Only Disney can design a smart transportation system
His Highness the TibetanMonkey & the Spirits of the Jungle
Mussolini used to say), Disney is the one to deliver. Their advanced
train have been running smoothly where in the rest of the country they
are falling apart. This is the train from Miami to West Past Beach...
A real antique, right? Notice: Only to WPB not Orlando... get it? What
would happen if Obama dared propose trains like Disney's? Those damn
socialists wasting money, right? Well, the "Land of Make Believe" is
also leading the future in NEV's or Neighborhood Electric Vehicles.
Imagine having community where you could ride a bike among the NEVs
without much fear. Perish the thought, all those alternatives sound
leftist unless you put them in practice in a protected community.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration,_Florida
I give up, I just give up. Like the Prophet said, "If the mountain
doesn't come to you..."
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THE WISE TIBETAN MONKEY SAYS
"Never go to the mountains without a walking stick"
His Highness the TibetanMonkey & the Spirits of the Jungle
didn't know myself, but I'm always captivated by new technologies and
would like to see the SUVs go the way of the dinosaurs...
(You always have to know what's going on in the jungle)
News Briefs for One-Tracked Minds
http://www.monorails.org/tmspages/News.html#Anchor-Vegas-49575
His Highness the TibetanMonkey & the Spirits of the Jungle
million bucks for it...
(YOU MUST SEE PICTURE)
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/09/googles-vision-of-the-future-bicycle-meets-monorail/
It looks idiotic though not as much as driving 3 tons of SUV to get a
gallon of milk.
This is particularly demeaning to the place where I live...
"Shweeb is about to announce where its first public-transit system
will be installed. We’re thinking it might work well in Miami Beach,
where the well-tanned can shuttle from hotel to beach in a bathing
suit, showing off their liposuctioned and collagen-injected derrieres
through the plexiglass capsule to onlookers below."
Ain't it nasty? No more than 50% of women here have gone to the
bodyshop.
By the way, I'd go with old fashioned bikes on the road, which may
prevent some of that bodywork as well as save big bucks.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey & the Spirits of the Jungle
either SOCIALISM or ABSOLUTELY PRIVATE CORPORATIONS can run
government.
Mussolini did it with Fascism too, but that's completely out of
fashion.
No national elections discussing gay marriage, but who makes the
trains run on time.
Here they compare Obama to...
http://www.zazzle.com/obama_mussolini_t_shirt-235772624652005649
It must be sold by the ones that want government run by a private
corporation.
Sorry if you lost the train of thought. ;)
His Highness the TibetanMonkey & the Spirits of the Jungle
Oh, I just realized... Celebration is considered "New Urbanism" which
I propose in my Master Plan for any Banana Republica out there. Yes,
my plan is to have these ideas implemented in some dilapidated country
(say Cuba) and make it go according to some sense of proportion and
quality of life, not the ideas imported from the West and North based
on the car and the Gated Community... Comprende?
THE MASTER PLAN
His Highness the TibetanMonkey & the Spirits of the Jungle
Re: Only Disney can design a smart transportation system
Quote Originally Posted by Under the Sun View Post
"One reason I hate visiting my sister in Celebration is that the
speed limit is 25 and it takes forever to get to the East Lawn where
she resides."
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Thank you, that's important clue to shared roads. What I'd do
though in the REAL WORLD is to implement 25mph on the right lane only,
then up to 35 on the other lanes.
Actually everybody may come out better.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey & the Spirits of the Jungle
> John S <joh...@no.spam> writes:
> > It sounds smarter/require less resources to have one vehicle, even if
> > it may be overkill at sometimes.
>
> Easy solution:
>
> (1) design cities so that many activities (stores, restaurants/
> entertainment, schools -- the modern U.S. habit of driving kids to
> school is probably one of the most idiotic things ever) are within
> walking distance, or walking distance via fast and frequent public
> transport (work, large shopping centers/entertainment)
>
> (2) make cities bike friendly so that many other activities are within
> biking distance (parks, recreation); bikes are a "vehicle", but require
> orders of magnitude less invesment/materials/space
>
> (3) make car/vehicle rental easy and cheap, with convenient, walkable
> locations, so when you _do_ need to move a refrigerator, it's no problem
Thank you. All those simple yet effective solutions have been
incorporated into the MASTER PLAN.
They are considered part of New Urbanism, or livable communities. The
problem is the movers and shakers live in Gated Communities.