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https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/08/05/a-500-km-conveyor-belt-road-from-tokyo-to-osaka-could-help-japan-slash-transport-emissions>
"A conveyor belt road could help Japan tackle two problems at once: greenhouse
gas emissions and a shortage of lorry drivers.
The latest plans for the 500 km route between Tokyo and Osaka were unveiled
last month by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
(MLIT).
They show goods being transported either on belts running down the middle of
highways, alongside hard shoulders or through underground tunnels in automated,
driverless electric vehicles.
The 24-hour ‘Autoflow-Road’ could carry the same amount of cargo per day as
25,000 trucks.
It could be operational within a decade at an estimated cost of up to 80
billion yen (€512m) per 10 km stretch, according to estimates by the
Yomiuri
newspaper."
Via
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