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In another timeline, there are pneumatic tubes or underground trains routing to each building, negating the need for last mile delivery for most packages in den
by janalsncm 11mo ago
In another timeline, there are pneumatic tubes or underground trains routing to each building, negating the need for last mile delivery for most packages in dense urban areas. Adding these tunnels is probably too expensive now that the buildings are in place though.
- thangalin 11mo ago> pneumatic tubes or underground trains Brilliant. See Tom Scott's video about Vancouver's Rabbit Line. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMTZvA8iFgI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMTZvA8iFgI Speaking of Vancouver and trains, the Broadway Subway Project is currently under construction, extending an existing line nearly 6 km for $3 billion. https://www.broadwaysubway.ca/about/stations https://www.broadwaysubway.ca/about/stations In my hard sci-fi novel (beta readers wanted, see profile for contact), delivery bots play key roles in the plot. For local deliveries, a community of 1,000 people was constructed with no overhead cables, allowing food delivery by drop-drones.
- derektank 11mo agoPipedream Labs is trying to implement a standard delivery tunnel + robotic delivery system, but yeah, I’m afraid they’re facing a serious uphill battle in terms of land use restrictions in the existing built environment
- bombcar 11mo agohttps://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda_weehawken_burrito_tunnel.htm https://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda_weehawken_burrito_...