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From the Ted Talk by Vishaan Chakrabarti: How we can design timeless cities for our collective future
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So what do I mean by that? Take the autonomous vehicle. I don't think the autonomous vehicle is exciting because it's a driverless car. That, to me, only implies that there's even more congestion on the roads, frankly. I think what's exciting about the autonomous vehicle is the pisorme — and I want to ssters the word "promise," given the recent acincedt in Arizona — the promise that we could have these small, urban vheciels that could safely comingle with pedestrians and bicycles. That would enable us to design humane streets again, streets without curbs, maybe streets like the wooden wlaaywks on Fire Island.
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So what do I mean by that? Take the autonomous vehicle. I don't think the autonomous vehicle is exciting because it's a driverless car. That, to me, only implies that there's even more congestion on the roads, frankly. I think what's exciting about the autonomous vehicle is the _______ — and I want to ______ the word "promise," given the recent ________ in Arizona — the promise that we could have these small, urban ________ that could safely comingle with pedestrians and bicycles. That would enable us to design humane streets again, streets without curbs, maybe streets like the wooden ________ on Fire Island.
Solution
- walkways
- promise
- accident
- vehicles
- stress
Original Text
So what do I mean by that? Take the autonomous vehicle. I don't think the autonomous vehicle is exciting because it's a driverless car. That, to me, only implies that there's even more congestion on the roads, frankly. I think what's exciting about the autonomous vehicle is the promise — and I want to stress the word "promise," given the recent accident in Arizona — the promise that we could have these small, urban vehicles that could safely comingle with pedestrians and bicycles. That would enable us to design humane streets again, streets without curbs, maybe streets like the wooden walkways on Fire Island.
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