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Originally Posted by Old&New
I think this would be a well used street-car line, geared toward the local population, with more frequent stops than light-rail.
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I like this design very much. One thing that gives me a lot of pause on streetcar projects is the specter of autonomous vehicles competing for the short/local trips. I think in order to compete cities will need to offer these kinds of lines for free or at very low cost. I think where fully autonomous vehicles will shine is on these short trips where they will charge .30-.65 cents per mile with maybe a flat base charge. In that scenario these kinds of lines will have a hard time competing. I think a wide free or cheap fare zone is a must or cities will be overrun with self driving cars clogging their streets.
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