Critics are not convinced. “The capacity of moving people will be much lower;’ says Dr. Robert Noland, director of the Alan M Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University in the US. “Currently, the capsules are smaller than a train.”
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If motorists had to pay fees to offset the costs of air pollution and climate change caused by motor vehicles, they would not take their cars to take advantage of less congestion, Mr. Noland. Additionally, “if there is space for a railway along the highway, for example, it is cheaper to transport people by public transit than to widen a highway”, he says.
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“We know that the more often you go to the doctor, the more often you’re able to take care of things as they arise in a timely fashion, the better off your health is,” said Michael Smart, a professor at Rutgers Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. “Transit is a real lifesaver, a literal lifesaver.”
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“This is just another example of policy makers chasing a shiny object when basic investment in infrastructure is needed,” Robert Noland, distinguished professor at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, said in comments emailed to The Associated Press. “It costs too much to build,” he added.
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