wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]@hexbear.netM to urbanism@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 months agoChinese tram painted to look like regional trainhexbear.netimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up151arrow-down1imageChinese tram painted to look like regional trainhexbear.netwtypstanaccount04 [he/him]@hexbear.netM to urbanism@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
Also China has a weird thing about battery operated trams. Not sure why they don’t put up the wires for so many of them.
minus-squarejonnelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIt definitely looks better, but I’m not sure if it’s cost-effective at all.
minus-squareSovietWaveGoddess [comrade/them, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agothe resulting returns from being able to decrease the amount of necessary infrastructure to run it will be cost-effective immediately
minus-squarejonnelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoI guess it depends on whether more expensive and complex rolling stock makes up for putting up wires.
It definitely looks better, but I’m not sure if it’s cost-effective at all.
the resulting returns from being able to decrease the amount of necessary infrastructure to run it will be cost-effective immediately
I guess it depends on whether more expensive and complex rolling stock makes up for putting up wires.