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Another Gadgetbahnen Bites the Dust – Las Vegas Monorail Files for Bankruptcy
This news is not surprising and well illustrates the nonsense pandered by the light-metro lobby that grade separated, automatic transit systems themselves attract ridership. Monorails are in fact...
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Transit News From Eastern Canada
An Artist’s rendering of the Laval aerial tramway Well, TransLink isn’t the only transit authority toying with the idea of an aerial tramway…....
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Not so reliable, our SkyTrain – Eh?
SkyTrain is on the fritz again. The problem with proprietary transit systems is that they age very poorly. SkyTrain delayed by communication system disruption Vancouver Sun March 28, 2014 METRO...
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The Perils of Proprietary Railways
The Sydney Australia monorail was another expensive and short lived line. Now torn down, Sydney is now investing in light rail. The pitfalls of buying into a proprietary railway are many; for what was...
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Memo to TransLink: When Aging Gadgetbahnen……………………..
One of the perils of expensive proprietary transit systems, is that they do not age well. The SkyTrain ALRT/ART mini metro Expo Line is now 30 years old and it is beginning to show its age, it stops;...
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Bombardier’s Blundering Is Alstom’s Gain
Recent problems with Bombardier’s delivery of new trams for Toronto has made Canadian customers look elsewhere. For two long, Ottawa has twisted arms of Canadian transit operators to buy the Canadian...
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Politicans Just Love Gadgetbahnen
MAGLEV, the great Philosopher’s Stone for transportation, yet in practice, MAGLEV’s are extremely expensive and today, the high speed train is only slightly slower, much cheaper and far more...
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PRT – Gadgetbahnen on Steroids.
From August, 2010. PRT – Gadgetbahnen on Steroids. Posted by zweisystem on Monday, August 23, 2010 Every few years, much is made of PRT or Personal Rapid Transit, as being the new way to move people....
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Another Gadgetbahnen Bites The Dust.
Nothing new here. Monorails are proprietary railways and suffer the same ills that come with proprietary transit systems. They are expensive to operate and maintain. Spare parts tend to be expensive...
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HST Madness!
When boys and girls play trains, especially high speed trains (HST) it is best they read a book on the subject before they embarrass themselves. Obviously, the “academics and urban planners, who...
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