gadgetbahn

noun
/ˈɡædʒɪtbɑːn/UK/ˈɡæd͡ʒətˌbɑn/US

Etymology

From English gadget + German Bahn (“route, trail; rail transport; train, tram”).

  1. derived from gadget + German Bahn — “route, trail; rail transport; train, tram

Definitions

  1. A public transportation scheme based on modern technology which seems to be infeasible or…

    A public transportation scheme based on modern technology which seems to be infeasible or unnecessary.

    • In transit communities, projects that sound complicated and unnecessary go by the German epithet "gadgetbahn." If early gondolas are successful, advocates hope gondolas can shake this label.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA