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[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

City street cars seem to be a waste of money now but more trains would be nice. They never invest enough in it.

I live in Atlanta. We have a shitty street car and a shitty train system. They don't go to enough places to be useful most of the time. But if they got the same kind of funding our stadiums got it would be crazy good. I could ride the train instead of driving to most places if they just expanded to some more parts of the city.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Are streetcars like trams? Because over here I love taking the tram in largerish cities like Ghent, they're like busses but faster.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, street cars or trolleys are essentially trams. Small, slow, go on rails in the pavement alongside cars.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, street cars or trolleys are essentially trams. Small, slow, go on rails in the pavement alongside cars.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Nowadays trams can go pretty fast. Plus, a better aligned railway and a better suspension means that they became.uch more quiet.

I just hope that someday we will see more of those used in large cities

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Hopefully but I’m doubtful. My city (st Louis) has burned millions in a trash can of trying to get a singular, less than 5 mile, trolley working for more than a month and failed miserably. It’s been a major embarrassment that they’ve been entirely capable of getting it to run reliably down one mostly flat, straight street.

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