Two Great Tastes Which Taste...?

What do you get when you merge two seemingly irreconcilable technologies such as the automobile and the monorail? Well, I guess you get the RUF!

Described as a dual-mode transportation system, the RUF system complements a city's existing road infrastructure with a elevated monorail system that can be used by cars and buses. Each vehicle has a large slot through the center through which the RUF rails would run. A set of rubber tires within the vehicle will provide locomotion along the track.

While an intriguing approach, I wonder what sort of chaos poorly maintained vehicles could wreack on such a system. If a car were to fail along the line, other vehicles would simply have to pile up behind it.

There seems to be some interest in the system in Kolkata, formerly Calcutta.