bloom america

.Andrew is an urban planning designer. (Updated with the latest chapter of this book)

However, even though he is engaged in this seemingly high-end and strange profession, Andrew himself knows that this profession is far from as magical as it sounds on the surface. In particular, Andrew is mainly responsible for transportation planning and design.

But these days, Andrew really feels a magical feeling.

Because they are responsible for designing a city.

Different from existing planning and design, this is designing a city and a community from scratch, from beginning to end.

Moreover, the design of this city is far beyond the expectations of others, because this will be a completely different school from the outside world...

Andrew and the others have received special training for this purpose.

Their design is for that magical plan - the Eden Project.

Catherine's Eden Project is not just about designing a school. The corresponding municipal systems, etc., must all be coordinated and complete. It will be a city-like existence, from beginning to end, the most scientific existence.

So at this time, in addition to the first batch of planned model projects, other buildings still need to go through a series of planning and design before they can finally form a real "city".

When he first came into contact with this plan, Andrew found it a bit incredible.

First of all, the design of such a school and a city is completely different from traditional American design.

Just like the most obvious traffic place.

The transportation in the school district will be completely different from that outside. Buses will be the main travel equipment, while the subway is the second choice. As for private cars, there are very few.

This point made Andrew and his group feel a little confused at the beginning, because the regulations of this school district are exactly opposite to the national conditions of the United States.

There are very few public buses in the United States, so they are somewhat famous.

There are few buses and the waiting time is long. Sometimes while waiting, you can already walk to your destination.

This is also determined by the current situation in the United States.

In this country where you can buy a shabby Ford for a few hundred dollars. The number of private cars is extremely high, so there is basically no market for buses in the United States. Therefore, there are few buses in the United States and they take a long time. This is also due to market-oriented decisions——

You can't possibly double the number of buses just for the convenience of one or two people, right?

As a highly market-oriented country, as the number of private cars increases, buses become increasingly unimportant. People who have to wait for the bus also spend their own money to buy private cars because they cannot bear the long waiting time.

So in the United States, the status of buses is getting lower and lower. As for students, because there are school buses, there is no market for buses in this area.

In the city planned by the school district, there are only a very small number of private cars, and even more buses. Even taxis are very few in the school.

Similarly, there are no school buses in the school, the buses are school buses.

This kind of urban traffic planning makes Andrew a little strange because he has never been exposed to this kind of situation.

All buses in the United States do not sell tickets. There is only one driver on a bus. There are only two doors. They are both on the front door. There is a ticket box next to the driver. A ticket ranges from 50 cents to 2.5 US dollars, mainly

It depends on where you live and the peak hours of commuting. You can also buy daily passes, monthly passes, or recharge cards.

Later, China's unmanned ticket buses probably learned from the American method, which indeed made public transportation more orderly and standardized.

Buses in the United States do not stop at stops, and names are not announced at every stop. To get off, you need to ring the bell on the bus in advance to notify the driver of the next stop.

But it's different in the school district. The buses here will stop at every stop. As for tickets, students don't have to pay at all, it's all "paid by the government."

...Well, in fact, the wool comes from the sheep. When you enter the school, the tuition fee includes transportation fees, but these are written as "tuition fees."

The next subway is used for movement between school districts. The subway has a total of forty-eight platforms, two in one school district. The subway is used for movement between such school districts. In each school district where it is located, everything

The only option is to rely on public transportation.

In addition, the school also allows cycling. According to the plan, "bicycles can help students develop healthy travel habits." In other words, they can play a role in physical exercise.

But the above words are pure nonsense. In fact, Catherine just wants to turn the school district into a bicycle kingdom. Isn’t this a very interesting thing?

However, Catherine just mentioned this matter casually. She just thought it was quite funny. However, after research by the Pentagon, they found that this seemed to be the case...

The United States is not a bicycle country, and there are very few buses.

