Yes, except it would cost the GDP of several planets to build here, going on current bike shed rates scaled upwards.
How much would it cost BAM to build
Wow, calm down Cyberpunk 2077
Would that be free to ride?
In this country? No. Nice idea though. Using the corridor of the canals which is already cleared.
The routes in Dublin would be pointless. We need Rapid transport to and in the city centre not around it
We could have metros, more trams, monorail or suspended railways, the problem is that none of them can defeat a single Dublin homeowner who doesn’t want roadworks 400 metres from their house.
When we get a few buildings over 6 storeys we can talk about the high speed upside down metro
Suspension railway mono rails are rare for a reason.
They offer very few advantages of standard light rail.
And have many more disadvantages than standard light rail.
This is the suspended monorail in Wuppertal, Germany, which is called the Schwebebahn (floating railway).
It was built over a century ago, and it’s basically one of a kind, because while it’s very useful for the city it’s in, it’s also a bespoke system, that cannot be recreated easily.
But because of its design, it has less capacity per train than a Luas does in Dublin. Basically… you might as well build a couple new Luas lines, and have a way better effect.
I think so, but it would also cost eleventy bajillion euros the way things are done here.
What would happen the existing bridges?
Jesus of course it would for only 999 billion euro with a completion date of 2066. LETS DO IT!! We can spend the Apple money on thinking about it.
The objections to this would be on steroids compared to Metro and that’s underground!
Can you imagine how badly we would fuck this up. Even thinking about it has probably caused an over spend
I hear those things are awfully loud
Ok, hear me out; canals yes, but public transport is… submarines.
We already have a train line, soon to be DART line going along the Royal Canal.
We would find a way tp fuck it up and make it cost 50 times its actual value
They can call it the Suas
No, too many cronies to look after here to make anything like this affordable
Ah stop.
Not a huge fan of monorails. Because of the single point of connection the track is extremely thick and takes up far more space visually than you think. They can be a bigger visual obstinate than a conventional two track. I think there are known issues with the track itself in terms of switch lines and stuff aswell
Id have to track it down but there’s a video by an American engineer/designer talking through the major issues that make monorails worse than conventional two track systems. They compare examples in I think the US and Japan and where it runs into problems.
Can’t be building up the city center and can’t be building efficient public transport.
So no.
Ah yes, the Suas
Is there any advantage to suspended (upside-down) rails compared to regular elevated rails, apart from looking cool/futuristic? It seems like engineering wise it should be simpler to just make a regular elevated rail, and thus cheaper.
I hope not. By the time it would be completed by BAM it would be the single most expensive structure ever created by mankind. Also it would be handed over by a ffg government in 2242.
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Notions…that’s too much for us
Have another bus that’s delayed
In the city that won’t allow tall buildings…
Yes, except it would cost the GDP of several planets to build here, going on current bike shed rates scaled upwards.
How much would it cost BAM to build
Wow, calm down Cyberpunk 2077
Would that be free to ride?
In this country? No. Nice idea though. Using the corridor of the canals which is already cleared.
The routes in Dublin would be pointless. We need Rapid transport to and in the city centre not around it
We could have metros, more trams, monorail or suspended railways, the problem is that none of them can defeat a single Dublin homeowner who doesn’t want roadworks 400 metres from their house.
When we get a few buildings over 6 storeys we can talk about the high speed upside down metro
Suspension railway mono rails are rare for a reason.
They offer very few advantages of standard light rail.
And have many more disadvantages than standard light rail.
https://preview.redd.it/n33nu5kxw68e1.jpeg?width=992&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a4055759cf80bab919b46b8c2f8389d928a8fd2
This is the suspended monorail in Wuppertal, Germany, which is called the Schwebebahn (floating railway).
It was built over a century ago, and it’s basically one of a kind, because while it’s very useful for the city it’s in, it’s also a bespoke system, that cannot be recreated easily.
But because of its design, it has less capacity per train than a Luas does in Dublin. Basically… you might as well build a couple new Luas lines, and have a way better effect.
I think so, but it would also cost eleventy bajillion euros the way things are done here.
What would happen the existing bridges?
Jesus of course it would for only 999 billion euro with a completion date of 2066. LETS DO IT!! We can spend the Apple money on thinking about it.
The objections to this would be on steroids compared to Metro and that’s underground!
Can you imagine how badly we would fuck this up. Even thinking about it has probably caused an over spend
I hear those things are awfully loud
Ok, hear me out; canals yes, but public transport is… submarines.
We already have a train line, soon to be DART line going along the Royal Canal.
We would find a way tp fuck it up and make it cost 50 times its actual value
They can call it the Suas
No, too many cronies to look after here to make anything like this affordable
Ah stop.
Not a huge fan of monorails. Because of the single point of connection the track is extremely thick and takes up far more space visually than you think. They can be a bigger visual obstinate than a conventional two track. I think there are known issues with the track itself in terms of switch lines and stuff aswell
Id have to track it down but there’s a video by an American engineer/designer talking through the major issues that make monorails worse than conventional two track systems. They compare examples in I think the US and Japan and where it runs into problems.
Can’t be building up the city center and can’t be building efficient public transport.
So no.
Ah yes, the Suas
Is there any advantage to suspended (upside-down) rails compared to regular elevated rails, apart from looking cool/futuristic? It seems like engineering wise it should be simpler to just make a regular elevated rail, and thus cheaper.
Edit: it also seems more dangerous than a regular rail since in case of an accident, stuff can break from above and fall into the train, like the bogie in [this case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Wuppertal_Schwebebahn_accident)
I hope not. By the time it would be completed by BAM it would be the single most expensive structure ever created by mankind. Also it would be handed over by a ffg government in 2242.
Nah, it’s more of a Shelbyville idea
Suspended Urban Aerial System 😁
https://preview.redd.it/jl2aaaum478e1.jpeg?width=686&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d689faadfd12c95fcccc72cd23beeee7ab438071
Just do a fuckin metro first
They can’t even build a train line to the airport 😂
We don’t have a large enough population to warrant this. A metro from the airport first for the love of God
Looks cool but if we’re doing major transport infrastructure it would probably just be easier to expand the luas.
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