jonathannausner
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐Stressed? Got that Friday the 13th feeling?
Just watch this. It's video Valium.
Colorized footage of Wuppertal Schwebebahn suspension railway, #Germany, 1902.
An elephant was taken aboard the Wuppertal Schwebebahn in 1950 as a cruel publicity stunt. She jumped into the riverโand survived. True story...
How Things Started.
How Theyโre Going.
The city before cars (1902) and after (2015) as seen from the Wuppertal Schwebebahn.
(I know whereโฆor actually whenโฆIโd rather be.)
Michaล "rysiek" Woลบniak ยท ๐บ๐ฆ@straphanger amazing.
Sidenote, but I want our IT infrastructures to be as long-lived as this piece of physical infrastructure.
Gabriel Pettier@rysiek @straphanger careful what you wish for ๐, we might still have systems from the 50s around, i've even seen report of a small company using a system from the forties a few years ago, that was really primitive, but they were fine with it.
@tshirtman @straphanger and what's wrong with that? As long as the system works reliably and safely, great!
@rysiek @straphanger nobody understand the system anymore, and there will be required updates at some point, if anything, for business reasons.
@tshirtman @straphanger yeah, I'd like us to figure out how to make IT infrastructures long-lived and maintainable without having to rebuild them from scratch every decade or so.
@rysiek @straphanger yes, documentation certainly helps, but many technologies evolve too fast, making it hard to integrate into older systems without major refactoring. I've seen people install obsolete (and unpatched) systems just to be able to use specific hardware they didn't have an upgrade for, but relied on for critical tasks. Banks have tried to move on from COBOL for decades now, without major success AFAIK.
We really have a massive maintenance problem.
michael@straphanger yes, cars destroyed much of the city but it's lucky the suspension rail is still there. My great-grandparents lived there 1919-1961 (and never owned a car), and it is one of my favourites among the cities where my ancestors lived. http://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2020/11/a-city-through-time.html #wuppertal
Jona Joachim@proseandpassion @straphanger The river is more green now though. All in all, more trees than in 1905
โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโJan 13, 2023@straphanger before cars london had floods of hourse poop :D
charly 
โง๏ธ@suqdiq @straphanger
horse poop is a great fertilizer.
shoveled aside it would be great for the plants around
horse poop is a great fertilizer.
shoveled aside it would be great for the plants around
Major Denis Bloodnok@suqdiq @straphanger Bit of a false dichotomy there, but I'd rather have horse shit on my boots than car shit in my lungs. I can replace my boots.
โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโJan 14, 2023@denisbloodnok @straphanger same but it really depends on the amount of poop, if too much then it's still terrible for air quality. collective transport is always better for airquality cause better ratio of engine per passenger
Konfetti ๐๐ณ@straphanger it's crazy how people were able to just cross or walk on the street back then. We need to reduce the number of cars
Sascha@straphanger I wish politicians would take the climate crisis more serious and liberate the cities from car traffic. Some make progress like cities in the Netherlands making better politics for people with bikes and on foot. But here in Vienna, it's really bad. The city government wants to build a new city highway instead of making the city more friendly for people without cars.
@Loukanikos161 @straphanger even in amsterdam, usage of car is actually increasing, as everywhere in the world, i only bike, but most people i know there have a car.
@tshirtman @straphanger I don't like that. I had hopes that Amsterdam is such a climate-friendly and bike-friendly city. But now that you say, car traffic is increasing, it makes me really sad. ๐ญ
@Loukanikos161 @straphanger it's certainly one of the best cities in the world for bikes, but cars are just too damn convenient (individually, when the infrastructure caters for them, which is a collective loss), and people in amsterdam mostly have the means to afford them, so it's not that surprising.
To prevent that, cities needs to be actively anti-cars, being pro-bikes is not enough.
To prevent that, cities needs to be actively anti-cars, being pro-bikes is not enough.
Paleva@straphanger make Wuppertal Great again!! car-free streets and the Schwebebahnโค๏ธ what a beautiful combonationโฆ I want this everywhere ๐
Marc Kaulisch@straphanger I am quite sure you donโt like to live in 1902 - even transport-wise
henk@straphanger Wonderfull!
Uwe Kauffmann@straphanger Tja die Erde hat Krebs #Auto und schon alles voller Metastasen.
Leonie Sieger@straphanger
I'm missing green in the old one
I'm missing green in the old one
Seb@straphanger itโs fascinating that the 1902 footage looks futuristic.
Andre Alforque@straphanger I prefer buses and light rails, but understand the sentiment. FYI: @tomscott covers why monorails are problematic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4KZLcvMQWg
Why Wuppertal's Suspended Monorail Wasn't The Future Of Travel
Super-rรฉsistant@straphanger
Human are stupids and crazy !
Human are stupids and crazy !
Rene Gat@straphanger I was born in Wuppertal. I love the Schwebebahn. The Wuppertal suspension railway is considered the safest means of transport in the world. Only on 12 April 1999 have there been any fatalities so far.
Mygga Stich@straphanger Her name was Tuffi, btw.
Brian Walsh@straphanger itโs so amazing that this train still exists.
Maxi 12x ๐@straphanger Why donโt you link to the upscaled and time-interpolated 4K version?
[60 fps] The Flying Train, Germany, 1902
Nigel PurchaseWe need this! An early monorail.
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Why (Automated) Light Metros are So Special
Marla Waltman@straphanger Beautiful! Just what the Dr ordered. Iโm coping with my 2nd case of Covid just six months after the first, so this was calming. Will be sure to rewatch multiple times. Thanks!
Ateriath@straphanger โMember when we did shit just because it was cool as fuck?
Yvonne4err@straphanger that's extraordinary, thanks
FalkoMD@straphanger Wundervoll!!!
Alexander@straphanger Like a steampunk fairy tale
@straphanger So funny. Had a trip to Wuppertal last year to take a nostalgic Ride. Grew up in a small City near Wuppertal. It has changed a Lot, even over the 50 years I know it.
matsimpsk@straphanger looks like some kind of steampunk sci-fi - awesome!
christian frock โ@straphanger looks like out of a steampunk movie. Really cool
Determinerik 
๐ต๐ธ@straphanger fascinating
Laurens ๐@straphanger Schwebebahn? Schwebebahn!
Loรฏse B.@straphanger
Et tous les gens ร pied, c'est fou!
Et tous les gens ร pied, c'est fou!
Nico -telmich- Schottelius@straphanger Which is actually still in service! Quite impressive, to say, enjoying https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuppertal_Schwebebahn now
Lew Riley@straphanger Rode this to the Uni (well, the Uni is up the hill, so also a bus) back in the early '90s. It was the best way to start the day.
Ralf Kotthoff@straphanger @700Sachen In dem Video sieht man auch die Autodichte, fรผr die das Wegenetz in unseren Stรคdten angelegt wurde.
EvilK@straphanger
This is absolutely gorgeous and I'd love to be able to take a ride.
This is absolutely gorgeous and I'd love to be able to take a ride.
@straphanger I was there when I worked for Enka Glanzstoff in Arnhem many years ago.