Velocar – the Open Source Tilting Microcar

2 Comments

1. 

   Exopolitics Hungary

   March 4, 2014 at 1:18 pm

   We await the developments.

2. 

   nospam@nottodayplease.com

   May 29, 2014 at 11:09 am

   After riding the tiny, rural DMUs of the eastern Czech Republic, I have come to realize that transit is not just a “big city” solution.

   Any chance the Open Source Ecology team could add some open-source transit tools to their official wish list? No need to build them yet. Someone will come along to do that. Here’s what I would see on the list. Feel free to add.

   1 – Open-source sonar survey device with algorithms that allow quick assessment of viable trolley or light rail routes, since initial site survey costs are often the biggest hurdles for small towns considering transit.
   2 – Open-source software that uses OSM data (and likely other open data) to help negotiate civic challenges like contacting stakeholders, organizing community meetings and locking in routes.
   3 – Open-source device or devices for laying rail beds in a consistent way atop road or non-road surfaces.
   4 – Open-source designs for cantenary structures, traffic light priority switching and other switching/control equipment.
   5 – Open-source design for trolley itself.
   6 – Open-source design for larger-scale light rail systems.