11-01-2015, 09:49 AM
(11-01-2015, 08:59 AM)Canard Wrote: Just a Sunday-morning video from you from YouTuber ErebosSan, of the first day of operations on the Tramway de Besançon, France. I can't wait for ion's first day of operations, and I really hope we have some kind of party/celebration like this!
I watched those trains travel around Besançon for 6 minutes, and I conclude that the French have a lot to learn from us.
Everywhere they went, the trains were passing through mid-rise development. No highrises at all! How will they ever make the transit pay for itself?
And don’t get me started on those stodgy buildings. Pretty well the same old thing, kilometer after kilometer. They should pick the best five, say, of those and keep them. The rest – gone, so that a progressive city can be created, free from the fusty past. Then they might have an interesting liveable city which others might want to move to. Also, they might then actually attract some tourists!
The only possible thing we could learn from the French is who their vehicle suppliers are. We might need them.