Yeah, I think trains are awesome but what’s the justification for maglev here? Why get a whole other set of trains, maintenance equipment that is incompatible with other systems in the city?
Surely they can’t just go to Japan and find out it’s very expensive and not really worth it compared to just building traditional trains. They must first waste trillions on it themselves.
Parade pony projects should be banned from public transport already.
Sure, there are better ways to spend the money, but there are much worse ways also.
The way that spending like this comes back to bite us is when anti-public transport lobbies use this as a poster child for why trains won’t work instead of for why maglev doesn’t work.
Completely different systems for completely different applications. Japan is building over-regional high-speed rail, this is about a metro-scale application with passive tracks.
Yeah, I think trains are awesome but what’s the justification for maglev here? Why get a whole other set of trains, maintenance equipment that is incompatible with other systems in the city?
Looks like it is a 6 mile line that will demonstrate whether maglev is practical
Surely they can’t just go to Japan and find out it’s very expensive and not really worth it compared to just building traditional trains. They must first waste trillions on it themselves.
Parade pony projects should be banned from public transport already.
Sure, there are better ways to spend the money, but there are much worse ways also.
The way that spending like this comes back to bite us is when anti-public transport lobbies use this as a poster child for why trains won’t work instead of for why maglev doesn’t work.
i would build a national porn studio the size of an airport
Completely different systems for completely different applications. Japan is building over-regional high-speed rail, this is about a metro-scale application with passive tracks.
if you’ve been to berlin you would know that they could use a few more