Re: Future transportation

Greetings:

There are a number of Web sites with links to future concepts in 
transportation. The Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) URL is :

http://www.itsonline .com. 

This site reports on studies of the impact of information systems and 
satellite communications and navigation systems on future transportation 
concepts such as the intelligent vehicle highway system. The site also 
includes telecommuting and other concepts in virtual transport systems.

The U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has a science and technology 
(S&T) web site with links to many of the university programs studying 
future transportation concepts. The DOT S&T website URL is :

http://www.scietech.dot.gov

Future transportation systems will use new sources of energy such as 
hydrogen, photovoltaics, solar etc. The U.S. Department of Energy  (DOE) 
has extensive information and links to worldwide programs addressing new 
energy sources for transportation systems. The DOE  Advanced Fuel Data 
Center (AFDC) URL is:

http:www.afdc.doe.gov

The State of California Sponsors many programs in alternate transportation 
systems under the CALSTART project. The CALSTART URL has links to hundreds 
of companies and worldwide programs in new types of transportation systems 
from flywheels to fuel cells and electric vehicles:

http://www.calstart.org/8080

There is enough information and links at these URLs to keep you busy for 
several weeks. 

If you are looking for far out concepts that are not totally practical 
today I’d suggest reading the Science Fiction/Fact book “Timemaster" by Dr. 
Robert Forward (Tor Books, NY 1992),which discusses concepts and problems 
with future transport including time travel.

Best regards, your Mad Scientist 
Adrian Popa