The EU is investing in brilliant solutions to revolutionise sustainable commuting.

[eucommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu]

The EU is investing in brilliant solutions to revolutionise sustainable commuting.

One of them is Monocab 🚆

A gyro-stabilised monorail cabin offers autonomous, on-demand transport.

It's designed to complement public transit by enhancing mobility in less populated areas and making your journey both planet-friendly and convenient. 🚆

Have you heard of any other innovative transport solutions?

#WorldSustainableTransportDay

📸©Monocab Owl

[illuminatus@mstdn.social]

@EUCommission Stop wasting public money on bullshit gadgetbahns and invest in real rail, for fucks' sake.

[cstross@wandering.shop]

@Illuminatus What part of "less populated areas" did you miss? This looks to me like an attempt to revive the really tiny small-scale trams of the late 19th century, which provided transport to villages/suburbs before automobiles were a thing. Also looks to be an on-demand service. (Misses the point that we should not be building and living in suburban sprawl!)

[phl@mastodon.social]

@cstross @Illuminatus AdamSomething had an excellent video about these things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJnyhPGH2cw

There's probably much better solutions for less populated areas than things running on weird technology and made out of techbro ideas.

As a quick thought, on-demand bus lines exist, they can very well be electric and provide much more flexibility in pathing than "monorails".