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 floofloof   ( @floofloof@lemmy.ca )  to TechnologyEnglish · 2 years ago

Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand

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Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand

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 floofloof   ( @floofloof@lemmy.ca )  to TechnologyEnglish · 2 years ago
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Country folk tend to like the independence offered by their cars, so how do you get them to use public transit? The Monocab system may be the answer, as it utilizes individual on-demand pods that travel on existing abandoned railways.
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    At least this one certainly can’t pass each other on one track.

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      They explained that one in the article as well.

      This is a prototype so it has the mechanism so it doesn’t fall over if the prototype fails. The actual production version won’t have that. It’s also running at low speed for the same reason.

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