“We need a new signal called blue phase, meaning you should follow the vehicle in front of you,” says civil engineer and traffic control researcher Ali Hajbabaie.
Yeah, a bunch of cars that all follow each other, with signals set up so they don't have to stop! Imagine if you could get on a roadway in one place and go straight through to the next pla... Wait this is a train.
Why do these carbrains keep re-inventing trains, but shittier?
As Upton Sinclair said, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"
Don't turn to "traffic researchers" for the solutions to our transit and climate problems.
It's like asking Monsanto how to effectively grow food. What do you think they're going to say?
Be careful how you frame the question. The question is not "how do we move cars more efficiently?" it's "how do we move people more efficiently?"
Aaron Bieber (no relation)
CitykidPVD