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I-8 We live in a world where we are surrounded by technology. This guide focuses on evolving transportation-related technologies that are likely to profoundly change how people travel, how goods are moved, and how land is used by society.
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Land Use, Transportation, Technology I-9 • Rapid, long-distance transportation modes like high-speed rail, rockets, maglev, hyperloops, and supersonic transport (either above or below ground)
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I-10 Foreseeing the Impact of Transformational Technologies on Land Use and Transportation pervasiveness of personal communication capabilities enables the implementation of a wide variety of transformational applications of the new highway technologies. Many ground transport options are available for last-mile freight deliveries.
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Land Use, Transportation, Technology I-11 • A technology is at the loss-leader stage if it is generally deployed in major urban and/or rural areas of the United States but its operating costs are being subsidized by the government or the provider. • Finally, a technology is self-sustaining when it has reached the point at which it is able to successfully compete with other technologies in the marketplace.
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I-12 Foreseeing the Impact of Transformational Technologies on Land Use and Transportation Exhibit I-6 shows the hypothetical impacts of a super taxi service (super cheap and convenient) on the other passenger travel modes.
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Land Use, Transportation, Technology I-13 and shipping their goods to the higher labor cost areas. Land costs are just one of many factors that affect location choice.
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