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Old January 6th 05, 03:29 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Do we need cross-river trams? (Long appendix)


Michael Bell wrote:
In article .com,

Boltar
wrote:
Safety & Practicality:
How do you propose a constantly moving belt crosses major

intersections
when it has hundreds or thousands of people are in the vehicles on

it
any
any one time? Stop the whole belt on a red? Stop bits of bit?
Disconnect
the vehicle and risk the next one hitting it unless you have some
complex
control system? I can just see the HSE really going for this one.

Moving belts/chains have been dumped as impractical even on

reserved
rights of way railways, using them in a street setting is an absurd
idea.

B2003

They obviously have to be grade-separated.


So there would be ugly elevated concrete guideways everywhere. Yuck,
even
worse.

B2003