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thisabadusername t1_j5fxg9f wrote

Reply to comment by _TheHalfTruth_ in If only.. by metracta

This literally already happened: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_Expressway_Revenue_Line

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_TheHalfTruth_ t1_j5gsqz4 wrote

And it was killed by politicians who mistakenly thought it would be better to deface our city with billions of dollars worth of decaying roads and complicated and unpredictable bus lines.

Also remaking that with modern electric rail tech instead of rubber tire busses could easily triple its top speed while reducing energy and maintenance costs and increasing capacity.

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mechanical_parody t1_j5h8xni wrote

Well damn, I pass this every day and never realized what it was. It's located just outside of the Allegheny Airport, what used to be the Bombarider parking lot.

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