Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 65 (9164 total)
2 online now:
Newest Member: ChatGPT
Post Volume: Total: 916,904 Year: 4,161/9,624 Month: 1,032/974 Week: 359/286 Day: 2/13 Hour: 0/1


Thread  Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   Self-Driving Cars
RAZD
Member (Idle past 1434 days)
Posts: 20714
From: the other end of the sidewalk
Joined: 03-14-2004


(1)
Message 25 of 28 (688719)
01-24-2013 6:54 PM
Reply to: Message 22 by AZPaul3
01-24-2013 12:32 AM


bicycle lane tubes
I am rebuilding a 1967 Austin Mini (in my spare time)
One of my reasons for getting it is that there are no green circuit boards in it. None.
Recently I saw an architectural vision for putting bicycle lanes inside elevated tubes above the car lanes in cities. Now I'm thinking that these would need to be ventilated with clean air (or at least cleaner than at street level), and why not have that air pumped at 30mph (50kph) in the direction of the bike lanes, eliminating wind resistance and making it easy for cyclists to travel around cities at the same speeds as the cars. The air pumps could be powered by wind\solar systems (or augmented by them), and so using bikes would reduce vehicle congestion AND pollution.
Then you use buses to take your bike between cities.
That would be smart eh?
Enjoy.

we are limited in our ability to understand
by our ability to understand
Rebel American Zen Deist
... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ...
to share.


Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)

This message is a reply to:
 Message 22 by AZPaul3, posted 01-24-2013 12:32 AM AZPaul3 has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 26 by AZPaul3, posted 01-25-2013 7:56 AM RAZD has seen this message but not replied
 Message 28 by 1.61803, posted 01-28-2013 3:57 PM RAZD has seen this message but not replied

  
Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024