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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
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    210 months ago

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

    • @uis@lemmy.world
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      110 months 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
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        10 months 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.world
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          10 months 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.