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It looks like every (mostly useless) waterfront, science city or business park I have ever been to. Is there something new here, or is it like with many things

• notatoad 7y ago
  the most innovative thing i've seen talked about is an a hidden utility corridor running to all the buildings for trash pickup. Which can't actually be an original idea, can it?
  • underdown 7y ago
    In a sense isn't that what every alleyway in the world is?
    • notatoad 7y ago
      only in the sense that ignores all the ways it's different to an alley.
  • njepa 7y ago
    You can probably find it in some '60s future somewhere. Why would you build a perfectly fine tunnel and use that for irregular traffic, when you can hide the traffic and have the street for mixed use [-1]? We have had trash chutes [0] and AVAC [1] for centuries in Sweden (not always connected unfortunately). My local garbage truck have one of those robotic arms, and I don't live anywhere fancy. So I can't say I get it. [-1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_street [0] https://translate.google.com/translate?langpair=en&sl=sv&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fsv.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSopnedkast https://translate.google.com/translate?langpair=en&sl=sv&tl=... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_vacuum_collection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_vacuum_collection [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sopbil_skelleftea.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sopbil_skelleftea.jp...
  • dade_ 7y ago
    Nope, Roosevelt Island in New York: https://www.wired.com/2010/08/trash-sucking-island/ https://www.wired.com/2010/08/trash-sucking-island/
  • sergiomattei 7y ago
    Disney does it. https://www.waste360.com/waste-reduction/look-walt-disney-world-s-underground-trash-tubes https://www.waste360.com/waste-reduction/look-walt-disney-wo...
  • reaperducer 7y ago
    Chicago used to do it.
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