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Cute little gadgetbahn I can't be too mad at since it's trying to minimize new infrastructure. It's basically just a PRT (ala Morgantown, WV). But the issue is the abandoned rails it wants to utilize are not going to be very useful routes for a PRT.
lots of abandoned rail is between still-connected towns, but the same reason they're abandoned in the first place would still apply because they're owned by the big rail monopolies. if anyone could've used them all along rural communities would've been utilizing them.
It's interesting... Maybe it will be cheaper than a people mover, but it'll be even less useful and probably much slower.