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Unfortunately, putting fuel driven cars underground is incredibly dangerous. One major fire could asphyxiate many people. Even in reasonably small tunnels there
by scoofy 12y ago
Unfortunately, putting fuel driven cars underground is incredibly dangerous. One major fire could asphyxiate many people. Even in reasonably small tunnels there have been major disasters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Blanc_Tunnel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Blanc_Tunnel
- tempestn 12y agoGood point (although you would hope better ventilation could help with that?) Regardless, we should be (finally) seeing more electric cars in the near future (not that they can't catch fire). Anyway, I don't think underground road situations are actually practical, just that it would be nice to use that third dimension more in an ideal world.
- scoofy 12y agoYea, current electric cars don't really solve the problem as batteries are prone to fire. If we want underground vehicles, we need wire connected electric.
- tempestn 12y agoAKA subways, really. And cities with excellent subway systems really do come close to this ideal. It makes it feel like anywhere in town is walkable.