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for some reason the humidity reading on my PWS is completely ****ed. Goes up and down 10-20% with massive swings in dewpoint in a few seconds which is obviously wrong
Though unlike Helsinki, it will more than double the lenght of the light rail network. Helsinki was smart enough not to get rid of its network after WW2.
In other news, my (mandatory) smoke alarm is killing me. Don't I have the right to overcook my meals anymore?
Light railways seems to be quite popular in Western Europe right now. Much of the Helsinki light rail proposal took inspiration from French cities, like Rheims and Mulhouse. Anyway, the new light rail line proposed doesn't fit into the existing network. The centre has so sharp curves that long light rail trains would simply derail.
Helsinki was smart not to do so, Turku wasn't. Many still think that the decision to ditch the tram was the worst decision the city has ever made.
Light railways seems to be quite popular in Western Europe right now. Much of the Helsinki light rail proposal took inspiration from French cities, like Rheims and Mulhouse. Anyway, the new light rail line proposed doesn't fit into the existing network. The centre has so sharp curves that long light rail trains would simply derail.
Helsinki was smart not to do so, Turku wasn't. Many still think that the decision to ditch the tram was the worst decision the city has ever made.
Trams are cute, but ones that don't run in their own right of way don't have much advantage over buses. Actually worse than electric buses, since they can't manuever around an obstruction.
Light rail seems most common in smaller European cities. Building new ones is popular among American cities, particularly western ones. But they're much larger and less dense than the European cities building light rail. So they function differently; more as suburban rail. For example, Denver's:
A, N and G lines will use electric commuter rail vehicles. Seattle's light rail is probably the most promising American light rail system by ridership:
Much of it elevated and the central portions underground.
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