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I see nothing wrong with this moderation effort. In fact, perhaps adaptor wheels can be fitted for interoperability in the meantime.

There is a joke in there somewhere about the city of Ottawa's light rail debacle. www.tvo.org/article/otta...

Even LEGO knows that rollercoasters don't belong on train rails

Hope you don't end up with a billion pound tunnel into london and not much else like the UK did

Finally New York subway trains that will stop at floor 50 Empire State Building. The reduction in commute times and increased sales of stress medication are both positives for the economy.

the stillwell avenue station at coney island is about to get way more fun

If this was done in San Francisco you could re-route the cable cars onto the BART.

Here in Colorado & New Mexico we have trains that still run on the narrow gauge tracks in the mountains. There is ever a bus called the Galloping Goose that can ride the rails. www.gallopinggoose5.org/presidents-d...

The extra 1/2-inch play was needed because trains tended to stick on curves; George (and/or Robert) Stephenson found this out the hard way. My favourite rail factoid is that Brunel's broad gauge was 7ft 1/2in, with the 1/2in added for exactly the same reason.

: I support this. 🎢🙌

Title text: "We're getting a lot of complaints from commuters who were routed onto a coaster, but the theme park patrons who spent hours stuck on an intercity line are also not happy." Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3105#Transcript