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more about #transportation Klebert L. Hall: High speed rail would be nice, but we really, really, suck at implementing passenger rail in the US. To actually do it right, we'd have to build new ... more » Bootknife-Jackson: still further is the fact that passenger trains are often forced to idle on the tracks for up to an hour while freight traffic is given higher priorit... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: Do French farmers still throw crap on the TGV tracks because they feel the high speed trains adversely affect their crops? Irrational prejudice again... more » Yamazaki-kun: We've got quite a few roadblocks in the way of high-speed passenger rail in the US. The main ones: * Amtrak's purpose, at least as Congress sess it, ... more » Makidian: I wish they would connect Dayton and Cincy along I-75 with some sort of train system that way commuting for my wife would carve 75% of her daily trip ... more » killgore_the_conqueror: 60 days to reach the moon? more like 2 and half days. from the earth to the moon (center to center) is 238857 miles. if you're going 4000 miles an ... more » Roklimber: "The Obama Administration has pledged to make as much as $13 billion worth of stimulus money available for high speed rail projects" That money will ... more » fox01313: At least the segway you can stop, lean on it & just enjoy the view, this thing looks like it will just tip over if you try to stop anytime sending you... more » The Curse of Millhaven: Only if it hovers. more » â™ Final â™ : I'm one step closer to becoming GizmoDuck. more » Cianalas: looks unpleasant to ride. more » FrankenPC: These are girly toys. THIS is was i want to see mass produced: [gizmodo.com] more » Motoki: Wonder how long it will take for the Japanese to come up with a CGI gay porn human transformer version of this. more » evildead1971: its 2009, get with the hoverboards more » MonkeyT: *Slightly* dorkier than a Segway. Watching the guy in the business suit doing that pelvic thrust in shots 1 & 4 shows how much he trusts it. The... more » NerD: Blattella: Small: Yes Unobtrusive: Yes Sexy: I think we can to agree that there is no way that looks sexy. Now if you had said shame-inducing or ego-deflating ... more » burgerdog: While I understand things like building better wheelchairs, who's the person at the company going "you know what I'm sick of? Walking!"? Invent tech... more » Perhaps Not: Yes, but according to the sign, it runs on dreams! more » BadUncle: So, is this target audience mall cops or the morbidly immobile riders of Rascal scooters? Either way, I see an excellent future in drunken figure 8 ra... more » reddingofish: These would be great for zipping around the office. more » -
#futuretransportation
Super High Speed Trains Might Be A Part Of Your Future Holiday Travel Plans
Since many Americans spent part of the last few days traveling home for Thanksgiving on trains, Scientific American chose to mark the occasion with an in-depth report on the future of rail travel. The future looks promising... and fast. More » -
#transportation
Finally, A Personal Transportation Device That Looks Dorkier Than A Segway
Behold the personal transport of the future! It looks like a boombox, but Honda's U3-X is a unicycle-like personal mobility device, that you can steer by leaning in the direction you want to go. It's small, unobtrusive, and sexy! More » -
#podcars
Personalized Podcars Float Over Abu Dhabi
A Jetsons-style transit system is set to roll out around Masdar City - electric, elevated podcars that can carry a few passengers at a time around the city, between several customizable destinations. More » -
#futurism
Forget The Shiny Toys — Urban Transit Will Go Low-Rent
Whenever public planning types talk about urban transportation's future, they always discuss light rail or tiny electric yuppie-mobiles. But future urbanites will really get around in the cheapest, most low-overhead manner possible.
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#zeppelins
Oh Canada, Bring Me My Zeppelin
Canada has at last entered the Zeppelin Age, and it looks as if Calgary, Alberta will be the first city to make the leap into an alternate history where people use giant, helium-filled balloons to move stuff around instead of trucks or trains. A Calgary-based company called SkyHook, working with Boeing, has developed what they call the Jess Heavy Lifter (JHL-40) or a "blimp on steroids." This is no pleasure cruiser, though. It's seriously mega, and will be used for transporting heavy loads in areas of northern Canada where there are no roads. More » -
