This topic was once discussed before in this old thread. I had been thinking about it, and would like to bring it up once again, but instead of just focusing on mass transit, I also want to bring topics such as personal transport in.
I believe that there exists a complex system of transportation system, which involves regulations on how Pokémon should be used as personal transport. Here's my partial summary:
• The transportation system is similar to that of Japan, regional-wise, while a model similar to Singapore's feeder-into-trunk routes exist at the city level.
• Some Pokémon are used for personal transit, in addition to private cars and bicycles; however, only certifed trainers attempting to compete at the League can use Pokémon as personal transportation - it cannot be used for such purposes in any other situations.
• Highways are either located away from the "routes" you see in the games - which are probably specially set-aside Pokémon reserves for trainers to catch and train Pokémon - or are all underground, surfacing only within or at the outskirts of cities, or at special "exits" that leads to roads to connect to smaller towns and villages.
• Larger cities probably have their own metro/subway systems. Very large cities may even have a light rail or people mover to complement the metro. In the case of LaRousse, the convenyor-belt (sp?) system might be used in place of a people mover or light rail system.
• It might be likely that Celadon and Saffron cities have an interconnected metro/subway, public buses, and road system, due to their closeness to each other - if real world counterparts are to be used as a reference.
• The monorail system seen in the seventh movie/second A.G. movie might be a commuter rail system connecting several cities in Hoenn with each other, as well as smaller towns and villages.
• The cycling road/bridge that connects Fuchsia and Celadon cities was probably a normal road. In the original Kanto episodes, it was still shown under construction, and was accesible only to bicycles. In the Battle Frontier arc, I believe that they were depicted as completed, but for bicycles only. I speculate that the bridge was finally completed sometime later and was opened to motorised traffic, but popularity with cyclists and possibly low usage by users of motorised traffic for various reasons made the authorities close it to all but bicycle traffic.
• Ferries are often used in place of land transportation in costal cities and towns, as well as those not to far (but still) inland. To connect these further inland cities to the ferries, there might be a bus-to-the-ferry system for them.
I will continue with this topic tomorrow, as it's getting late for me, but the above is what I believe is the state of transportation in the Pokémon World.
I believe that there exists a complex system of transportation system, which involves regulations on how Pokémon should be used as personal transport. Here's my partial summary:
• The transportation system is similar to that of Japan, regional-wise, while a model similar to Singapore's feeder-into-trunk routes exist at the city level.
• Some Pokémon are used for personal transit, in addition to private cars and bicycles; however, only certifed trainers attempting to compete at the League can use Pokémon as personal transportation - it cannot be used for such purposes in any other situations.
• Highways are either located away from the "routes" you see in the games - which are probably specially set-aside Pokémon reserves for trainers to catch and train Pokémon - or are all underground, surfacing only within or at the outskirts of cities, or at special "exits" that leads to roads to connect to smaller towns and villages.
• Larger cities probably have their own metro/subway systems. Very large cities may even have a light rail or people mover to complement the metro. In the case of LaRousse, the convenyor-belt (sp?) system might be used in place of a people mover or light rail system.
• It might be likely that Celadon and Saffron cities have an interconnected metro/subway, public buses, and road system, due to their closeness to each other - if real world counterparts are to be used as a reference.
• The monorail system seen in the seventh movie/second A.G. movie might be a commuter rail system connecting several cities in Hoenn with each other, as well as smaller towns and villages.
• The cycling road/bridge that connects Fuchsia and Celadon cities was probably a normal road. In the original Kanto episodes, it was still shown under construction, and was accesible only to bicycles. In the Battle Frontier arc, I believe that they were depicted as completed, but for bicycles only. I speculate that the bridge was finally completed sometime later and was opened to motorised traffic, but popularity with cyclists and possibly low usage by users of motorised traffic for various reasons made the authorities close it to all but bicycle traffic.
• Ferries are often used in place of land transportation in costal cities and towns, as well as those not to far (but still) inland. To connect these further inland cities to the ferries, there might be a bus-to-the-ferry system for them.
I will continue with this topic tomorrow, as it's getting late for me, but the above is what I believe is the state of transportation in the Pokémon World.
