> I'd forgo roads entirely.
Tough to get a firetruck somewhere without roads. We have come a long way in reducing the fire risk in new construction buildings, but 'stupid finds a way' is far from being a solved problem.
Tough to get a firetruck somewhere without roads. We have come a long way in reducing the fire risk in new construction buildings, but 'stupid finds a way' is far from being a solved problem.
US fire truck manufacturers are starting to look at their European brethren (companies like Metz out of Germany) for examples of how to accomplish the necessary tasks on much smaller platforms.
I think we're still a long ways from being able to do away with fire trucks entirely though. Firefighting is a very dynamic activity, with a lot of contingencies that need to be covered, and the 'big toolbox on wheels' model works very well.
Maybe a bit narrower/shorter though.
You still get the volume but don't have to punish the people who live in an area for the 0.001% of the time fire trucks need to be there.
It's important that a transportation system account for all needs, but fire trucks aren't a need they are one potential solution to the emergency response use case.