation planning, transportation engineering, and design.

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I assume this sort of thing also counts? (youtube.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org to c/transit@lemmy.world

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The comments say it can run a lot faster, as you'd expect for the added complexity, but they don't usually use the full speed for liability reasons. I wonder if a version could be made that's fully enclosed.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago

Also, now that I think about it, I wonder if you could make a train car pull apart like this, so even if it's packed at the station the ride could have elbow room.