http://inhabitat.com/big-unveils-a-driverless-world-of-the-future-complete-with-solar-powered-streets/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sat, 25 May 2013 19:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://inhabitat.com/big-unveils-a-driverless-world-of-the-future-complete-with-solar-powered-streets/comment-page-1/#comment-324289 xenosilvano Fri, 29 Apr 2011 23:26:31 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=243213#comment-324289 I agree with Sy it'll make cities look awful. I agree with Sy it’ll make cities look awful.

]]> http://inhabitat.com/big-unveils-a-driverless-world-of-the-future-complete-with-solar-powered-streets/comment-page-1/#comment-322780 Sy Thu, 28 Apr 2011 04:13:19 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=243213#comment-322780 Multi-tiered cities have been tried in the seventies and have made for some miserable urbanism, with wind-swept, unsafe, artificial-feeling upper tiers (see La Defense and Cergy near Paris). Multi-tiered cities have been tried in the seventies and have made for some miserable urbanism, with wind-swept, unsafe, artificial-feeling upper tiers (see La Defense and Cergy near Paris).

]]> http://inhabitat.com/big-unveils-a-driverless-world-of-the-future-complete-with-solar-powered-streets/comment-page-1/#comment-321119 kedwa30 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:15:09 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=243213#comment-321119 This is a great concept, however I have some ideas I'd like to give to improve upon it. The road system between buildings needs to be multi-tiered to accommodate different kinds of traffic. One middle tier can be for these driverless personal transports. The lower tier can be for the heavy trucks. The top level can be strictly for pedestrians and bicyclists. The great thing about a tiered road system is that the lower tiers are protected from snow and other precipitation. In fact, pedestrians may insist on the solar cells being a covering for their tier rather than built into the road. In all cases it may be wiser to place the sensor grid in the ceiling rather than built into the road. I have yet to see a road that did not develop a pothole. This is a great concept, however I have some ideas I’d like to give to improve upon it. The road system between buildings needs to be multi-tiered to accommodate different kinds of traffic. One middle tier can be for these driverless personal transports. The lower tier can be for the heavy trucks. The top level can be strictly for pedestrians and bicyclists. The great thing about a tiered road system is that the lower tiers are protected from snow and other precipitation. In fact, pedestrians may insist on the solar cells being a covering for their tier rather than built into the road. In all cases it may be wiser to place the sensor grid in the ceiling rather than built into the road. I have yet to see a road that did not develop a pothole.

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