rethinking transportation purpose-jun 28, 2010

Rethinking Transportation-Purpose? Who is smarter: Ants or Humans?

Ants

1. Traffic jam2. Travel on single file3. Do not take up more

space and materials than necessary

4. Do not pollute the air that they breathe while traveling to and from their places of work (source of food)

5. When they bump into each other, they do not argue, fight and sometimes kill; no road rage

6. Instead, they bow at each other

Space occupied

DISADVANTAGES OF CAR-BASED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

WASTE: SPACE,WASTE: SPACE, Square meters Square meters METALS, RUBBER, METALS, RUBBER,

PLASTIC, PLASTIC, COST: CAR-FUEL-viz COST: CAR-FUEL-viz

ricerice Money >>>:Money >>>: INSURANCE, INSURANCE,

MAINTENANCEMAINTENANCE ACCIDENTS: DEATHS, ACCIDENTS: DEATHS,

INJURY, DAMAGEINJURY, DAMAGE AIR POLLUTIONAIR POLLUTION Our insistence at Our insistence at

individual mobility has individual mobility has resulted in serious resulted in serious collective immobilitycollective immobility

Waste of Water, STRESS,

LOSS OF PRODUCTIVITY AND TIME WITH FAMILY

- CONCRETE-LOSS OF PERCOLATIONUNHEALTHY LIFESTYLE

- DEPLETION OF MOUNTAINS

- LOSS OF SCARCE LAND (FOR URBAN FARMING)

SOCIOLOGY

• INERTIA OF COLLECTIVE INSANITY

• THINKING OUT OF THE BOX

• JUMP OUT-TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN- SHAKE IT

• PROGRESS IN HUMAN THOUGHT AND CIVILIZATION

CAR-OUSEL?

PEDAL? Use excess manpower

Human power

Discount

Sense of fun

Sense of community and human interaction

Sometimes words have to be a little wild…,

Law? Rep Act 6957 (BOT Law), Rule 2, Sec. 2.2 (b) “rail-based projects, (c) non-rail based facilities (e.g., bike lanes, navigable waterways)

Those of have less in wheels must have more in roads…. Is a city made for … cars or for people?

“Our insistence at individual mobility has

resulted in serious collective immobility”;

Principle:

Prototype: School of the Seas

Pathwalk

No Motor Vehicle

Zone

Filipino Design

Prototype of a CAROUSEL:

Example is the best teacher

Karusel: Indigenous Prototype

Prototype of Man-Powered Mini-Train

PINOY Karusel -- U Tube

RAIL

Before the power of the combustion Before the power of the combustion engine -- ___ ? Before __ Power? was engine -- ___ ? Before __ Power? was

____ power____ power

“Sometimes words have to be a little wild… because they are the assault of thoughts upon the unthinking.”

Puerto Princesa-April 1

Marikina 60 kms of bike lanes

RAIL BUS