@mcc Since we love our roads so much, why don’t we...

@mcc Since we love our roads so much, why don’t we make super fast self driving buses that go 200mph. Dedicate a lane to them, carry about 50-70 people at a time. Electric with swappable batteries at each stop. Stagger them minutes apart. Cheaper than laying tracks.

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mcc

@JimJoe Bus Rapid Transit is imo underrated. Requires lower initial outlays for infrastructure at least

4 November at 3:12 | Open on mastodon.social

Evelyn, who Just. Can't. Even.

@mcc @JimJoe Seattle has BRT on the Big Main Drag Through Town. It takes a lot of the pain out of riding a bus.

4 November at 5:00 | Open on beige.party

JimJoe

@Gorfram @mcc I was thinking highway 5 all the north and south.

4 November at 5:07 | Open on mastodon.social

Evelyn, who Just. Can't. Even.

@JimJoe That would be cool.

*although, to be a drag, that corridor is already pretty well served by rail; & there might be bigger "bang for the buck" in places/routes where the tracks don't go (or no longer go).

**&, to be a bigger drag, you'd probably need new pavement & road alignments to get towards the kind of speed you're thinking of

***I can be a really big drag, can't I?

4 November at 5:46 | Open on beige.party

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