Metro Kapsul

>>1056854
So Rubber-tyred metro / AGT?
Just make a guideway bus / BRT.

Yeah, the main problem is how to make it better than a vanilla BRT line á la Curitiba.

Guideways are awkward and are worth it if you use vehicles much bigger than buses. So if you plan to use capsule-size vehicles, just use a slightly modified bus.

Save the guideway for when you build a train.

Even a bus is better in every aspect. A total waste of money.

>>1056855
More of a "people mover" type of thing but they like to claim it's cheaper to build than a LRT system which it going on right now in Jakarta and Palembang
About the BRT thing,most cities tried building it but they never feature bus lanes and other essential BRT stuff (Except Jakarta,Where i live btw),so the only "BRT" element is the high doors and the tall bus stops that are very small and obstructive to the sidewalk
>>1056857
They're gonna build a 6-station line in Bandung using the "new" technology aforementioned

This novelty has become some sort of chauvinistic national pride back here

>>1056854
how is an expensive and complex concrete track system with rubber tires in any way better than standard steel wheels on steel tracks? What's the obsession with building guided vehicles without standard steel tracks? ffs steel wheels on steel tracks is literally one of the greatest inventions ever

>>1056867
Rubber tires have better traction and a rubber tired train can take on pretty steep grades. It's also relatively more silent compared to standard trains.
That's about it.

>>1056854
>>1056855
>>1056865
It's a people mover, just like what they have in Miami and some airports. They are really only effective if they are grade separated, but they are not that far away from being monorails, the main plus being that they can switch guideways more easily than monorails can.

>>1056906
Well some news outlets here call it LRT

>>1056855
idk ,most big cities here have very chaotic urban planning as suburb development is very Highway/Car-Centric in the 80's and 90's (And still is now untill recently)
My city built an unguided elevated busway without facilities for the disabled (Only metal stairs) and without transfer facilities so i don't expect it to be good
And most cities got BRT wrong by seeing it as an "Advanced" bus service with high doors only without the lanes

Land aquisition is also a problem here along with rioting minivan drivers and the spread of Online based transport like UBER

File: 1435114182555.jpg (304KB, 1500x985px) Image search: [Google]

304KB, 1500x985px

Paint a bus lane on the road. Buy a bus. It's cheaper, faster, less obtrusive and it looks better. Or do it right and build some fucking rail.

File: bus-trans-metro-bandung-terapkan-e-ticketing-6CWmRItJVg.jpg (57KB, 640x396px) Image search: [Google]

57KB, 640x396px

>>1057055
Typical Indonesian "BRT" example without the lanes

File: BUS-BRT-HINO.jpg (119KB, 640x426px) Image search: [Google]

119KB, 640x426px

The Transport Ministry here gave away these buses for cities to improve their public transport
Even if the city dosen't have high-floor bus stops...

>>1056865
which part of such system provide cost advantage over LRT/etc.? I have taken a look on videos about the Guangzhou APM and can't find anything special about them

File: Screenshot_20170319-220111.png (2MB, 1080x1920px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1080x1920px

>>1057055

File: maxresdefault.jpg (219KB, 1920x1080px) Image search: [Google]

219KB, 1920x1080px

>>1056854
sooo.. pic related?

>>1057080
>>1057081
>>1057097

Why not just ordinary buses? With ordinary doors? Why? This is just stupid! Manufacturers must have paid high bribes to force this madness upon you.

>>1057055
Love that old comfy pic desu.

>>1057114
Not familiar with the system but as they are fared in station instead of bus itself, it could prevent norml passenger from boarding the bus at regular station which don't have faring capability?

>>1057168
That's what they think but in most cases they sell the tickets inside the bus therefore leaving the "stops" unattended into abandonment
>>1057114
Maybe they think it's cheaper "adapting" the coach design for transit use other than dedicated city buses like this