Facebook Groups:
- Global Hyperloop Network
- Personal Rapid Transit Systems
- Greenway & Futuristic Rail System
- Evacuated Tube Transport
- Climate Chaos Info & Data
- Antarctic Sea Ice
Example news links to the digitizing of mobility. There are too many stories to keep up with. Here are some:
Governments:
- Cuomo: I Reached Out to Tesla to Help Fix the Subway System’s Signal Problems
- Engineers to Pedestrians: No ‘Walk’ Signs for You!
- Senator Beach and the Georgia Senate Transportation hearing, March 12, 2019 on solar-powered mobility networks.
- Most Big Cities Are Planning for Autonomous Vehicles 50% up from 10% are planning for self-driving cars
- A rail safety system gone badly off track
Capital Investments:
- Morgan Stanley: Why Waymo Is Worth A Staggering $175 Billion Even Before Launching Its Self-Driving Cars
- McKinsey and Company: ‘A physical version of the Internet’: How Hyperloop could be the broadband of transportation
- $28 billion was invested in mobility startups in 2017
- 40x ROI on Kiva’s $775 sale to Amazon
- $80 billion has been spent on self-driving cars with nothing to show for it.
JPods and podcars:
- JPods example networks in Tulsa
- JPods in Shaxian, China
- Red Bull TV, JPods starts at 10:25
- Podcars in Bengaluru
- Pod Taxis to be reality in City by 2019
- SkyTran in India with Reliance
Hyperloops:
- Governor Hogan, Maryland on building Hyperloop.
- Great Lakes Hyperloop Animation by HyperloopTT
- Richard Branson unveils new Dubai hyperloop venture to move freight at 760mph
- Elon Musk’s Boring Company wants to charge $1 for a 150-mph Loop ride in LA
- Virgin Hyperloop One may invest $450 million for demo track in India
- CNN Dubai video
- DP World CargoSpeed
- Hyperloop One says Missouri route is economically viable
- Building in Dubai
- Dec 10 the Boring Company will open a network in LA
- INTERVIEW: Virgin Hyperloop One moving forward in India, Dubai, and Saudi: co-founder
- Ukraine: HyperloopTT wins deal for commercial Hyperloop system in Ukraine
- India: Fadnavis wants to fast-track hyperloop project
- US: The Chicago Transit Authority Selects The Boring Company For New High-Speed Route
Congestion
Oil
Jan 1. Will 2018 be the year of the pod for Bengaluru?
US:
- Ford City of the Future . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1vpVgHH0N8&feature=youtu.be
- Traffic’s Mind-Boggling Economic Toll, $305 bilion per year.
- “Americans are paying about $86 million per day more to fill up their tanks than they were a month ago.”
- http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article211117789.html
- Are electric cars worse for the environment? Crunch the numbers, and it looks like all those subsidies might be counterproductive.
- Why It’s So Expensive to Build Urban Rail in the U.S.
Politics:
Team:
Hyperloop:
- 30-second video of Maryland’s Governor Hogan on building Hyperloop.
- Great Lakes Hyperloop Animation by HyperloopTT
- Richard Branson’s video from today.
- Richard Branson unveils new Dubai hyperloop venture to move freight at 760mph
- Dirk CNN May 2018
- Elon Musk’s Boring Company wants to charge $1 for a 150-mph Loop ride in LA
Getting from Dodger Stadium to LAX in 10 minutes? Sold.
Gas Prices:
- “Americans are paying about $86 million per day more to fill up their tanks than they were a month ago.”
- CrudeOilAre you ready for triple digit oil prices?April 2018
Climate Change:
- Melting Arctic sends a message: Climate change is here in a big way
- Losing Earth: The Decade We, Almost Stopped Climate Change
Transit:
Military:
Factory Automation: