The Japanese government is planning to connect major cities with automated zero-emissions logistics links that can quietly and efficiently shift millions of tons of cargo, while getting tens of thousands of trucks off the road.
  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Smart. I assume this will reuse the current tracks already used to run Shinkansen trains as they are replaced, which is fantastic.

      • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        They’re rebuilding and replacing the aging train fleet and had a bunch of ideas of how to reuse the existing tracks without scrapping them. This might be an answer to that problem.

        • threelonmusketeersEnglish
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          5 months ago

          They’re rebuilding and replacing the aging train fleet and had a bunch of ideas of how to reuse the existing tracks

          Ah, makes sense. I was not aware of that.