S-Pod is amazing!
This is an amazing new vehicle! It’s funny to hear the Wall-E references, as if a person cruising through a city downtown at 20 mph - seated in a motorized vehicle is the problem! It’s not. The problem is traveling through these areas with 3 or more EMPTY seats going along for the ride, thus WASTING A LOT OF SPACE that could be better used for pedestrians, biking, new micromobility, and other local transit modes.
Cities currently try to offer car parking close to the user’s destination, as many people won’t walk, bike, use a scooter, or take the bus to their final destination. By moving car parking towards the edge of downtown and offering shared Segway S-Pods, downtowns will become far nicer for everyone. I expect a Segway S-Pod “Test City”, a small area for people to experience this change will help with large scale adoption.
I’ve been thinking about a similar concept. Down the road, the S-Pod could connect to a new transit system, or travel right into one’s home - for those that need it.
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