While the standard highway configuration around the world is effective for the vehicles of today, the highway G107 concept is designed for the vehicles of tomorrow. The design, conceived as a piece of infrastructure for Bao'an, a city in Shenzen, China, is primarily geared toward making highways more efficient for driverless cars and drones.
Typical highways have as many as 12 lanes. That system makes sense for human drivers who each own a vehicle, but driverless cars need less space to move just as fast, and sharing cars will allow for less cars on the roads. The G107 highway concept brings 12 lanes down to four and encloses these lanes in elevated tubes. Such a concept would allow traffic to move smoothly while also clearing area on the ground for parks and other public spaces.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Enclosed Highways
- Enclosing highways in elevated tubes to create efficient and space-saving transportation infrastructure.
- Efficient Driverless Cars
- Designing highways to accommodate driverless cars and reduce traffic congestion.
- Shared Mobility
- Promoting shared car ownership to optimize highway usage and reduce the number of vehicles on the road.
Where This Applies
- Transportation Infrastructure
- Opportunity for companies to develop and build enclosed highways to support efficient transportation systems.
- Autonomous Vehicles
- Creating driverless car technology that can navigate efficiently on enclosed highways.
- Shared Mobility Services
- Developing platforms and services to facilitate shared car ownership and usage on enclosed highways.
