I think it’s more likely that the flying will be limited to just getting on and off the automated highways and for short trips and parking.
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The Tokyo map itself is quite good, although it cuts off Ikebukuro, which is a secondary city centre, leading to the northwest. Another problem is the legend at its foot only identifies the nine Tokyo Metro lines while the map also displays the four Toei lines (Asakusa, Mita, Oedo, Shinjuku). :oops: |
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From A to B: How Our Brains Navigate The Subway
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As China Builds Transit Cars for U.S. Cities, Congress Seeks to Ban Them
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Stadler to supply up to 354 metro cars to Atlanta
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Wow! This is actually awesome news, especially considering at least on paper choosing Stadler over a Siemens or Alstom or CRRC is riskier. This is really cool, now if they could just double or triple the Marta system with a huge regional bond float or tax referendum .
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Coventry very light rail vehicle design unveiled
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The United States Needs a Universal System to Pay for Public Transit
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Virgin Hired an Apple Alum to Redesign Its Planes—The Result Is the New A350
by MARK ELLWOOD April 9, 2019 Say hello to roomier seats, but farewell to that signature bar. On Monday, Virgin Atlantic transformed its global HQ in Crawley, just south of London, into a full-blown replica of its in-flight experience. Cabin crew doled out glasses of champagne to visitors, who were then ushered into a designated departure lounge. From there, they headed onto the ultimate short-haul hop: A 20-minute journey in one of Virgin’s training modules, installed in the space to teach its crew how to handle the interiors of its newest plane, the A350. The splashy bash was a coming-out—or rather, a taking-off—party for the four-year long project, which was trailed last year by a minor economy cabin refresh—the first such update in 10 years. The U.K.-based carrier has a dozen of the fuel-efficient, more eco-friendly planes on order, with the first four due to enter service later this summer. New Yorkers (and Brits) will be the first to experience the planes first-hand; Virgin expects to deploy them from London to Atlanta and Los Angeles at a later, yet-to-be-announced date. So what should we expect from the A350? Economy seats are robust and simple, though three dozen of them will have 34 inches of legroom—the best back-of-bus kneespace among its long-haul rivals. Custom-designed seats in Premium retain the leather finish of the current cabin, adding larger TV screens and integrated footrests. The greatest changes are in the Upper Class cabin, where the pod-like Dream Suites now have privacy-enhancing screens, extra-roomy seats, and that same purple-heavy mood-lighting once synonymous with Virgin America. ... https://media.cntraveler.com/photos/...ic_Premium.jpg A rendering of the A350's Premium seats. Courtesy Virgin .... https://www.cntraveler.com/story/vir...f4pRpWo3eQME1Y |
I don't think "very light rail" or even things like robot taxi vans will ever take off.
Unattended publicly shared small vehicles may be vulnerable to vandalism and cleanliness issues. I think some passengers might feel unsafe if they were all alone with an intimidating or dirty looking person in a vehicle like that. Cameras and other tech solutions can only go so far when it comes to these things. Automated robot cars operating as taxis will probably work best if they are private, and occasionally stop at a cleaning station. Higher capacity transit doesn't have as much of a problem because crowds can paradoxically feel more private than being one-on-one with a stranger. |
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China shows off its ‘explosion-proof’ trams
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