http://tracks.lionel.com/caterpilla r-train-concept-is-aimed

Must we reinvent the wheel every couple of months?
Every so often we get the latest invention that will revolutionize public transit and it always ends up being some bullshit idea that's in no way superior to the concepts we have, mainly standard heavy rail and modern light rail (as in tram with ROW).

>>997730
BUT BUT MIT!

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>>997731
>implying murrica can into public transit
How are those bus-sized non-ROW'd street running trams coming along?

>combining global warming with some pie in the sky modern monorail

of course this thing won

the greenies that were running the contest probably creamed their pants when they saw a public transportation idea aimed at combating the evil climate change

>>997726
>vulnerable to flooding

This don't happen even in a shithole place with lots of rain like brazil.

Its a non solution to fix a non problem.

>>997726
Neat idea, but those train cars look like they can pack about a dozen people each. That just won't do.

>>997726
>subway systems being potentially vulnerable to flooding due to rising sea levels
Sounds like blimps are the answer.

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>>997726
these MIT guys are brilliant,
"inventing" something which is in use for well over a 100 years in Germany,
next they might even invent a blimp
kek

>>999708
MIT status
[ ] not BTFO
[ ] BTFO
[X] Completely and utterly BTFO