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[[Category:Technology]]
[[Image:Tube transport 2.jpg|right|thumb]]
[[Image:Tube transport 2.jpg|right|thumb]]
'''Location''': [[New New York]], All of [[Earth]].
'''Location''': [[New New York]]


== Description ==
== Description ==
The '''Tube Transport System''' is a tube for citizens to go to across places and towns. A user will ask it where to go, and a computerized hear will make sure the path is clear and will take him to where the user wants to go. If there isn't a location of where the user wants to go, it will drop him off where the closest area is. Users go head first into the tube, giving the user a chance to land on their feet. First time users ([[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] for example) usually don't land on their feet, and hit something close by, or fly through the air, because they have not technically mastered this manoeuvre yet. The abbreviation is TTS.  
The '''Tube Transport System''' is a form of mass transit. A user announces where he or she wishes to go, and the tube will activate and route them to their desired destination. Users go head first into the tube, giving the user a chance to land on their feet.
 
The Tube Transport System is apparently free of charge, though users may be tracked using biometrics and charged directly to their bank accounts.
 
The TTS seems to be based on old pneumatic tubes, originally used to transport documents throughout offices (in fact, this can still be seen at the [[Central Bureaucracy]]).


The Tube Transport System is free of charge and government funded.
=== Traffic ===
=== Traffic ===
Just like in the 20th Century rush hour traffic is still a problem. [[New New York#Citihall|Citihall]] had to open a New line of tubes to reduce he traffic.
Just like in the 20th Century rush hour traffic is still a problem. [[New New York#Citihall|Citihall]] had to open a New line of tubes to reduce the traffic.


== Tube Transport Stops ==
== Tube Transport Stops ==
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*[[The Honking]]
*[[The Honking]]
*[[Less than Hero]]
*[[Less than Hero]]
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Revision as of 08:15, 25 December 2006

Location: New New York

Description

The Tube Transport System is a form of mass transit. A user announces where he or she wishes to go, and the tube will activate and route them to their desired destination. Users go head first into the tube, giving the user a chance to land on their feet.

The Tube Transport System is apparently free of charge, though users may be tracked using biometrics and charged directly to their bank accounts.

The TTS seems to be based on old pneumatic tubes, originally used to transport documents throughout offices (in fact, this can still be seen at the Central Bureaucracy).

Traffic

Just like in the 20th Century rush hour traffic is still a problem. Citihall had to open a New line of tubes to reduce the traffic.

Tube Transport Stops

Appearances

The Tube underwater