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minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoyou know those conveyor belts they have at airports and shit? we should just design a city with a shitton of those instead of roads.
minus-squareStiffy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoor the floating trams in Japan that use extremely strong magnets to suspend the trams to have more walking space underneath
minus-squareChingzilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoYou should read “The Roads Must Roll” short story by Robert Heinein. He takes this idea to a whole nother level. https://ia801208.us.archive.org/32/items/calibre_library_178.219.147.208/Robert A. Heinlein - The Roads Must Roll_4359.pdf
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoAsimov also had that in his books. The idea was kinda popular in sci-fi back in the 50s-60s. Asimov also noted that if someone fell on another person on that ‘road’ and it caused a domino effect, that would suck big time.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoit also features lightly in jasper fforde’s shades of grey series. those roads are carnivorous
you know those conveyor belts they have at airports and shit? we should just design a city with a shitton of those instead of roads.
or the floating trams in Japan that use extremely strong magnets to suspend the trams to have more walking space underneath
You should read “The Roads Must Roll” short story by Robert Heinein. He takes this idea to a whole nother level.
https://ia801208.us.archive.org/32/items/calibre_library_178.219.147.208/Robert A. Heinlein - The Roads Must Roll_4359.pdf
Asimov also had that in his books. The idea was kinda popular in sci-fi back in the 50s-60s.
Asimov also noted that if someone fell on another person on that ‘road’ and it caused a domino effect, that would suck big time.
it also features lightly in jasper fforde’s shades of grey series. those roads are carnivorous