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floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year 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@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year 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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    Why is it always “pods”?

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      How else are they going to win the rail pod challenge?

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