Shweeb Skysmart

01/31/2016

http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/article/engineering-students-take-plans-for-jetsons-style-travel-tube-to-spacex-competition/

11/11/2015

11/11/2015

Transport System for the Future

10/05/2015

http://podcarcity.org

podcarcity conferences

09/24/2015

"People who live in urban areas tend to weigh less than their suburban counterparts. A study on happiness by Princeton University psychologist Daniel Kahneman and economist Alan Krueger found that commuting was consistently rated the worst part of people’s day (s*x was the best). Another study, in Switzerland, found that people with long commutes report a lower sense of overall well-being."

07/03/2015

An interesting read that dispels the temptuous yet false tale of a conspiracy by a big auto comany to eradicate the electric trolley. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy

The General Motors streetcar conspiracy refers to convictions of General Motors (GM) and other companies for monopolizing the sale of buses and supplies to National City Lines and its subsidiaries, and to allegations that this was part of a deliberate plot to purchase and dismantle streetcar systems…

05/18/2015

A SkySMART system suspended below the Hyperloop guideway would be an ideal last mile solution (i.e. for the short runs to and from the Hyperloop/ Shweeb SkySMART Station).

04/24/2015

Nice talking with documentarian April Johnson this evening. We are looking forward to this very interesting sounding doc.
http://www.cartroublemovie.com/

Cities are growing faster than ever. How we react now to change and improve transportation infrastructure will shape cities in the future.

04/21/2015

US Transportation System Could Save $1 Trillion Annually, Reduce Carbon Emissions By 1 Gigaton http://cleantechnica.com/2015/03/14/us-transportation-system-could-save-1-trillion-annually-reduce-carbon-emissions-by-1-gigaton/

Originally published on RMI. By Jonathan Walker, Greg Rucks, Jerry Weiland In the United States each year, our cars alone cost us well over $1 trillion, burn about 2 billion barrels of oil, and emi...

03/22/2015

SkySMART like electric vehicles helps reduce heat islanding effects/ air conditioning use. http://www.gizmag.com/electric-vehicle-urban-heat-island-benefit/36645/

Those who question the environmental benefits of EVs over their gas-guzzling brethren often point out that the electricity powering EVs usually comes from fossil fuel-burning power plants. But a s...