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Anonymous Sat 18 Mar 2017 11:11:08 No.1056854 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1056855 >>1056867 >>1056906 >>1057107

hello /n/tards, what you all thing of the "Capsule Metro"
It is a indigenously made transit system by some students from the Tech University in Bandung
Picture shown is the test track

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Mar 2017 11:14:33 No.1056855 Report

Quoted By: >>1056865 >>1056906 >>1057038

>>1056854
So Rubber-tyred metro / AGT?
Just make a guideway bus / BRT.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Mar 2017 11:34:02 No.1056857 Report

Quoted By: >>1056865

Yeah, the main problem is how to make it better than a vanilla BRT line á la Curitiba.

Guideways are awkward and are worth it if you use vehicles much bigger than buses. So if you plan to use capsule-size vehicles, just use a slightly modified bus.

Save the guideway for when you build a train.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Mar 2017 12:16:26 No.1056862 Report

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Even a bus is better in every aspect. A total waste of money.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Mar 2017 12:26:59 No.1056865 Report

Quoted By: >>1056906 >>1057096

>>1056855
More of a "people mover" type of thing but they like to claim it's cheaper to build than a LRT system which it going on right now in Jakarta and Palembang
About the BRT thing,most cities tried building it but they never feature bus lanes and other essential BRT stuff (Except Jakarta,Where i live btw),so the only "BRT" element is the high doors and the tall bus stops that are very small and obstructive to the sidewalk
>>1056857
They're gonna build a 6-station line in Bandung using the "new" technology aforementioned

This novelty has become some sort of chauvinistic national pride back here

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Mar 2017 12:58:39 No.1056867 Report

Quoted By: >>1056874

>>1056854
how is an expensive and complex concrete track system with rubber tires in any way better than standard steel wheels on steel tracks? What's the obsession with building guided vehicles without standard steel tracks? ffs steel wheels on steel tracks is literally one of the greatest inventions ever

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Mar 2017 13:18:40 No.1056874 Report

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>>1056867
Rubber tires have better traction and a rubber tired train can take on pretty steep grades. It's also relatively more silent compared to standard trains.
That's about it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Mar 2017 16:37:53 No.1056906 Report

Quoted By: >>1057038

>>1056854
>>1056855
>>1056865
It's a people mover, just like what they have in Miami and some airports. They are really only effective if they are grade separated, but they are not that far away from being monorails, the main plus being that they can switch guideways more easily than monorails can.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 19 Mar 2017 05:13:03 No.1057038 Report

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>>1056906
Well some news outlets here call it LRT

>>1056855
idk ,most big cities here have very chaotic urban planning as suburb development is very Highway/Car-Centric in the 80's and 90's (And still is now untill recently)
My city built an unguided elevated busway without facilities for the disabled (Only metal stairs) and without transfer facilities so i don't expect it to be good
And most cities got BRT wrong by seeing it as an "Advanced" bus service with high doors only without the lanes

Land aquisition is also a problem here along with rioting minivan drivers and the spread of Online based transport like UBER

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Anonymous Sun 19 Mar 2017 07:11:08 No.1057055 Report

Quoted By: >>1057080 >>1057097 >>1057136

Paint a bus lane on the road. Buy a bus. It's cheaper, faster, less obtrusive and it looks better. Or do it right and build some fucking rail.

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Anonymous Sun 19 Mar 2017 11:41:30 No.1057080 Report

Quoted By: >>1057114

>>1057055
Typical Indonesian "BRT" example without the lanes

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Anonymous Sun 19 Mar 2017 11:45:56 No.1057081 Report

Quoted By: >>1057114

The Transport Ministry here gave away these buses for cities to improve their public transport
Even if the city dosen't have high-floor bus stops...

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 19 Mar 2017 13:58:59 No.1057096 Report

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>>1056865
which part of such system provide cost advantage over LRT/etc.? I have taken a look on videos about the Guangzhou APM and can't find anything special about them

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Anonymous Sun 19 Mar 2017 14:01:44 No.1057097 Report

Quoted By: >>1057114

>>1057055

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Anonymous Sun 19 Mar 2017 15:01:52 No.1057107 Report

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>>1056854
sooo.. pic related?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 19 Mar 2017 16:03:25 No.1057114 Report

Quoted By: >>1057168 >>1057312

>>1057080
>>1057081
>>1057097

Why not just ordinary buses? With ordinary doors? Why? This is just stupid! Manufacturers must have paid high bribes to force this madness upon you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 19 Mar 2017 18:12:32 No.1057136 Report

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>>1057055
Love that old comfy pic desu.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 19 Mar 2017 20:45:17 No.1057168 Report

Quoted By: >>1057312

>>1057114
Not familiar with the system but as they are fared in station instead of bus itself, it could prevent norml passenger from boarding the bus at regular station which don't have faring capability?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Mar 2017 10:25:12 No.1057312 Report

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>>1057168
That's what they think but in most cases they sell the tickets inside the bus therefore leaving the "stops" unattended into abandonment
>>1057114
Maybe they think it's cheaper "adapting" the coach design for transit use other than dedicated city buses like this

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