交通拥堵给人们的生活带来了极大的不变，而随着科学技术的不断发展，未来这一现状会有所改善吗？下面一起看看在未来都会有哪些可能出现的交通工具吧~
日本 “LO”系磁悬浮列车——简称“磁悬浮”——设有7个车厢，距轨道10cm高，由电磁铁驱动，保证了行驶期间的平稳舒适。去年，这辆世界上最快的列车达到了惊人的603公里/小时，打破了之前自己创下的590 公里/小时的纪录。
A commercial maglev service is planned to go into operation by 2027, between the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Nagoya, covering a distance of 286 km. The service, which would run at a top speed of 500km/h, would connect the two cities in 40 minutes, less than half the present journey time in a Shinkansen bullet train - which already runs at 320 km/h.
一项商业性磁悬浮列车服务计划将于2027年在东京和名古屋之间的城市启动，全程共286公里。此新增列车的最高运行速度将达到500公里/小时，全程仅需40分钟，还不到新干线目前行程时间的一半——该列车时速已经达到320公里/小时。
作为所有磁悬浮列车潜在的竞争者，SpaceX和特斯拉汽车公司的创始人埃隆·马斯克提出的“超回路列车”概念正逐渐成为现实。与上世纪60年代的动画情景喜剧《杰森一家》 的传输管大致相似，该系统由穿过真空管道的吊舱组成，这样一来，原本从洛杉矶到三藩市六小时的车程将缩短到一小时以内。
Musk announced a design scheme back in 2013 and the project has made great strides since then. One company, Hyperloop One, wants to launch its first passenger service in 2021 and several other firms are competing to be first around the world.
马斯克在2013年宣布了这项设计方案，之后该项目便取得了很大进展。超级高铁公司Hyperloop One希望在2021年推出其第一项乘客服务，其他几家公司也争相抢夺第一。
自动驾驶汽车技术近年来取得了巨大的飞跃，功能齐全的车型不久就会出现在我们的街道上，成为一道常见的风景。2016年7月，奔驰的未来巴士从阿姆斯特丹的斯希普霍尔机场行驶到附近的哈勒姆镇，20公里的行程均为全自动操作。该公司表示，这是首个在现实交通状况下测试的自动化城市公交车。在摄像头、雷达和GPS系统的帮助下，它可以识别交通灯，并与其通信，进而可以安全地通过由交通灯控制的路口。
The technology behind the Future Bus comes from another Mercedes project, aptly named Future Truck, which hopes to bring fully automated semi-trucks to the road in the next 10 years. Electric car brand Tesla is expected to follow suit, and plans to present its own fleet of autonomous buses and trucks next year, according to founder Elon Musk.
未来巴士背后的技术来自另一个名为Future Truck （未来卡车）的奔驰项目，项目人员希望在未来10年内将全自动半挂卡车带到道路上。根据创始人埃隆·马斯克的说法，电动汽车品牌特斯拉预计将效仿，并计划在明年推出自己的自动公交车和卡车车队。
尽管自动驾驶巴士令人惊叹，但它们并不能解决城市发展中的一个核心问题：道路堵塞。那么，如果有一辆公交能搭载一千名乘客而不占用路上空间的话怎么样呢？中国立体巴士（TEB）于早些时候进行了首次试航，试图解决这一问题。
The TEB carriages are two meters high and 22 meters long, with enough space for up to 300 passengers. The carriages run on a special track, allowing regular cars under 2.1 meters to freely pass underneath. Several of the carriages can be connected, creating a vehicle with incredible passenger capacity of over 1000 passengers. The TEB still has to tackle a number of issues such as cost and traffic safety concerns before hitting the roads, but could one day reduce traffic congestion in cities by as much as 30 per cent.
TEB车厢高2米，长22米，车内空间可容纳300人。立体快巴运行在一条特殊的轨道上，允许2.1米以下的普通轿车在下面自由通行。几个车厢连接后便是一辆可容纳1000多名乘客的巴士。不过在上路运营之前，TEB仍然需要解决诸如成本和交通安全等一系列问题，但未来也只能缓解30%的城市交通堵塞状况。
When one thinks of drones and unmanned aerial vehicles, many things come to mind - but hotels are usually not one of them. Global architecture firm HOK is here to change that with their strictly conceptual proposal for a fleet of drones that would serve as a portable hotel.
人们在想到无人机或无人驾驶飞行器时，脑海中会浮现出很多事物，但通常不包括酒店。全球建筑公司HOK将改变这个现状，在他们完全概念化的提议下，一系列无人机将在未来作为便携式酒店使用。
Their concept, dubbed Driftscape, is a mobile, self-sustaining hotel that “allows guests to roam or touch down in diverse locations that were previously unattainable at traditional hotels. Driftscape hotels are made up of several modular units for ease of construction and mobility.” The system would be made up of several components, including operational and community units with a food and beverage element, and guest room units, providing 360-degree views to the outside world.
这一方案名为Driftscape，是一个自我维生的移动式酒店，“可以让客人漫游或降落在不同的位置，这是传统的酒店达不到的。Driftscape酒店由多个模块化单元组成，便于施工和移动。”该系统将由多个组件组成，包括运营和社区单元、食品和饮料元素，以及提供360度外景的客房单元。
当今运输技术的创新还包括行人层面，澳大利亚设计工作室BüroNorth就想出了一种巧妙的方法来应对智能手机遍及后行人交通事故增加的问题。
The Melbourne-based agency's Smart Tactile Paving is a system that can be installed in existing pedestrian crossings, and would light up in red and green to tell smartphone users when they can cross the road safely. The economic cost of pedestrian accidents in Australia alone exceeds $1 billion annually, and Büro North hopes to change that for the better.
该工作室的总部位于墨尔本，其设计的智能触觉地面交通灯系统可以轻易安装在现有的斑马线处，还能点亮红灯和绿灯，以便告诉“低头族”安全过马路的时机。仅澳大利亚的行人事故所带来的经济成本每年就超过10亿美元，所以BüroNorth希望这一问题能得到有效改善。
