wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]@hexbear.netM to urbanism@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agoChinese tram painted to look like regional trainhexbear.netimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up152arrow-down1imageChinese tram painted to look like regional trainhexbear.netwtypstanaccount04 [he/him]@hexbear.netM to urbanism@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
Also China has a weird thing about battery operated trams. Not sure why they don’t put up the wires for so many of them.
minus-squareTotalBrownout [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·10 months agoThis type of tram is capable of operating off-wire for a short distance, useful for areas where overhead wires are not feasible due to obstructions or conflicts with other lines.
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoIt definitely looks better, but I’m not sure if it’s cost-effective at all.
minus-squareSovietWaveGoddess [comrade/them, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agothe resulting returns from being able to decrease the amount of necessary infrastructure to run it will be cost-effective immediately
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoI guess it depends on whether more expensive and complex rolling stock makes up for putting up wires.
This type of tram is capable of operating off-wire for a short distance, useful for areas where overhead wires are not feasible due to obstructions or conflicts with other lines.
It definitely looks better, but I’m not sure if it’s cost-effective at all.
the resulting returns from being able to decrease the amount of necessary infrastructure to run it will be cost-effective immediately
I guess it depends on whether more expensive and complex rolling stock makes up for putting up wires.