It would probably be worthwhile to design cities to encourage this: to design cities to be fast to get around by bicycle. How do you do that? We know how to encourage cycling in an existing city. But if you were designing a new city to be optimal to cycle in, what would you do?https://twitter.com/asymco/status/1118530522144235521 …
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As few roads as possible. That may well mean: no roads.
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Ambulance rickshaws!
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... and supply trucks and movers and ...
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Pneumatic mail & drones instead of inefficient metal cans?
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Helicopter / drone or electric kitty hawk. Probably faster as well. All depends on cost you are willing to put on a life.
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the ambulances can be made to fly. More effective that way. I hear there are cost efficient flying cars coming to the market lately.
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Underground road network for cars, trucks, and garages. Above ground walking and bikes.
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I would reverse this - underground tunnels for pedestrians and bikes (especially useful in places where it snows a lot) and above ground for cars, buses and trucks.
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You put bike lanes above the roads. Cars don’t have to worry about cyclists pedestrians; cyclists and pedestrians don’t have to worry about cars. I’m not an engineer or a city planner but I don’t know why this isn’t already the norm.
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I wonder about moving to an all-helicopter approach for that and other essential functions (police, fire, etc). Trucks and things like food supply would still be significant issues.
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Weather conditions (likely unmodifiable) and cost (modifiable, but scale questionable) are prohibitive right now. Do you anticipate significant enough of a shift to make this feasible? Or are you answering in the ideal sense
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