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minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months 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-squareChingzilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months 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-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoit also features lightly in jasper fforde’s shades of grey series. those roads are carnivorous
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months 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-squareStiffy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoor the floating trams in Japan that use extremely strong magnets to suspend the trams to have more walking space underneath
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.
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
it also features lightly in jasper fforde’s shades of grey series. those roads are carnivorous
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.
or the floating trams in Japan that use extremely strong magnets to suspend the trams to have more walking space underneath