Posted on Oct 13, 2017
Dubai has built a smart tunnel. Are smart, accident-free highways next?
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The smart tunnel in Dubai was the prototype, which is extremely successful. This tunnel is all inclusive and safe. If tunnels can be made smart then, can we convert current highways into smart expressways to reduce travel time and accidents not due to negligence?
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The technology to allow or enable smart expressways to reduce travel time and accidents not due to negligence is either already here or will be available soon IMO. The issue becomes an issue of scale versus technology. Something that is implemented on a small scale (one tunnel in a small country with limited adverse environmental conditions) may or may not be able to be implemented on a large scale (Continental United States with large square mileage, large population, diverse environmental and geographical conditions, required infrastructure, required vehicles, how to incorporate "smart" and "dumb" vehicles on the same network, etc).
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CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana
Point taken Sir; it can be investigated though to ascertain whether small scale smart sections can be incorporated to improve safety and to ease congestion through metros around the nation. It would be a great investment of time and effort for the better.
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That might be a good solution, but even though it seems counterintuitive it's actually better to have fewer roads and highways. If you give people fewer options you reduce accidents and travel time. The Briasse Paradox explains this and it has actually successfully been implemented in NYC when the city decided to get rid of traffic on Broadway in 2008, I think that traffic time improved by 7%. So maybe before making a huge investment in infrastructure for tunnels, it might be worth looking into getting rid of some roads.
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CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana
I agree; however, connectivity is fundamental and instrumental to economic development, and advancement. Smart Elevated Expressways from which users can exit outside metros, which link states; a northern and a southern corridor, and a northern to southern corridor in the east, central, as well as west. The Smart Elevated Expressways must be WiFi enabled that provides current and impending conditions to travelers.
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