Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.A revolutionary new design called "Moving Platforms" could allow high-speed trains to run across a country without slowing down, according to its designer.
The concept, which has been created by London-based design agency Priestmangoode and revealed this month, hypothesizes using tram-like trains to collect passengers, before speeding up and "connecting" to high-speed trains to allow passengers to move from one to the other.
Travelers would be able to both board and disembark at speed, allowing seamless connections from almost any street to any other street in cities equipped with the docking trams.
In theory, the idea could also be used to connect high-speed trains, removing the need for getting off the train and changing, for instance, and could eventually be used for international services.
Priestmangoode's idea effectively removes the need for trains to ever slow down - something which Paul Priestman says is more appropriate for the technology travelers have access to today.
"The problem is we're trying to run a 21st century service on a 19th century infrastructure," he explains.
"I think that stations are completely out of date. With the modern technology, the modern trains that we're building now, having to have them stop at stations is ridiculous. The railway system is almost like the telecommunications system before the internet arrived."
See the concept: http://www.priestmangoode.com/
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments