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City roads should be ‘ripped out completely’ to fight pollution, says government adviser (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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[+] -13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

And we're going to build rails to every store, restaurant, and other business that needs cargo pickup & delivery? And run a train to each of them, every day? And you think that would end up being more efficient/environmentally friendly than trucks?

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Every store? Obviously not. Running cargo trams through major business or industrial districts, though? More plausible, if the will exists.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CarGoTram

    Something like that, but as a public service.

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  • [+] -14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CarGoTram

    The main route went from the logistics center in Friedrichstadt via Postplatz and Grunaer Straße to Straßburger Platz and finally on to the factory.

    This went from one logistics center to one production facility. It is insane to think that this could be a scalable solution.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Wow, a train line goes defunct in a country that heavily subsidizes car infrastructure and actively works against other modes of transportation. I'm shocked, really. Shocked.

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  • [+] -9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I didn't say anything about it going defunct. That has to be one of stupidest attempts at a straw man I've ever seen.

    I pointed out that it only ever carried material from one location to one other location, and that such a system would not be scalable to serving an entire city.

    Did you even read my comment?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Mh, why do you think it never grew beyond "one line serving one location"? 🤔

    We did have more extensive tram services transporting goods in the past: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geschichte_der_Straßenbahn_in_Hannover#Güterstraßenbahn

    You know, before this country became the world's largest car exporter and started to dismantle its train network...

    such a system would not be scalable to serving an entire city.

    Lol, nobody is talking about entire cities, but do go ahead talking about strawmen.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's literally the title.

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