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Alternative Transportation Possiblities
As Des Moines continues to look into future urban transportation solutions such as trams or light rail, here are some examples from other cities on a either a new from of transportation or improving existing transportation methods.
First up, from Madscar City in Abu Dhabi:
This is the PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) podcar from Zagato, a fully electric and fully automated taxi system set to shuttle people around Masdar City, an eco-utopia under development in Abu Dhabi that pledges to have no carbon footprint and no real roads, leaving these to buzz along underground at a leisurely 15 mph. Unlike other prototype autonomous taxis these will initially only be able to go between set locations, but the hope is that in the not too distant future they’ll take you to within 100 meters of any location in the city.
Next up, from the city of Oslo:
The City of Oslo is adding “minor modifications” to 80 of the city’s public busses will allow them to run on biomethane fuel produced from raw sewage. The buses are apparently much quieter, and are more eco-friendly with zero net carbon emissions. The leader of the project, Ole Jakob Johansen, also says that the city should save about €.40 per liter on fueling the busses. The trial is part of Oslo’s plan to be carbon-neutral by 2050, and they hope to soon have the entire fleet of 400 rolling clean.
Both of these cities have goals to be carbon-netural by a certain date. Does Des Moines have this type of goal with our city’s transporation system? If not, why not?
Posted under Living Downtown
Tags: Public Transit
