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It does not take much observation to realize that a overcrowded highways have less capacity to move people because the cars slow down so much. If the highways could be packed and still move at the speed limit they would have vastly increased capacity to move people. Not to mention making a lot of people happy!

The solution is auto-piloted cars. With autopilot, cars can be set to drive at the speed limit (and a little above to close gaps) and at minimum safe distance. The entering and exiting of the vehicles and lane assignment would also be handled automatically by simply requiring the destination. Car lane assignment would be controlled by computers. Once a highway is at capacity, cars, simply will not be allowed to enter but the capacity to move people would be much much larger than it currently is with the same lanes.

Yes there will be many technical and political problems to work out. These problems need to be worked out and this should happen within the next ten...

I typically don't follow the EU market but this one caught my eye because the effect sounds like our old 'cash for clunkers' program many years ago.

Source: British Car Owners Getting Cash to Scrap Old Vehicles | TheDetroitBureau.com

Source: Three High-MPG Hybrid Minivans Americans Would Love But Can’t Get

In 2006, I wrote a letter to Toyota USA asking for an Estima. I'd even thought about transplanting a Gen-1 powertrain into a VW MicroBus. <gerrrrr>





Bob Wilson