Thursday 21 August 2014

Transportation through the power of gravity

A solution to all sort of transportation problems, I believe

What is it do with the government when it comes to transportation?
I am considering Chennai city in Tamil Nadu for demonstration purpose.

Chennai city covers an area 462 sq.kms from 2011.

The solution:

How many of us have blamed the government, people and ourselves when we are stuck in traffic. Anyone gets easily irritated when it comes to being struck in traffic. Here is a solution:



First:
The  idea is to lay pillars(made of hard plastic or similar weightless material) connecting important points across the city 
i.e To connect two points say Point A and Point B

Either of the pillars placed at point A or B in the city should be built lower than the other.
To make it more clear,
If Point A is 100 Metres, Point B must be only  60 metres high

The next step is to connect the two points using a cloth like material from point A to B. 

To ensure that the cloth does not tear out at any point, material made of plastic can be used. Important thing to consider here is the friction between the surfaces should be minimal

So things are set and safety is ensured, We can go for the test run

The thing is simple:

No cars, Buses, Trains or the enormous amount of gasoline or diesel 

Plainly,

People, who are likely to travel from Point A to Point B can either use an elevator to reach the top of point A or stairs and 

Simply lie down in sleeping position in a vehicle especially designed for them and let the gravity play its part.

People will reach the spot B in no time without any traffic jams, pollution, honking sounds or anything
Similarly low costly bridges can be built across the city's important points to avoid traffic and usage of oil.

Efforts must be made to ensure the safety of people during their commute from one point to another and the type of vehicle.

The Game Changer:

This idea is surely to change the complexities involved 
1. Building roads
2. Huge amount of public transportation and the consumption of diesel and petrol
3. Reduces pollution to almost zero as once people start using this mode of transportation, the number of cars and bikes are likely to go down.
4. Maintenance cost is less.
5. Quicker commute ensures that people can spend more time with their work and family.
6. Energy usage turns out to be negligible as energy will be only used to lift people to the commuting point.
As developments arrive, It would be possible to move heavy goods from villages into cities using the same simple technology.

The cons:
1. It is doubtful that every one can sustain the speed of the moving vehicle.
2. Kids and Old people need to be monitored
3. In case, a vehicle breaks down, additional measures must be taken to ensure that the human inside the vehicle must reach the spot safely.
4. Construction of bridges at important centers takes a lot of bureaucratic red tape and legal terms.

5. Mindset of the people to enable such a transition to new mode of transportation.

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