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Summary of the event – Transport: Visions for a sustainable future
Professor William Mitchell – Director MIT Design Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wants to “democratize” public transport. Judging by later comments I think he was getting at “transport equality”, where everyone, everywhere should have equal access to public transport. Focus on urban personal mobility. In this case, mainly battery-electric ultralight foldable vehicles (2 seats), although other... »
Train Capacity vs Frequency
Is it better to run a higher capacity vehicle less often, or a smaller train like this every few minutes? (Pity this station only gets an hourly service Mon-Fri only!) One tendency amongst Australian urban rail systems is to run an infrequent daytime service using high-capacity rollingstock, as opposed to overseas examples and even Perth’s... »