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@EUCommission Although I don't mind small-scale monorail solutions, this one feels like a scam?

It looks too cramped, and if you're already having to place all that rail you may as well just scale it up slightly so at least 8 people could fit in it right?

It also looks too glamorous making me doubt this will survive in the actual open. Especially the door mechanism seems very easy to break

EDIT: Actually on the other photos it looks a little bigger, it's an interesting little cab though.

Where does this ride, or is this just a test-track?

@EUCommission This is almost the very definition of a #Gadgetbahn... no better than a private car or robo-taxi without route flexibility!

If you want public transit to succeed while efficiently transporting the masses and reducing dependence on private vehicles, then fund cycling, buses, trams and light rail instead.

@EUCommission Not sure if this a fake account or a bot post looking for engagement farming, because god damn it.
Most idiotic thing I have read today, and it's not even half of the day.

@EUCommission Stop wasting public money on bullshit gadgetbahns and invest in real rail, for fucks' sake.

@EUCommission great, you just discovered trains 🎉🎉

@EUCommission It's a neat starting point, but I think we can do better.

First, accessibility. From the screenshots these look very cramped; I certainly doubt a wheelchair user can use this, to say the obvious. They're going to need to be bigger.

If they're going to be bigger, then let's accept that and see what we can do. If environmentalism is a factor here, then it probably makes sense to make these bike-accessible; people will still need to go places to and from the monocab, after all, and there's no cleaner transport than a bicycle. Give them some free space where occupants can store bikes, or maybe large bags and cases.

And then, capacity. Look, on-demand access for a couple of a people at a time sounds nice, but in practice lots of people are usually travelling on similar routes at similar times, and it's far more efficient (and so environmentally friendly) to allow lots of people to travel at once. Plus, that will enable families and friend groups to travel together easily. If scheduled stops are regular enough that no-one needs to travel far to get to them, you get the best of both worlds; comfortable, clean travel, catering for large numbers of people, available at a stop near you. So given we're making this bigger anyway, let's scale up significantly; we can get multiple dozens of people in a cabin with the footprint of a couple of cars.

With that amount of size, we can probably spare space for a few amenities; maybe every second monocab can have a small toilet around the area for bikes and bags, or every third can have a small staffed area to buy drinks and snacks, offset the costs a little bit. It all improves accessibility and overall quality.

Although, now I think about it; now it's a lot bigger, it may be a bit more difficult to reliably stabilise with a gyroscope. And besides, a gyro adds a good amount of weight and complexity. If we just add a second rail alongside the first one, the vehicles won't need any fancy tech to stay upright; at most, perhaps some suspension to handle turns, depending on how tight they are and how fast it goes. That'll let us get even more usable space, as well.

...Hang on, did we just invent trains and trams again?

@EUCommission Does anyone know how people (and bots) of commercial platforms react to BS like this?

@EUCommission I used to be very pro EU, but if this kind of nonsense is what you want to stand for, in addition to illegal pushbacks, Libyan torture camps, chat control and all the rest, I'm forced to reconsider.

@EUCommission I'm strangely OK to just burn that money in front of the EU building... What the actual duck is that stupid thing??? Give me back my money!

@EUCommission why not a train? This sounds stupid, expensive to use and too expensive to repair.

@EUCommission Never heard of it. Can this be used by disabled people, without external help?

@EUCommission who got bribed by the techbros to consider this -thoroughly debunked- abomination?

@EUCommission I don't want monocab, I want privacy. Drop chat control.

@EUCommission Ahh that looks very accessible for people in wheelchairs, he lied in sarcasm. 😒 Did COVID make you lot thick as mince? If you are going to put our money in your back pocket just do it and shut up. We are not this dumb and you’re giving yourselves away 🤷‍♂️

@EUCommission was this post specifically made to upset @notjustbikes ? 😂