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My plan to change the interstate freeway system

Cooky

Veteran Member
Here's my vision I had driving on the freeway:

Every few miles of every major freeway in California will have a parking lot next to an onramp, where there will be a kiosk. When you slide your credit card, you will be asked at which exit you will like to exit. Once you have made that decision, and have slid your card, a drone-car, will emerge from a warehouse at the corner of the parking lot, which will fly out of the open roof, and land at a designated circle at the center of the parking lot, where a paid person will make sure that you board safely. The process will have taken 1 to 2 minutes time.

Once aboard the drone, it will fly on it's own, using technology similar to Tesla's self driving cars, and will fly approximately 75 to 100 feet directly above the freeway, and will have flashing LED lights to make it visible. the drone will travel at about 100 MPH, all the way to the exit you had determined earlier when you boarded at the kiosk, where you will land in another parking lot, where you can be picked up by uber, lyft or a friend.

I think it will revolutionize the transportation industry, and will phase out Amtrak and bus systems, which is why they better get on board with this soon, or sink like a stone. The thing that's best about this, is no wait times... No waiting for a train or bus... No designated times, it's 24/7/365... It takes 2 minutes... Also, I think the flashing lights above the freeway will look really cool at night, with crafts buzzing both ways on the freeway directly above car traffic... This will also ensure safe airways, having drones only over the freeways, and not flying about chaotically.

Please give me feedback on my idea of revolutionizing transportation.
 
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Cooky

Veteran Member
I came up with this idea in stop and go LA traffic, where a 1 hr. drive turned into 3 and a half.

...Yes, I think government should be involved with making our lives more convenient when it can.
 

SalixIncendium

अग्निविलोवनन्दः
Staff member
Premium Member
Now all you have to do is figure out who is paying for the parking lots, warehouses, and drones.
 

SalixIncendium

अग्निविलोवनन्दः
Staff member
Premium Member
I would like Tesla to do it, with grants from the government for land and start-up costs.

Let me know what Tesla says when you ask.

Also, where are the government grants coming from? The spare money the treasury has laying around collecting dust?
 

Cooky

Veteran Member
Also, where are the government grants coming from? The spare money the treasury has laying around collecting dust?

I think Californians would be willing to pay the money to beat the traffic -it's unbearable here. The crafts could be built 'as-needed' too, depending on how many people take part... I know I would, just for the fun of it!
 

Cooky

Veteran Member
How about we stop subsidizing the horribly inefficient transportation infrastructure and start building more efficient transportation.
Like light rail and the internet and such.
Tom

Light rail is unrealistic, and too costly.
 

columbus

yawn <ignore> yawn
Light rail is unrealistic, and too costly.
How do you know this?
It works for other 1st world nations.

How much do you think the socialist USA transportation, plus the market for vehicles, plus the waste disposal for fossil fuels, plus the military force needed to keep control of the fossil fuels cost?

Just approximately.
Tom
 

Cooky

Veteran Member
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Seriously, don't you think light rail is much more expensive, considering all the land that needs to be purchased in a straight line all the way from one destination to the next?

...I think drone transportation as described in the OP would actually be cheaper.
 

Cooky

Veteran Member
How do you know this?
It works for other 1st world nations.

How much do you think the socialist USA transportation, plus the market for vehicles, plus the waste disposal for fossil fuels, plus the military force needed to keep control of the fossil fuels cost?

Just approximately.
Tom

It works because it's all they have, and they spend billions of dollars on it. I know people have considered building rails from LA to Sacramento and LA to Las Vegas, but the cost of all that land and building the rails goes into the billions.

Self operating drones above already purchased land, in the air..? All you really need are the vehicles and the programming.
 

Cooky

Veteran Member
Someone might say: 'hey Landon, what happens if a drone malfunctions and causes a car accident on the freeway?' My response to that is, what if someone proposed cars on a freeway, traveling at 65 MPH in lanes with cars two feet from one another..? Doesn't that seem dangerous too? Yet we do it everyday.
 

Altfish

Veteran Member
Seriously, don't you think light rail is much more expensive, considering all the land that needs to be purchased in a straight line all the way from one destination to the next?

...I think drone transportation as described in the OP would actually be cheaper.
Light rail is green, popular, proven
 

Altfish

Veteran Member
Indeed. Though Drone transportation is greener, (truly) progressive, and it's more fun to ride.
We are currently designing a residential block with a drone landing area on the roof. Only for Amazon parcels and the like, not for people.
I'm not convinced about drones, I suspect they will become targets for people with (in UK) air rifles and shooting them down will become a pastime for scroats; also they will be damn dangerous if they fail and drop from the sky.
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
Here's my vision I had driving on the freeway:

Every few miles of every major freeway in California will have a parking lot next to an onramp, where there will be a kiosk. When you slide your credit card, you will be asked at which exit you will like to exit. Once you have made that decision, and have slid your card, a drone-car, will emerge from a warehouse at the corner of the parking lot, which will fly out of the open roof, and land at a designated circle at the center of the parking lot, where a paid person will make sure that you board safely. The process will have taken 1 to 2 minutes time.

Once aboard the drone, it will fly on it's own, using technology similar to Tesla's self driving cars, and will fly approximately 75 to 100 feet directly above the freeway, and will have flashing LED lights to make it visible. the drone will travel at about 100 MPH, all the way to the exit you had determined earlier when you boarded at the kiosk, where you will land in another parking lot, where you can be picked up by uber, lyft or a friend.

I think it will revolutionize the transportation industry, and will phase out Amtrak and bus systems, which is why they better get on board with this soon, or sink like a stone. The thing that's best about this, is no wait times... No waiting for a train or bus... No designated times, it's 24/7/365... It takes 2 minutes... Also, I think the flashing lights above the freeway will look really cool at night, with crafts buzzing both ways on the freeway directly above car traffic... This will also ensure safe airways, having drones only over the freeways, and not flying about chaotically.

Please give me feedback on my idea of revolutionizing transportation.

How about building a matter transporter to send the car to your destination so when the drone lands you wont need to trouble a friend or pay taxi fare.

But then you could stay in your car and wouldn't need the freeway at all... Hmmm, maybe i solved the whole transport thing

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