Gothamist: Commute By Pod

Leon Stpierre

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:47:31 -0500

Singer George Michael lends the piano on which John Lennon wrote Imagine to an anti-war exhibition...

sp

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:25:26 -0500

yeah but you cant smoke pot in them

cab

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:46:54 -0500

new york already has about 10,000 of these vehicles that will you pick you up and drop you off anywhere you want.... its called a Taxi. they may not be as clean as this imaginary "pod" system, but they are already real and working.

juliuss

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:58:04 -0500

I think the point is: 1) they are electrical (better air in the cities) 2) they are safer (fewer automobile deaths - fewer ran over pedestrians - DUI not a problem) 3) they are faster then other forms of mass transit (no stopping every two blocks for 10 miles on the way to work) Basically, it's a mid-step between mass transit and cars. I don't think the idea is to put these in midtown tomorrow... they are more suited for suburban areas where there is no good compromise solution between a car and the bus.

S.D.

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:53:55 -0500

I think individual "pods" would be impractical and costly. Instead of maintaining On Bus "Pod" per 100 people, you'd need 25 per 100 people (Assuming 4 to a ride) Call me old Fashioned: I'll take the Compressed Natural Gas running bus.

Lyle Lanley

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:43:16 -0500

It shows how dense some people are when they "Ohhh!" and "Ahh!" this kind of stuff. People, it's just another version of the monorail! None of these stupid systems have ever been a boon to anyone! They're just pork-barrel projects that suck funds away from real transportation systems. Then again, stuff like this put Ogdenville, North Haverbrook, and Brockway on the map. But hey, this is more of a Shlebyville idea.

waste

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:52:21 -0500

this kind of stupid idea is not "futuristic" as the post article suggests. it is not only inefficient and expensive, but it also requires massive infastructure. check out the ugly bullshit they built in morgantown west virginia, is that what you want? or detroit. http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/Morgantown/

Sterling

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:31:49 -0500

It does sound pretty cool, and it's relatively cheap compared even to light rail. One problem for Long Branch - getting the beach sand out of the pods.

SP

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:00:54 -0500

awesome! its like the gondola (read ganja-la) without having to drive 4 hours to some mountain in Vermont!

c

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 09:53:50 -0500

is there a reason why you didn't post about christopher reeves's death?