February 21, 2008
Tour Connected Bus: Vehicle of the Future
While not all of us are fortunate enough to zip around in swank Aston Martins, or have sleek Tesla waiting for us on the horizon, the "bus of the future" is the next best thing. Well, almost.
Yesterday, if you recall, we reported on the Connected Bus' dramatic at the Federal Building. On the green machine, according to Mayor Gavin Newsom, you can "[y]ou can download music, you can play video games. It's a bus where you are connected. It's constantly generating information about your connection to the rest of the Muni system." And Chief Technologist of the Internet Business Solutions Group over at Cisco guides you on a tour of the bus that will solve all of your strife, always get you to your destination on time, give your hair volume/shine, and cure both cancer and HIV with a simple flick of a touch screen. Brilliant!
Expect to see the eco-friendly buses rolling on the streets of San Francisco whenever they damn well feel like it. Read more about them here.
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Why do I have this feeling that someone is going to punch-out the screen someday? I don't think Muni will fork over thousands of dollars to replace those monitors.
I guess laptop and electronic devices thieves might enjoy picking their next mugging targets by riding this "connected" bus.
If by "someday" you mean "within a week of deployment", Akit, then I agree with you.
Sigh. Typical Newsom showmanship b.s. I guess getting buses to actually run on time/frequently enough is just not sexy enough for him to bother with.
How much more fuel will be needed to make up for the extra weight of all the completely useless gadgetry? How much money will be spent trying to keep it clean?
still showboating lastmechecked this mornin'