Mike CooteDec 12
Helen Czerski

How could/should/will we get around the cities of the future? A car for everyone is never going to work in a city, but once we go back to seeing the streets as places for people to get around (rather than "where the cars go") how could it all work? Cities and technology are constantly evolving, and so our city streets will too. For this week's Rare Earth, on air at 12 today and online afterwards, we talked to Chris Boardman, Stephen Potter and Karen Lucas about what the future holds. Listen here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002n7p1

#Podcast #transport #ActiveTravel #cities

Dec 12 at 9:00amWeb
Show threadRene WoollerDec 12
@helenczerski it guess it would have to be a mix of technologies, but primarily electric spring stilts, multilane conveyors, slippery slides and catapults / trampolines
Show threadAlexsandraSmartDec 12
@renetron @helenczerski
I saw Futurama. They shoot through tubes in New New York. But when I got to London, I found 'the tube' was not like that. Much less extreme acceleration.
Show threadMikeHDec 12
@helenczerski What should happen is more trams, trains and buses. Whether it will is another matter entirely.
Show threadMichael ᚋᚔᚉᚆᚓᚐᚂDec 12

@helenczerski There are plenty of very early films on YouTube, some made from trams, of Victorian and Edwardian roads.

It's fascinating to watch the crowds of people on them. It's obvious roads belonged to everyone. Not just children playing but vendors and their wares, people chatting, people strolling, crossing, cycling, delivery men, workers, people busking, all of life was there - not just motor carriages passing at speed.

We have lost all this.

Show threadpanuDec 12
@helenczerski
As for how we should: teleportation.
Show threadkim_harding ✅Dec 12
@helenczerski An interesting listen, but no mention of the fact that the motor industry spends over £2Bn a year in the UK on ads to reinforce the idea that transport is all about the car. Treating the motor industry ads like the tobacco industry ads would make a massive change...
Show threadOccasionalDucksDec 12

@kim_harding

And put images of the horrific things cars do to people on the outside, like cigarette packets.

Show threadkim_harding ✅Dec 12
@OccasionalDucks Yes, something like this https://web.archive.org/web/20090731124637/https://copenhagenize.com/2009/07/driving-kills-health-warnings.html
Using WaybackMachine as the original website has been high jacked by spammers
Copenhagenize.com - The Copenhagen Bike Culture Blog: Driving Kills - Health Warnings

Copenhagenize.com highlights bicycle culture in Copenhagen, Denmark with photography, advocacy and strong opinions

Show threadOccasionalDucksDec 12

@kim_harding

Just so.

Show threadAlbert CardonaDec 12

@kim_harding @helenczerski

Indeed, cars kill: from break pad dust, from tyre dust, from exhaust fumes; and rarely also by direct impact. The NHS spends £11 billion every year on respiratory diseases alone, largely caused by transport pollution.

Show threadkim_harding ✅Dec 12
@albertcardona @helenczerski It is odd that private road transport is allowed to externalise so much of its costs when public transport is expected to run on a (near) full-cost recovery model. Now, why is that?
Show threadMichael ᚋᚔᚉᚆᚓᚐᚂDec 12
@helenczerski This is very good. Especially Chris Boardman who is really across his brief.
Show threadlp0 on fire Dec 12
@helenczerski, BBC Sounds link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002n7p1
Rare Earth - City Transport: Faster, Cheaper, Greener - BBC Sounds

Tom Heap and Helen Czerski examine how we get around our towns and cities.

BBC
Show threadIαη 🍺Dec 13

@helenczerski
Pods!

Having a good underground train system in my city, leads me to think of the next generation. More stations, for a shorter walk. Fewer train changes. Maybe trains splitting and branching off. Get on the front or the back depending on the destination. Dock 2 trains on the move. So people can change to the other one without stopping. Fraught! I guess. Make each carriage smaller and it could take you directly to your destination. Branching, docking and undocking while you remain sitting. They could even pop up to the surface for boarding.
And we're back at pods again.