What Will Buses Be Like In 50 Years?
What Will Buses Be Like In 50 Years? The year is 2064 and a group of well-dressed people sit inside a futuristic bus terminal waiting area in downtown Mumbai.
Many of these individuals are last minute shopping for the best price to lock in at for an online bus reservation.
A heavy set man utters a jovial chuckle as he secures a significant discount on bus tickets for himself and a female companion.
Buses run so frequent these days that people do not even drive their own cars all that much anymore.
Stepping Inside The Modern Bus Before long, a large blue and white bullet shaped bus pulls in to allow passengers to disembark out back outlets, as on boarding passengers file in through the opening near the front.
When a passenger first enters the bus, there is a wall on either side of the entrance aisle, with metal scanners, where passengers can confirm that they have paid for their tickets using near field communication methods on their smart devices.
The balding elderly gentlemen sitting in the fully enclosed driver's seat is a holographic figure.
This makes it difficult for people to distract the driver, since his computerized artificial intelligence program can accommodate multi-tasking, such as driving, talking to passengers, security based monitoring and even the ability to communicate with authorities all at the same time.
Moving Down The Aisle Turning to the left, immediately behind the driver's station, there is an area where the aisle widens to allow some passengers to pick up refreshments, while others make their way back to the seating area.
The seats are large comfortable bench seats, which sit in rows on either side of the aisle.
The seats face forward and have thick red plastic covered cushions.
Just above shoulder level, the wall on either side of the compartment has a durable window that stretches around the front of the bus from both sides.
Above the top of the window are vents that pump in cool purified air, which carries a pleasant odor.
The Back Of The Bus As one approaches the back of the bus, there is an exit door that leads out to the left around a barrier that runs from the ceiling to the floor, attached to a metal rod that a passenger can hold on to, if they prefer to stand rather than sit during the ride.
To the left is a compact stairwell, which allows passengers to make their way to the second level.
The second level contains another concession area and more bench seating.
Directly behind the stairwell is a small restroom facility.
The back wall of the bus is the housing plate for a small onboard solar converter.
The solar converter uses solar panels on top of the bus frame to gather photons to generate a constant flow of electricity that gets fed to a fully functional hybrid electric motor housed at the front of the bus.
A secondary natural gas fuel tank is present for nighttime use.
Over all, the bus of the future is a comfortable energy efficient machine, which makes travel around town or, over long distances, both pleasant and cost effective for everyone involved.
Many of these individuals are last minute shopping for the best price to lock in at for an online bus reservation.
A heavy set man utters a jovial chuckle as he secures a significant discount on bus tickets for himself and a female companion.
Buses run so frequent these days that people do not even drive their own cars all that much anymore.
Stepping Inside The Modern Bus Before long, a large blue and white bullet shaped bus pulls in to allow passengers to disembark out back outlets, as on boarding passengers file in through the opening near the front.
When a passenger first enters the bus, there is a wall on either side of the entrance aisle, with metal scanners, where passengers can confirm that they have paid for their tickets using near field communication methods on their smart devices.
The balding elderly gentlemen sitting in the fully enclosed driver's seat is a holographic figure.
This makes it difficult for people to distract the driver, since his computerized artificial intelligence program can accommodate multi-tasking, such as driving, talking to passengers, security based monitoring and even the ability to communicate with authorities all at the same time.
Moving Down The Aisle Turning to the left, immediately behind the driver's station, there is an area where the aisle widens to allow some passengers to pick up refreshments, while others make their way back to the seating area.
The seats are large comfortable bench seats, which sit in rows on either side of the aisle.
The seats face forward and have thick red plastic covered cushions.
Just above shoulder level, the wall on either side of the compartment has a durable window that stretches around the front of the bus from both sides.
Above the top of the window are vents that pump in cool purified air, which carries a pleasant odor.
The Back Of The Bus As one approaches the back of the bus, there is an exit door that leads out to the left around a barrier that runs from the ceiling to the floor, attached to a metal rod that a passenger can hold on to, if they prefer to stand rather than sit during the ride.
To the left is a compact stairwell, which allows passengers to make their way to the second level.
The second level contains another concession area and more bench seating.
Directly behind the stairwell is a small restroom facility.
The back wall of the bus is the housing plate for a small onboard solar converter.
The solar converter uses solar panels on top of the bus frame to gather photons to generate a constant flow of electricity that gets fed to a fully functional hybrid electric motor housed at the front of the bus.
A secondary natural gas fuel tank is present for nighttime use.
Over all, the bus of the future is a comfortable energy efficient machine, which makes travel around town or, over long distances, both pleasant and cost effective for everyone involved.
