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From transport to *transpods -The future of transport as i see it.

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There are a few ideas that are going to merge in the creation of new modes of transport. For now we will call them transpods. Firstly, the rate at which populations are growing and the pace at which vehicles are being rolled out are at odds. The creation of alternatives such as rail in places like China that are combining sheer mileage with speed are also still insufficient to deal with the numbers that are confronting us. This calls for a capping in the numbers that are on the street in form if personal vehicles and the emergence of an integrated system that is both personal and universal. The best example of this kind of system is found in Amazon. If you do a search on Amazon Warehouse Robots, you will see what we mean. The second idea that this pushes is the idea that the transportation system of the future has almost no human being in sight everything about this system is entirely computerized and automated.  The robot systems function in a independent sense and have an awareness o