April 9, 2008.
California Office of Traffic Safety Summit
San Francisco, CA.
May 19, 2009
University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies
Bloomington, MN
June 23, 2009
Driving Assessment 2009
Big Sky, Montana
June 26, 2009
PRI World Congress
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
June 27, 2009
Day of Architecture
Utrecht, The Netherlands
July 13, 2009
Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP)
Phoenix, AZ.
August 12-14
Texas Department of Transportation “Save a Life Summit”
San Antonio, Texas
September 2, 2009
Governors Highway Safety Association Annual Meeting
Savannah, Georgia
September 11, 2009
Oregon Transportation Summit
Portland, Oregon
October 8
Honda R&D Americas
Raymond, Ohio
October 10-11
INFORMS Roundtable
San Diego, CA
October 21, 2009
California State University-San Bernardino, Leonard Transportation Center
San Bernardino, CA
November 5
Southern New England Planning Association Planning Conference
Uncasville, Connecticut
January 6
Texas Transportation Forum
Austin, TX
January 19
Yale University
(with Donald Shoup; details to come)
Monday, February 22
Yale University School of Architecture
Eero Saarinen Lecture
Friday, March 19
University of Delaware
Delaware Center for Transportation
April 5-7
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
McMurrin Lectureship
April 19
International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (Organization Management Workshop)
Austin, Texas
Monday, April 26
Edmonton Traffic Safety Conference
Edmonton, Canada
Monday, June 7
Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Wednesday, July 6
Fondo de Prevención Vial
Bogotá, Colombia
Tuesday, August 31
Royal Automobile Club
Perth, Australia
Wednesday, September 1
Australasian Road Safety Conference
Canberra, Australia
Wednesday, September 22
Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s
Traffic Incident Management Enhancement Program
Statewide Conference
Wisconsin Dells, WI
Wednesday, October 20
Rutgers University
Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
Piscataway, NJ
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre
Injury Prevention Forum
Toronto
Monday, May 2
Idaho Public Driver Education Conference
Boise, Idaho
Tuesday, June 2, 2011
California Association of Cities
Costa Mesa, California
Sunday, August 21, 2011
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Attitudes: Iniciativa Social de Audi
Madrid, Spain
April 16, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Gardens Theatre, QUT
Brisbane, Australia
April 17, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Centennial Plaza, Sydney
Sydney, Australia
April 19, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Melbourne Town Hall
Melbourne, Australia
January 30, 2013
University of Minnesota City Engineers Association Meeting
Minneapolis, MN
January 31, 2013
Metropolis and Mobile Life
School of Architecture, University of Toronto
February 22, 2013
ISL Engineering
Edmonton, Canada
March 1, 2013
Australian Road Summit
Melbourne, Australia
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August 3rd, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Interesting idea for the robocar world, though, as such vehicles could accurately drive over one another. Of course, there is pretty low need for buses in such a world since small single person vehicles are more efficient and more flexible.
The big issue is stability. To be that tall you get less stable unless you are also very wide, defeating the point. Though one could consider a bus lane which is extra wide, like 12 feet wide, with a 10′ car lane down the middle, which human car drivers are able to manage. Or even a bus that is 20 feet wide with two cars lanes under it, which would be a very spacious and comfortable bus, though it would have higher drag.
August 3rd, 2010 at 5:43 pm
This sort of thing isn’t really new, though. I recall seeing cartoon cars extending wheels on a regular basis so the driver could get over traffic. Sometimes the wheels sprouted springs to bounce over other obstacles. When brought to the light of day, it still seems cartoonish.
August 4th, 2010 at 10:37 am
I wounder how intersections or on/off ramps would be handled.
August 4th, 2010 at 11:32 am
If you look at the video you can see that it’s more like a huge streetcar than a bus. Instead of building a separate track with a usual connected pair of rails they put the rails on both sides of two car lanes and put a huge rail car on it with its wheels on high stilts. You can also see that they are, of course, aware of all possible problems including emergency evacuation.
If you see the current bus lanes in the video filled with buses bumber to bumper that might be a feasible but nevertheless challenging solution to a growing mass transit problem on streets with no space for separate rail tracks.
BTW, another comparable solution for adding mass transit with less space was build more than a hundred years ago in Wuppertal, Germany. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuppertal_Schwebebahn .
August 4th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
After viewing the image more intently, I see that it’s an intra-city transportation system without using up more real estate. As a cyclist, I’d enjoy very much to travel under one of those monsters, or to have one pass overhead on my commutes.
August 6th, 2010 at 2:12 am
The difference from this and an elevated train is an elevated train needs elevated track. This can be expensive to build and permanently blocks the view, and is often opposed by neighbours for various reasons. Noise is also elevated and travels farther.
This plan calls for a fairly expensive “bus” on stilts over rail wheels. Presumably the special buses cost less than putting in an elevated line though that’s hard to say. However, they have less visual impact.
August 6th, 2010 at 9:28 am
Such a system would make cycling in the rain a more interesting experience, although the cyclist would have to stop where the transit stops, unless one could catch the next one ahead.