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minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 days agoI’ve seen tram drivers do incredibly stupid things. But yeah, they generally stick to the rails.
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 days agoAlso fully autonomous subways have been operational since like 2010, unlike tezzla
minus-squareklu9@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThe DLR has been going since 1987 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoyou know those conveyor belts they have at airports and shit? we should just design a city with a shitton of those instead of roads.
minus-squareChingzilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·14 hours agoYou should read “The Roads Must Roll” short story by Robert Heinein. He takes this idea to a whole nother level. https://ia801208.us.archive.org/32/items/calibre_library_178.219.147.208/Robert A. Heinlein - The Roads Must Roll_4359.pdf
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 hours agoAsimov also had that in his books. The idea was kinda popular in sci-fi back in the 50s-60s. Asimov also noted that if someone fell on another person on that ‘road’ and it caused a domino effect, that would suck big time.
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 hours agoit also features lightly in jasper fforde’s shades of grey series. those roads are carnivorous
minus-squarestiffyGlitch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 hours agoor the floating trams in Japan that use extremely strong magnets to suspend the trams to have more walking space underneath
I’ve seen tram drivers do incredibly stupid things. But yeah, they generally stick to the rails.
Also fully autonomous subways have been operational since like 2010, unlike tezzla
The DLR has been going since 1987
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway
you know those conveyor belts they have at airports and shit? we should just design a city with a shitton of those instead of roads.
You should read “The Roads Must Roll” short story by Robert Heinein. He takes this idea to a whole nother level.
https://ia801208.us.archive.org/32/items/calibre_library_178.219.147.208/Robert A. Heinlein - The Roads Must Roll_4359.pdf
Asimov also had that in his books. The idea was kinda popular in sci-fi back in the 50s-60s.
Asimov also noted that if someone fell on another person on that ‘road’ and it caused a domino effect, that would suck big time.
it also features lightly in jasper fforde’s shades of grey series. those roads are carnivorous
or the floating trams in Japan that use extremely strong magnets to suspend the trams to have more walking space underneath