Is there any effective difference between a light rail system.?
this would obviously be a lot cheaper and faster to implement.
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Why don't trains have tires? Is that what your asking? The answer is really quite simple. In steel wheels there is very little resistance so you can haul a whole lot more than if you had tires.
Don't know sorry
One advantage of light rail is it doesn't have to follow the roads. It avoids traffic and can often take a more direct route than roads can.
Your idea is neat. It would have to have its own roadway or its own lane, though, to avoid accidents.
not if you are smoking the dope that warps your mind.
Look up trolleybus.
It's an electric bus that gets power from overhead lines, similar to light rail vehicles. It has tires, looks like a bus, and runs like a bus, but one can't pass another one except where there is dual power.
The advantage of the trolleybus is that it doesn't have to follow a ground track, just the overhead wires. So it can change lanes to pass a gas-powered vehicle. However, it doesn't usually have as much capacity as light rail.
It's been around for about 100 years.
Don't think so.
Psychologically yes! people are more trusting of the permanence of rail, also larger loads can be carried.
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