[Scott R]

Originally Posted by Pazuzu

How long does it take to load your basic commuter train at each stop? 2 minutes? 3?

Now how long would it take if there were 28 people and 28 equal seats instead of 100 people with stairs and separate cars and such? 1 minute? Maybe 2?

Again, I think most of you are out of touch with commuting. You could load this thing while it was moving just like they do with so many small pod-type transit trains, or, you know, ski lifts and Ferris wheels. Humans are perfectly capable of entering a slowly moving pod and settling in within a 2 minute window.


I also don't know where anyone is claiming that this is a new idea. It's a transit design that will work, which is why it's been visited and revisited in various ways for over 100 years. The difference is that we know have the engineering to put it together.

Did anyone go to NASA and say "your Mercury probe sucks because it's not original, science fiction writers invented it 100 years ago, move along"??


I'm surprised by the backlash against advancement here, as well as the cowering fear of government intrusion. We're never going to get anywhere if we assume that the TSA will get in our way, or that costs will interfere.

It takes about 1/2 an hour to load an airplane. People move like lost cows down the isles looking for baggage space and seats. The last train I went on was even longer.