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A comment on Isaac Asimov's predictions for what the world will be like in 2014. Parent comment

Re:Isaac Asimov's predictions for what the world will be lik... by pserwylo on Tuesday August 27, 2013 @11:06PM (#6287809)
I recently read an interesting New Scientist article in an old (2009) magazine[0] which explains how to use moving sidewalks for mass public transit. Spoiler alert - it has actually been done before!

[0] - http://web.archive.org/web/20090809091201/http://www.newscie...

(using wayback machine because new site is behind paywal)

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Re:Isaac Asimov's predictions for what the world will be lik... by saraid216 on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @12:11AM (#6287982)
I guess making the sidewalks a circular deal would make the benches problem pretty easy to solve. I was really more hoping for some scheme to expand and collapse the benches.
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