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donttouchthirdrail t1_j1qn4yw wrote

I am begging you people to put up wire and run trolley buses

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huebomont t1_j1r3oxi wrote

mta is allergic to using existing solutions

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irykiryk t1_j1sof38 wrote

You gotta spend tax funds on that "modern" green washed techno bullshit before investing in things that work.

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therealowlman t1_j1roa7v wrote

That would only work if the city was a near perfect grid

Oh wait

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Shreddersaurusrex t1_j1t7fq2 wrote

West Village is a nightmare

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down_up__left_right t1_j261hy6 wrote

It's not like the West Village has streets with crazy curves. It's basically a grid at a different angle and then a small part of it is a grid at a third angle.

I don't see why a trolley bus couldn't go up Hudson or go along Christopher St and handle the turn when it transitions to the normal grid and becomes 9th St.

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Taupenbeige t1_j1rm3ox wrote

I’m imagining the flaming sneakers hurled up on those suckers right now

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soundadvices t1_j1rxgj3 wrote

Imagine how much we can save by building the infrastructure upon an existing city-wide network of permanent scaffolding, and never see the sky again.

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[deleted] t1_j1rkgv5 wrote

How would that change the cost of the electricity?

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hob_goblin8 t1_j1ukxb3 wrote

makes more efficient use of the same costly electricity

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Effeted t1_j1rdj1l wrote

That would cost 1 billion per block

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