SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT
The motive power requirements and greenhouse gas emissions of
transport systems, including electric vehicles, are proportional to
vehicle weight, drag and rolling resistance - so light-weight, low-
drag vehicles on low rolling resistance rail are preferable.
Vehicle cost, weight, size, drag and rolling resistance are much
lower for single/dual passenger vehicles and most vehicle trips
are made with one person onboard.
However the current options for single/dual passenger vehicles
(bicycles, motor bikes and scooters) expose the driver & pilion to
the weather and far higher risk of accident and injury. The
increased accident and fatality risk (38 times greater than for a
car driver) is due to poor stability, low visibility to other drivers
and the lack of a protective structure. Yet this is often the only
transport young, inexperienced drivers can afford compounding
the tragedy and cost of disability and loss of life.
Dual-mode (road vehicle & ultra-light rail) electric velomobile
based PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) & over-the-covered-footpath
corridors address these problems making low-cost, light weight,
climate-friendly single/dual vehicle transport practical while
greatly improving the energy & time efficiency of personal
mobility, safely delivering children to school and back, solving
parking problems and reducing death & injury.
EnGen Institute 1992-2018
Standard automated underground
parcel transport networks both
complement Internet purchasing
and reduce the cost of logistics
and manufacturing. The same
corridors can accomodate water,
communications & other utilities
and facilitate automated repair.
Waste recycling can be automatic
Waste Recycling Automated
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TOTAL SUSTAINABILITY
GENERATIVE ENGINEERING OF ENGINEERED ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIFE SUPPORT
