Edina Foundation: Big Carrot, Bigger Stick - JPods

EdinaIt costs less to move lesswww.JPods.comGreen line is a potential route.Green bars are 1/2 and 1 mile long.Big Carrot: Harvesting $ Billion per Day in ProfitsAutomating sewers, water, electricity and communicationsresulted in improved standards of living andeconomic opportunity.Transportation networks are manual and so dangerousthat we have to wrap a person in a ton toprotect them.We waste energy, create congestion, consume realestate and pollute moving a ton to move a person.Repetitive travel is characterized by smog, congestion,road rage and other forms of preemptablewaste.In 2004. according to AAA it cost 57 cents per mile to operatea car. There are 1.08 people per car in rush-hours.JPods cost 30 cents per passenger mile to build, operate andmaintain; a profit of 27 cents per passenger mile.Automating highly repetitive travel will preemptmany costs, yielding a profit of about 27 cents perpassenger mile.About 4 billion of the 8 billion miles Americans driveevery day are highly repetitive:- kids to and from school- shoppers to and from retail centers- commuters to and from workNo drunk drivers. No cell phone drivers. You travelon-demand without obligation or risk to others.What applies to people applies to cargo. Palletsize CargoPods move goods on-demand.This billion dollar a day profit potential will create a"green rush" that will impact not just transportationbut all areas of energy use.