sites

This pdf a good research doc. describing the implications of transportation on the ecological footprint of a city.
http://nzsses.auckland.ac.nz/conference/2007/papers/KARLIK-NEALE-sustainable%20transport.pdf

This link for some weird small cars
http://www.electric-bikes.com/one-cars.htm

This vehicle from volvo attempting to shake the safest car in the world association, this looks scary but cool
http://www.diseno-art.com/encyclopedia/strange_vehicles/volvo_gravity_car.html

3 point carving vehicles

I also found this. Is human propelled but works on the whole three point carving / camber idea

TRIKKE

http://www.trikke.com/

Cyclist Wattage

For Your Information

The average "in-shape" cyclist can produce about 3 watts/kg for more than an hour (e.g., around 200 watts for a 70 kg rider), with top amateurs producing 5 watts/kg and elite athletes achieving 6 watts/kg for similar lengths of time. Elite track sprint cyclists are able to attain an instantaneous maximum output of around 2,000 watts, or in excess of 25 watts/kg; elite road cyclists may produce 1,600 to 1,700 watts as an instantaneous maximum in their burst to the finish line at the end of a five-hour long road race

news from the road - 01

The World Health Organisation "WHO warns of mounting death toll on Asian roads" particularly with respect to motorcycles:

http://www.wpro.who.int/media_centre/press_releases/pr_20040405.htm

I have contacted them for more data or links . . .

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The WHO is also part of the first United Nations Global Road Safety Week (23-29 April 2007) . . . next week . . . will watch out for any results which may come from it:

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2007/pr17/en/index.html

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Millions of cars going to be grounded during the Olympics in Bejing as they don't know on how they can handle the traffic:

(news in German)

http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/0,1518,478070,00.html

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The city of Guangzhou in China is prohibiting motorcycles from the inner city as they seem to be the preferred choice of criminals:

(in German)

http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/0,1518,459693,00.html

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Sorry for links in German . . . but I am also following up in any other language . . . and will try to find English links

GPS systems avaliable

I was having a conversaion outside of our group and have discovered 2 current " finder" network systems running on phone GPS chips.

http://www.navizon.com/

apparently the better interface is from a newer system magnalox with "speed coding" for the individual also.

http://www.magnalox.net/

New direction to consider

To extend thinking further we should now change scale ( think small ) are there delivery systems in place currently at different SCALES to our current thinking?

Maybe we should be looking at a macro cluster of like devices that form a delivery system ' networked ants ' interconnected, able to work together or appart.

Andrew

500kmph

This might give an insight as to what traveling through the city on a pendulum at 360kmph might look like. check out the video on this link.
http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/tgv_some_serious_velocity_5885.asp