What happens when a city bans cars from its streets?

Re:What happens when a city bans cars from its streets? by opportune on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @06:57PM (#21276938)

Something like an Ibeam could, it would just require something closer in size/larger than a helicopter. A 50 foot Ibeam is a bit over 2 tons; a small modern military helicopter would be able to carry that easily. When I say drone I just mean a remotely controlled copter-thing, not specifically a small one.

An entire building is less feasible unless it is small, but it could be done using modular components

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Re:What happens when a city bans cars from its streets? by ericd on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @11:09PM (#21278587)

If building costs go way up, so do rents for normal people (and less gets built). Just something to consider.

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Re:What happens when a city bans cars from its streets? by abduhl on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @11:31PM (#21278684)

For building construction that is substantial, a 50 foot wide flange section is probably going to be 1.5 to 4 times heavier than your 4000 lbs, in my experience.

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Re:What happens when a city bans cars from its streets? by benj111 on Thursday October 17, 2019 @02:51AM (#21279534)

Are we discussing this as a hypothetical, or as a practical building method?

Plus I don't really want my town to sound like the set of Apocalypse Now.

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Re:What happens when a city bans cars from its streets? by bluescrn on Thursday October 17, 2019 @04:03AM (#21279877)

Fleets of large and noisy helicopters hauling cargo over a city all day sounds way worse than regular road traffic...

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