@abies77 @nohamux Il y a déjà le concept de railcar/autorail à un wagon pour les petites lignes rurales: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railcar

Là ça ressemble surtout à un exemple de #GadgetBahn - dans tous les cas il faut un minimum de maintenance pour rouler sur les rails, surtout sans conducteur! Si c'est pour quelques places je ne vois pas trop l'intérêt par rapport à faire rouler un bus classique sur la route...

@dominicstucki By the way, isn't it ironic that to an outsider, the most obvious way to recognise a route having ETCS, where the point is that there are no lineside signals, is to notice those very easily recognisable (and charming) marker boards. (I want a t-shirt with such a graphic.)

Pic: ETCS board in Wuppertal, for the Danglebahn, the Mother of All #Gadgetbahn:s, and the only one we actually love.

@EUCommission This is almost the very definition of a #Gadgetbahn... no better than a private car or robo-taxi without route flexibility!

If you want public transit to succeed while efficiently transporting the masses and reducing dependence on private vehicles, then fund cycling, buses, trams and light rail instead.