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Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbes) sitting at a lemonade stand, smiling, with a sign that reads, “Trains and micromobility are inevitably the future of urban transportation, whether society wants it or not. CHANGE MY MIND.”

    • brianorca@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      But they don’t handle the 90° corners that are built into so much of the existing landscape.

      • uis@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        You wanr to say cars can turn 90° on the spot? Unless you are an Ukrainian farmer, no - your car is not a tank.

        • brianorca@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          No, I’m saying there’s a huge difference between a 15 foot turning radius and a 400 foot turning radius. Trying to put trains in the existing 50 foot x 50 foot road intersections is not going to work without moving a lot of buildings.

          • uis@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            15 foot turning radius

            Sounds like a forklift. Double for cars, or triple for speeders and idiots.

            400 foot turning radius

            20 meters at most. 71-931 has 20, and it’s HUGE. Or 65 units of imperialism.

    • blackn1ght@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      You’d been trams,not trains. Trains are great at covering long distance quickly, but if they have to navigate tight turns and stop every few minutes then they’ll be pointless.

      Not sure why people aren’t talking more about busses here, it would make way more sense to utilize busses for local travel.