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The American mind can't comprehend this. (hexbear.net)

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[-] varmint@hexbear.net 27 points 5 days ago

I don't like those hostile architecture seats

[-] Keld@hexbear.net 10 points 5 days ago

Hard agree. But I like it more than the local solution here (No seats, ever)

[-] EatPotatoes@hexbear.net 10 points 5 days ago

I like homelessness less. Vagrancy was illegal in the USSR and a kruschev flat went for 5% of income in a job you were guaranteed to get.

Also my fat ass hates those things too.

[-] acidic7_7@hexbear.net 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yeah but this is taken in a country where homelessness exists (Germany), not a socialist utopia

[-] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 14 points 5 days ago

I lust for this like Musk tryna get into an Epstein party.

[-] Krem@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago

that's a really narrow tram. what's the seating situation, one seat on each side of the aisle? seating along the wall, facing the aisle?

[-] trompete@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago

I cannot comprehend this either. It looks like a tram, but it clearly needs a raised platform unlike a tram. So it's more like a Metro in that way, but really narrow. I also worry about the power of the thing compared to a Metro, since it looks to be tram tech and I have never seen one go fast.

I also looked it up writing this, apparently they gradually replaced their trams with this thing, which explains why it's that way, but also why would you replace your tram.

[-] SerialExperimentsGay@hexbear.net 10 points 5 days ago

Lots of places have no clear seperation of tram and subway, which means that in such cities any tram has to be able to use raised platforms. The lines just run above or below ground depending on local conditions. And no, they do not go particularly fast, but this is an inner city situation where stations are close together and there are no long overland distances to be bridged, so you can't accelerate much to begin with.