An underground delivery train comes to the Atlanta suburbs

I assume they are planning to have some kind of rescue vehicle. But the problem with this will be the traffic jam the stuck vehicle will cause. Not only will all the vehicles behind it need to stop as well, they also need to be rerouted in order to let the rescue vehicle pass.

The main difference of pumping water or gas through pipes is that the consumer does not care which part of the pumped product he gets. It's all the same. Delivering customer specific goods through pipes requires a very good management of the vehicle flow.

Re: An underground delivery train comes to the Atlanta suburbs

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Post by neilv » Wed, Dec 20, 2023, 6:08 AM UTC

> developed by the logistics startup Pipedream Labs

Great company name.

(Other tunnel-related company with a clever name: The Boring Company.)

Re: An underground delivery train comes to the Atlanta suburbs

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Post by Animats » Wed, Dec 20, 2023, 6:11 AM UTC

There's a project in Switzerland to build an underground network of cargo tubes.[1] Cargo Sous Terrain has been making animated videos since 2016, though, and as yet has very little hardware to show.

Their proposed tunnels are 6 meters in diameter and have 3 lanes, traversed by AGVs.

[1] https://www.cst.ch/en

Re: An underground delivery train comes to the Atlanta suburbs

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Post by Apocryphon » Wed, Dec 20, 2023, 6:13 AM UTC

kgeist wrote: post #6

I wonder what's their plan when a vehicle gets stuck?

Service pipes?