It is quite some time since I had the chance to write another blog post. Having a long weekend with not so spectacular weather allowed me to spend some more time behind the screen and dig into a recently published article from the consulting firm McKinsey titled "Are droids the future of last-mile logistics: Lessons … Continue reading Why delivery droids don’t matter
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Challenges of City Logistics
When talking about traffic flows, congestion, transport planning, public transport and its respective optimization, we too often tend to focus on the aspect of the transport of people. As we know, space for transport axis may need to be shared with more and more transport demand in sprawling cities and sub-urban areas. A significant part … Continue reading Challenges of City Logistics
Impact of driverless cars on traffic
I just watched this TED talk again and had to reconsider what possible impacts of driverless cars are on the city of the future. Hope it also encourages you to think beyond the next 5 years, from the perspective of the city as a living organism. https://embed.ted.com/talks/wanis_kabbaj_what_a_driverless_world_could_look_like
Spacial limits of alternative transport systems in urban areas
CityMetric pointed in a recent article on Elon Musk's vision for autonomous driving towards an interesting point regarding spacial limits: Musk's vision that everybody will not be moving anymore with public transport but with autonomous cars that offer point-to-point travel is somewhat flawed. The limits are or geometrical nature due to the limit in capacity … Continue reading Spacial limits of alternative transport systems in urban areas
Why small transport projects might be much more important than large infrastructure investment
In Switzerland, planners estimate that there will be a transport capacity shortage in the mid/long term. This is why, alternative modes of transport are analyzed such as the Cargo Sous Terrain (-> see project page). Today, the federal council announced in this article that they will adapt the regulation so that a project such as … Continue reading Why small transport projects might be much more important than large infrastructure investment
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