Now here’s the latest radical transport idea to transform our cities: putting cars in tunnels – but with a twist. Move a city’s cars underground on to a network of constantly moving tracks in small-bore tunnels, creating more safe space at ground level for bicycles and pedestrians. Illustration: PLPSecond, building an entire network of new underground tunnels takes time, space and money. It’s this idea of an interruption-free journey that leads to PLP calling the CarTube “the next best thing to teleportation”. But shouldn’t we be thinking about moving away from car-based city transport altogether, rather than simply building expensive alternative infrastructure for it?

Source: The Guardian December 02, 2016 12:05 UTC