4409 -- Phoenix light rail is Trash!

I'm not saying SkyTran is the answer but something has to be better than steam enginge technology light rail.

What is your opinion?


At the Grand Opening of the Phoenix Light Rail last Saturday Tesla made some brochures that looked like they were all for the light rail...they were not. We passed them out with ease and they read them on the train.

Sorry but The Phoenix Light Rail is 1800's technology trash!

Check out http://www.unimodal.com/ or skytran.net for transportation alternatives to the light rail trash.

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[totoroben]

I honestly don't think the city builds light rail because people are nostalgic for it. Cities build light rail because the lifelong cost of it is cheaper than BRT for high use corridors. Skytran still needs a pilot so people know that this technology is feasible and is indeed as cheap as the designers claim it is. If skytran is indeed cheaper per passenger mile, the market will respond.

[RP4409]

@totoroben ....that is the point of the video, we don't have a free market...lol

[gibb1991]

"Got rid of the steam, they're all high-tech..." Buddy, you're living so far in the past your watching Charlie Chapman for regular entertainment. The steam era ended in the late 1940's. Electricity is the norm for trains around the world.  The USA is one of the last industrialized nations to begin electrifying networks and develop mass transit and high speed rail. From what I understand, most Pheonix residents enjoy the benifits of light rail.

[RP4409]

@gibb1991 ....really...lol.... how many phoenix residents have YOU interviewed? Electric trains are 1800's technology.

[dodgedart74]

we will never see this EVER are you serious? a free market!? what do you think this is 1776 america!? get out of here,

[WeeeeBeep]

lolz. this guy does know that trains are far cheaper (per seat) than any personal system right?

[Streetcar1743]

@gibb1991 That's the spirit. RP4409 seems to be or at least acting like a psychic. And I don't believe in them. I believe in the truth! Rock on man!

[Streetcar1743]

@RP4409 RUBBISH!!! Today's electric trains run on ELECTRIC GENERATORS!!! Maybe it's time for you to quit psychics and move onto corporations!!! gibb1991 is telling the truth!

[Streetcar1743]

Light rail running on electricity does NOT come from steam. Today's light rail systems have electric generators that power the lines. The old streetcar wires were generated by steam engines. Only in your stupid fantasyland is this 1800s technology. Times has changed. Even corporations has even been built. Yes, with elevated BRT, you don't have to stop at red lights or busy intersections, but I am all for the truth. And I even think that psychics are a bunch of liars!

[gospelnews123]

There's no such thing as a free meal. Who will pay for the infrastructure? Plus the idea of giving free rides to people is a very socialist one. Let everyone pay their own fare, or get a car, LOL!!!

[cheerwine01]

@RP4409 It's called the United States of America. Dumbass. You're like some Western red neck

[FrenchChicana]

I would never ride this in southern california. I am afraid of falling out of the sky at 100 miles an hour during an 8.0

[Robikus]

Hard to compete with the coolness factor here. Just as long as I can go where I want once I get off the track it looks like a good deal.

[UMAnnArbor2]

Phoenix is too big not to have rapid transit

[anarchris]

personally i'ld prefer the freedom and dangers included with personally controlled transportation. but then again i still prefer manuals....