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Wuppertal, Germany in 1902

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but i really like how calm the street scenes are without cars. There's also a 1902 / now comparison video which is kind of depressing, i thought i'd rather post something nice :)

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  • That's excellent. Pity we don't make more use of things like that now.

    Oops, just looked at the other link!

    • Monorails are usually not the most practical solution. In most places where you can build a monorail, a regular train is usually simpler and cheaper to build. Wuppertal has some very specific geography which causes a monorail following the path of the river Wupper to make sense, but that often doesn't translate well to other places.

      Tom Scott made a video about it at some point:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4KZLcvMQWg

      And a video on the Schwebebahn by The Tim Traveller:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IFh6wFTJiQ