EasyCarts is a Bukkit/Spigot plugin for Minecraft Servers that enables hassle-free and reliable
transportation for Minecarts with players in them.
This plugin has been tested with Spigot 1.8, but it should work on older Bukkit versions as well.

Important note: In order for intersections to work correctly, they must be built with straight rails only (like a +). Building them with a curve in the center will disable minecarts from stopping at intersections. T-Intersections work as well.

No special blocks are needed to stop the cart at intersections though.

EasyCarts doesn’t affect Carts with Chests, Furnaces, Hoppers TNT or mobs in them.

Hint: EasyCarts has no slowdown blocks. If you want to slow down your cart on a certain part of the track and then boost it again, build the following rails:

Features:

All speed values can be changed in the config.yml.

• Minecarts will stop at intersections. Continue simply by looking in the desired direction and pressing forward.
• Minecarts will automatically slow down before curves or slopes to avoid derailing or crashing into upward slope block. Carts speed up again after curve or slope.
• Players can ride the minecart faster even without booster blocks.
• Increases maximum speed of minecarts.
• Powered Rails can boost the minecart more.
• Ops can change the speed values via commands.
• Minecarts will push entities on a collision course out of the way to avoid collision.

Commands:

• /easycarts reload: Reloads the settings from config.yml to memory. Useful for testing values ingame on a server.
• /easycarts push: Sets the value of MaxPushSpeedPercent in config.yml and saves config.
• /easycarts boost: Sets the value of PoweredRailBoostPercent in config.yml and saves config.
• /easycarts maxspeed: Sets the value of MaxPushSpeedPercent in config.yml and saves config.
• /easycarts slowwhenempty: Toggles the value of SlowWhenEmpty in config.yml and saves config.

Refer to config.yml comments for more infos on the parameters.

Permissions:

easycarts.admin: Enables execution of the above commands. Granted to OPs by default.

Known caveats:

• Carts will derail after start if spawned directly on a curve.
• Carts will only stop at intersections with flat rails. Curves or slopes intersections were not implemented on purpose.

I highly recommend installing CraftBook and enabling the MinecartTemporaryCart feature. This allows you to right click a rail with an empty hand to instantly spawn a minecart. Just make sure to set RemoveMinecartOnExit: true in config.yml to correctly remove carts when doing so.

Have fun with the plugin!