again another post on transport, sorry about that.
My Solution for TFL:
Apart from the obvious things like removing traffic lights & implementing an AI system for the rest, turning left on red, or use of flashing amber, and the other things I’ve thought of like putting car/motorbike trains through crossrail and having baggage/check in/out on the HS train to Boris island airport (which can serve ekraoplanes, airships and electric shuttle planes to UK destinations so HS2 isn’t needed), here are a few technological ideas:
Buses:
These should all be retrofitted with a device which stalls them at bus stops, junctions and traffic lights etc. Using the battery to restart them is too slow so it should use compressed air which is either generated from the engine or the brakes… a bit like a reverse supercharger.
This would reduce fuel use, improve the air and improve the comfort for passengers. As they already have some sort of compressed air system it shouldn’t be too hard to fit onto existing engines.
Taxis:
These should be assisted to go electric as it’s ideal for their slow speed and continual stop/starting. A standard battery swapping format should be developed and then permission be given for lots of swapping stations (perhaps built into the road at traffic lights). The batteries can be charged at low cost times and charged on account (each taxi can have a tag as it goes through the swapping process to work out the charge)
The result will be lower taxi fares and better air.
Tubes:
For added speed and comfort, grooves should be put in the ceiling of the tunnel and rubber tyres attached to the roofs of tube trains on scissor suspension. Probably best for the Victoria line as that is always in tunnel.
Braking assistance should be given at stations by hydraulic pistons which raise a large weight in a cylindrical column – this weight can then be used to give the train a shove to help it overcome inertia.
Moving walkways should be put between stations that are close together in central London, but make them enclosed and the walls move too, so you can put them in sections that slowly get faster and faster compared to the ground speed, but feels like a normal pace. Trains at non-peak times can then miss out some stations provided for by these walkways which will decrease journey times.
Electric Scooters/Segways etc: Sort out the law so they’re allowed or at least we know where they are permitted… Perhaps a smaller battery swapping scheme for these would also be good.
