Urban Transport System
Creator:
Kai Willenbrock
Curator's Note
Updated: December 2022
Kai Willenbrock skillfully merges key aspects of autonomous mobility into a new type of vehicle. From eye contact of drivers and pedestrians to communicating vehicles, from a vehicle body to a moving interface and from an empty transporter to a platform and the idea of introducing a container to urban transportation, just like the shipping container, to unite intermodal inner-city logistics.
So far we have seen many cities moving towards more shared spaces, a reduction in motorized individual transportation and the slow but steady prioritization of bike mobility in urban areas.
Some „close-to-market“ visions and solutions have been published, but for this vision to fully develop we need a stronger political and societal will.
Abstract
This project addresses the development of new supply models and, against the background of minimizing traffic, presents a concept for the urban transport of goods in the future.
In order to increase the quality of life in cities and also to secure it in the long term, a strong reduction in traffic is required. A detailed analysis of the volume of traffic shows that it is largely made up of the transport of goods. by the transport of goods.
Containers not only transport goods, but also store the energy for all vehicles in the transport chain. Hubs distributed across the entire supply area enable a transfer between vehicles and charge the batteries of the containers.
Current trends show that autonomous vehicles will make it possible to vehicles could enable better utilization, reduce the number of vehicles and could revolutionize traffic. This development opens up new perspectives for urban goods transport in particular. this development opens up new perspectives.
There are no more efficient means of suffocating life in a city than cars and skyscrapers
A graphic representation of all pedestrians and cyclists detected by the sensor system is displayed on the containers. This is intended to provide an insight into the vehicle’s technology and simulate a form of eye contact.
A computer-controlled network of self-driving transporters is to enable more flexible route planning, bundle flows of goods more efficiently, reduce fuel consumption, reduce congestion and make traffic safer. In particular, the integration of driverless vehicles into road traffic and their communication with the environment would play a central role. Furthermore, alternative and more environmentally friendly vehicles should be integrated as an integral part of the transport chain. New kinds of interfaces are to enable a smooth transfer to cargo bicycles and are an important component of an energy concept encompassing the entire transport chain.