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Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand

newatlas.com Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand

Country folk tend to like the independence offered by their cars, so how do you get them to use public transit? The Monocab system may be the answer, as it utilizes individual on-demand pods that travel on existing abandoned railways.

Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand

Looks like they could totally fit a bike rack on these things too!

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  • I see some serious issues in this project

    • The speed would seem very low.
    • To increase the speed you would need to improve the infrasctructure, but this would not be cheap
    • even if technolgy is old, doesn't mean it's good. verythin that is elf-balancing is at risk of falling in case of failure...

    Cool project tho

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