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The Neighbourhood Elevator and a new vision of urban density | Robocars
I’ve been musing more on the future of the city under the robocar, and many visions suggest we’ll have more sprawl. Earlier I have written visions of Robocar Oriented Development and outlined all the factors urban planners should look at.
In the essay linked below, I introduce the concept of a medium density urban neighbourhood that acts like a higher density space thanks to robocars functioning like the elevators in the high-rises of high density development.
Read The Neighbourhood Elevator and 21st century urban density at robocars.com.
tags: automotive, politics
Brad Templeton, Robocars.com
is an EFF board member, Singularity U faculty, a self-driving car consultant, and entrepreneur.
Brad Templeton, Robocars.com
is an EFF board member, Singularity U faculty, a self-driving car consultant, and entrepreneur.
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