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The Future of Roads: No Driving, No Emissions, Nature Reconnected

In: Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future Insights from 45 global thought leaders

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  • Richard T. T. Forman
  • Daniel Sperling

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Suppose we could move gloriously and quietly along in our own comfortable car compartment some 20 feet high between the trees, yet with no engine running, no fossil fuel use, no greenhouse gas emissions, and no need to watch the road (Fig. 1). Or, we could zip along in channels dug just below ground level and topped with translucent covers. No unpredictable drivers to worry about or vehicles to crash into. No driver fatigue, indeed no driving. Barely any traffic noise. We watch nature around us, remember the bad old days of polluting traffic, play family games, work on the computer, or read. When ready to return to ground level, we simply take manual control of our fully charged battery “pod” car and drive off on local roads to our destination…

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  • Richard T. T. Forman & Daniel Sperling, 2014. "The Future of Roads: No Driving, No Emissions, Nature Reconnected," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Robert Costanza & Ida Kubiszewski (ed.), Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future Insights from 45 global thought leaders, chapter 22, pages 143-170, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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