Transportation USA

Considering the transportation sector & emergent trends in new forms of transportation

$121 billion in congestion (traffic jams)
5.5 billion hours of wasted manpower
2.9 billion gallons of fuel wasted & turned into needless air pollution

New Technology Offers Better Ways Forward

Electric, Plug-in Hybrid & Hybrid vehicle can reduce emissions, with auto-idle Stop, No or super extra ultra special low emissions + advanced technology in applied vehicle platforms widely produced by most automakers : the benefits of vehicle electrification already well proven across battery starting, lighting, ignition system, safety systems, emissions controls, electronic features & enhanced functionality, heated seats, cameras, driver assists, stability control and other electronic features that enhance stability, performance, emissions reduction, safety and sustainability.

Eco Friendly Vehicle Platforms

Made of highly recyclable materials, most vehicles contain lots of steel, copper, aluminum, plastics, glass, electronics and other rare earth containing magnets of special alloys, optics, sensors and other recoverable modular reusable assets. Able to operate for 20 years or 200,000 miles, most modern vehicle are fairly reliable to use regularly with minimal maintenance, especially electric vehicles like the Nissan Leaf.

Chemical Externalities

More transportation costs from particulate matter & greenhouse gas emissions + trace unburned fuel chemical carcinogen vapors & fumes from refueling vapor emissions & vehicle vapor pressure fuel system evaporation losses of higher boiling point lighter petroleum distillate components that cause brain damage * damage to all body cells & organ systems, tissues and membranes damaged by toxic pollutants, especially the delicate lung membranes that can rapidly absorb airborne pollutants like tire & brake dust, fumes, soot, particles, smoke, dust, grease, fluid vapors, oils, condensation drips, leaks, hydraulic fluids like brake & power steering fluid * a huge array of combustion byproduct emissions in older poorly maintained vehicles.

Health Problems from Traffic Stress, Accidents & Tail-Pipe Emission Externalities

Sickness, disease, suffering, all preventable. Accidents, paralysing & killing + death & injuries galore: inattentive, distracted, confused, irrational, emotional, human drivers senselessly harming other humans with mistakes made while controlling vehicles of all kinds. The pollution emitted because of the fuel energy system in internal combustion vehicles causes widespread preventable suffering with diseases caused by the pollution present in the exhaust gases + all the leaking fluids from vehicles mixing in with tire erosion dust gums and dust from brake pads toxic particulate matter from smoke & soot exhaust emissions. The skin & lungs & digestive system, eye membranes & your entire body cell system slowly absorbs traffic pollutants, causing diseases that share their origins from the toxic impacts on health that chemicals from transportation externalities like tire wear, brake pad operation & fuel burning for vehicle energy & heat. Even batteries have environmental toxic impacts because of the material mining for the battery materials, the distribution and moving of the materials and the end of use scraping energy impacts & costs of dealing with obsolete vehicles.

Climate Change

Entropy, chaos, destruction & impacts : transportation represents ones of mankinds dirtiest toxic industrialization commercialization. Raining pollution across all domains and sectors, the stress * physical impacts alone provide high costs. Injuries and fatalities from traffic accidents are a tragedy that can be avoided with computer controlled vehicles utilizing cognition mimic autonomous artificial intelligence deep learning powered dynamic vehicle safety & super efficient control surpassing human skill mastery piloting averages at the most basic digital levels, vastly exceeding the skill potential of any human pilot, the machines will offer unmatchable efficiency, longevity, low maintenance, lowest net energy or costs per mile, enhanced safety, ongoing optimization and continual improvements to the network and reduction of latency in all ways paving the way to elimination traffic congestion. Todays road networks can handling 7x better throughput with autonomous fleet control ad hoc caravan pooling and highway vehicle trains with drafting energy savings & dramatically reduced emissions. Going more places faster with less cost & lower emissions.

Computers & Human Brains

The overlapping technological patterns of smartphone adoption & emerging new transportation ride hailing app applications like Uber, Lyft & Via, able to leverage mobile phone network & telemetry technology to enable reliable personalized catered individual access to expanded mobility when the utilization of a privately owned vehicle is not practical to the rider user. Imagine leaving your home on foot in any direction, able to get back with help from a ride hailing app, nearly anywhere, 24/7, with just the phone you are already carrying. This reduces mobility associated stress and enables people to move in new ways never possible before the MOD application of new platforms for transportation. Going beyond just cars, trucks, SUV's, vans, busses & to segway, ride hailing choices, flying vehicles, scooters, bicycles, motorcycles, aircraft, autonomous vehicles & more.