• Aidinthel@reddthat.com
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    11 months ago

    Trains carry cargo all the time. I don’t think it’s too crazy to suggest light rail be adapted to do the same.

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      11 months ago

      And we’re going to build rails to every store, restaurant, and other business that needs cargo pickup & delivery? And run a train to each of them, every day? And you think that would end up being more efficient/environmentally friendly than trucks?

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          11 months ago

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CarGoTram

          The main route went from the logistics center in Friedrichstadt via Postplatz and Grunaer Straße to Straßburger Platz and finally on to the factory.

          This went from one logistics center to one production facility. It is insane to think that this could be a scalable solution.

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            11 months ago

            Wow, a train line goes defunct in a country that heavily subsidizes car infrastructure and actively works against other modes of transportation. I’m shocked, really. Shocked.

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              11 months ago

              I didn’t say anything about it going defunct. That has to be one of stupidest attempts at a straw man I’ve ever seen.

              I pointed out that it only ever carried material from one location to one other location, and that such a system would not be scalable to serving an entire city.

              Did you even read my comment?

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                11 months ago

                Mh, why do you think it never grew beyond “one line serving one location”? 🤔

                We did have more extensive tram services transporting goods in the past: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geschichte_der_Straßenbahn_in_Hannover#Güterstraßenbahn

                You know, before this country became the world’s largest car exporter and started to dismantle its train network…

                such a system would not be scalable to serving an entire city.

                Lol, nobody is talking about entire cities, but do go ahead talking about strawmen.

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                    11 months ago

                    The title is “cities need to be entirely served by trams for transporting goods”?

                    Are you sure you can actually read?

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        11 months ago

        Have a look at the Netherlands friend. I’ve seen people towing dishwashers behind their bikes more than once while living there.

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        11 months ago

        You joke, but I have done this. Wheelchair accesible trams are awesome for this. Put appliance on hand truck walk it into the tram. No heavy lifting required like when loading it in a car.

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            11 months ago

            A cheap logistics hand truck carries weights up to 250kg. If you need more it become a bit annoying because you need to switch to using OSB Boards with casters.

            Source: My life and helping friends move.

            Bonus: Hand trucks are really convenient to transport full size kegs and CO2 bottles to parties by tram.