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Transition and Social Equity
As the Internet and cell networks equalized access to communications, the Physical Internet will level the playing field for transportation of people and cargo.
As networks deploy mobility will available regardless of age ability or wealth. This applies to both passengers and cargo. As transportation becomes affordable small grocery stores, bakeries, etc... will develop in communities. Mixing people of every social class in local communities will reduce social barriers. Making it so the young, those without a drivers license has access to mobility will level a wall created by the government highway monopoly.
The Physical Internet seems likely to have three layers similar to the Internet:
The Physical Internet combines:
The concept of self-driving cars on grade separated networks is not new. Here is a video of Walter Cronkite covering Tricia Nixon opening the first such network on Oct 24, 1972. JPods, Hyperloop and the Physical Internet build on the success of Morgantown's PRT.
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