The so-called stone from other mountains can be used to attack jade. At this time, the thing that Catherine brought over casually was unexpectedly put to use in the United States.

Of course, this is only useful in the school district. If it were replaced in other places, it would still not be of much use.

The template for the school district in Catherine's mind is a combination of Academy City and the place where she used to live.

Of course, Catherine will not copy it completely.

For example, in Academy City, the wind power station was built in the city. In the real world, this is obviously impossible.

It may look beautiful, but the noise from wind power is unbearable.

The power supply for the entire city will be fully borne by the California state government, and in the event of an emergency, power will be sent from the Hoover Dam.

Regarding this plan, the California state government is also very concerned and active.

After all, the academy was established in Northern California, so this plan pleased the state government very much.

Of course, this plan also made other Zhouzhou and counties quite dissatisfied.

Although the federal government has some rights, they are only related to the overall national defense of the United States and other matters. When it comes to other specific matters, the state governments have greater rights.

However, the state government at this time still did not intervene in the construction of school districts. The California state government only fought for their rights in the surrounding areas.

It is unrealistic to design the school district itself. The things involved in the school district itself are not simple. Such a huge project is definitely not something that a state government can undertake.

This is not Las Vegas, this is the huge Eden Project about the future of the United States, a utopia on earth that the entire country is building.

Of course, no one dares to use the word utopia. Political correctness comes first, so anyone who dares to use the word has been harmonized...

No matter where it is, harmony is always the greatest power and existence in the world, and its sense of existence is even stronger than that of God...

Andrew didn't think too much about it. He just thought the school's plan was quite weird. His long-term work experience seemed to be a little insufficient at this time, so Andrew was very serious about this plan.

"How about we design a express lane specifically for bicycles? If there are few private cars, our traffic will be smoother. If bicycles become the mainstream, I want to add a fast lane for non-motorized vehicles.

It shouldn’t be too much, right?”

When the group was planning, someone said this.

"But after entering the university school district, private cars will be allowed. In high school, some people can already buy motorcycles. With this design, it seems to be okay for high school students and below, but will it cause any problems above high school?

What about a series of bad reactions?”

The person who refutes this sentence is Andrew.

Someone was lost in thought.

To be honest, this is not a good thing.

Because they have no template to draw from - no template at all.

They must start from scratch and design a safe and convenient transportation plan for students, so that these students can feel convenient in school.

This is indeed a bit tricky for these designers.

They have all been bound by their own inertial thinking, so they have no way to break away from the original path of the country on wheels. When this happens, they become very distressed.

How to travel without a private car?

At this time, many people have fallen into a blind spot in their thinking. After there are no private cars, how to plan the transportation is an important issue that needs to be solved, but this issue is not as simple as it seems.

"I think our focus should still be on public transportation." Andrew said: "Our buses can be set to run every five to ten minutes. According to the peak hours of students going to and from get out of class, we will make appropriate adjustments. Adjustment……"

Buses run every five to ten minutes. This is indeed a bold design. Buses in the United States usually take more than an hour to appear. Unless it is a medium-to-long-distance journey, it is definitely not cost-effective in terms of time.

"Before going to school at 8:30 in the morning, when classes are over at noon, and when classes are over in the evening, we increase the density. When students are in class, we reduce the density. On weekends and various holidays, we implement classes every five to ten minutes.

Settings. During the summer vacation, we will make appropriate adjustments to this according to the situation..."

People nodded, and some things were revealed in one click. The method Andrew said was not very difficult, but it was difficult for Americans to think about it. As soon as it was brought up, everyone suddenly understood.

"But why not vigorously develop the private car business?"

Someone asked this question, but Andrew just shrugged: "Can you expect a minor to drive?"

"Well……"

Indeed, it seems as if buses are indeed the only solution...

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Something good will happen on the 12th of next month, please save it and save it ~ Don’t be tired today!

I am still doing my homework today, and there is another update tomorrow.

(To be continued)