The reverse is also a thing, btw. Though it still uses special rail. But some Russian evil geniuses have made a road drive-able train before, and nobody even knows what for.
Which is why the real solution is PUBLIC transit, not private motor vehicle ownership of any kind beyond small electric personal mobility like an e-bike or scooter.
slaps some locomotive wheels on my Accord.
Road-rail vehicles are totally a thing! Mostly for doing inspection and maintenance on rail corridors.
The reverse is also a thing, btw. Though it still uses special rail. But some Russian evil geniuses have made a road drive-able train before, and nobody even knows what for.
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On This thing you can drive up with a car and run it on Rails…
Yes, but private trains is not a scalable thing. Putting these on everything solves no problems
Which is why the real solution is PUBLIC transit, not private motor vehicle ownership of any kind beyond small electric personal mobility like an e-bike or scooter.
Of course. An actual train is better than some hybrid boondoggle like a bus train hybrid