Melbourne 2020 – Single Track Tram System
1 Comments Published by Cornelius on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at 12:25 AM.
The use of single-rail, gyroscope-stabilised vehicles, combined with stations between the lines, rather than outside the lines, addresses the narrow confines of many roads and the resultant traffic delays and associated air pollution arising from the present two-rail system.
Benjamin Last and Jess Cameron-Wootten
Monash University
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Benjamin Last and Jess Cameron-Wootten
Monash University
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I'd love to see this in practice. Actually, I quite liked seeing Melbourne trams stopping traffic to let people on and off. They somehow showed the priorities of the urban planners.... But of course, it is more efficient to have constantly flowing traffic.
Gyroscopes really make sense here. I have always loathed the Segway for over-complexity, but where you have an already complex vehicle such as a tram, they actually make a good case. Especially considering the idea that the overall system suddenly becomes far less complex overall.