This oughta go over well...
"This Is the Train That Never Stops" -- http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/train-that-never-stops
"No stopping would mean no in-station 'dwelling' and an infinitely more predictable schedule in general. Trains would slow down to pick up the passenger 'pods' at the same rate every time, and would only halt for good at the end of the line.
"If an entire fleet of trains were outfitted with this technology, each train could be super-efficiently synched up with all others, and there'd practically be no reason for delays at all, barring maintenance and repairs. Nonstop trains would also save a boatload of energy, reducing the costs of acceleration and deceleration—and it'd shave hours off of the total travel time on a long voyage. It would require a high degree of automation—which would reduce the margin for human error—but that's well under way as it is."
Two videos are included, and though one is in Chinese its visuals make things pretty clear.
Inevitable wave of the future, or the latest iteration of wacko "pod transit?"
"This Is the Train That Never Stops" -- http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/train-that-never-stops
"No stopping would mean no in-station 'dwelling' and an infinitely more predictable schedule in general. Trains would slow down to pick up the passenger 'pods' at the same rate every time, and would only halt for good at the end of the line.
"If an entire fleet of trains were outfitted with this technology, each train could be super-efficiently synched up with all others, and there'd practically be no reason for delays at all, barring maintenance and repairs. Nonstop trains would also save a boatload of energy, reducing the costs of acceleration and deceleration—and it'd shave hours off of the total travel time on a long voyage. It would require a high degree of automation—which would reduce the margin for human error—but that's well under way as it is."
Two videos are included, and though one is in Chinese its visuals make things pretty clear.
Inevitable wave of the future, or the latest iteration of wacko "pod transit?"