Future of urban development

[foadi]

[The Comrade]

NYC is like four or five times the population density of LA

[foadi]

[PoS]

In the 3rd world it makes sense for underground electrical cable grids (ugh its awful seeing streets where loose and ugly cables line these wooden poles- ugly as hell) and upgrading to massive sewer systems to prevent flooding but due to the lack of money it would not be feasible. The best way to help out would be population control.

[foadi]

"The solar panel laid on the vast stretches of agricultural channels in Gujarat generates 1 MW of electricity per KM & prevents evaporation of 10 million liters of water every year."

found this interesting

[exploited]

Now that is a fantastic idea.

[John Galt]

i don't see underground highways as feasible. the big dig alone cost nearly 15 billion dollars (5x the budgeted cost) and took 10 years longer than planned. for 3.5 miles of tunnel. now sure, not every tunnel will be as difficult, etc, but they cost a lot of money.

as for personal rapid transit, i think that is unnecessary. within 10 years automated vehicles will be commonplace. this will change the very nature of what we think about with cars. you won't need to have your own car, just call for one from some application and it will come pick you up. less cars would need to be built, period, and it will be able to take you from A to B, not from station C to station D. city planners will be able to use this to help manage traffic better. not only would automated systems be able to reduce the amount of cars needed but would relieve stress on traffic as well as decrease accidents

vertical farms are good though. it'll be interesting to see how they work, with need for sunlight and all. but i'd approve of sending back farmland to nature in favor of that

[NAB]

Protip: it's always cheaper and easier to build up rather than down.

[The Comrade]

it's funny, driving would probably be illegal if automated cars became widespread. way too much of a liability to have humans behind the wheel.

[Kane]

10 years? Automated vehicles commonplace?

This is a bit optimistic...