Lapalam transport

Lapalamian have a strong sense of nature and they tend to respect everything in reality.
That's the reason why engeneers from all around the world, gathered through the private blog, came up to a simpler, cheaper and less polluting solution (some say that Von Iags gave them most part of the ideas and they shaped it).

Cabs

Cabs are simple boxes (the evolution of their design can be found in the "Lapalamian museum of cab art") that carry people around Lapalam.
Cabs are elctro-mechanic powered and they don't produce exaust gas, they don't need to be driven, they are totally self-sufficients.
A cab is powered by the street energy, streets, in Lapalam, have rails in the middle (the larger they are, the more rails they have), these rails are two parallel bars of steel 5 centimeters distant from each other. Under these two bars (at a children's safe distance) an energy cable follows every street.
Cabs have a hook with 8 wheels (basicly, there are different kinds of structures for cabs, according to use, capacity and speed) that hangs on the energy cable and drives the structure. In the beginning cabs only had one speed gear, now they are set to run as fast as they can, according to some street laws.
Inside a cab you can find a Nav (the "Navigator"), the seats (according to the kind of cab you're using) and a luggage compartment.

Kind of Cabs

Cabs can be:

• Private
• Public

Private cabs can carry up to 8 people and come in different shape and size, they can have more than one gear and they are customizable.
Every citizen can buy a cab and everybody can chose to have it at home or park it in parking lots. Private cabs can be buyed (or built) with a set amount of credits; upkeep can be private or public (the private is free, public costs); the monthly fee for energy depends on the usage (the more you use it, the more you pay).

Public cabs can be:

• Single
• Multi
• For masses (trains)

A Single public cab is a small cab that can carry three people at most, it has a normal size boot and sometimes it can have more than one gear. Single public cabs can be called from every corner of Lapalam and, in average conditions, they arrive in two minutes. They are used for people who don't own a private cab and they are to be payed each time they are used (according to destinations).
A Multi public cab is a huge cab that can carry up to 20 people, it has a huge boot and it usually have more than two gear (huge cabs need a starting gear, lower than the normal cruising speed). Multi public cabs have a set route and a set leaving/arriving time, the in between stops are on call. When you get on the Multi, you set the place where you want to get off (you can avoid this if you plan to go till the terminus or if you want to jump off at any time), when someone is near the route and needs a Multi, he/she can call for it (every Multi's route can afford up to 3 route deviation per run), otherwise the Multi will go directly to destination. They are used for large amount of people or singles who don't have a private cab or have to go to a place where the Multi is passing.
Multis cost less than Singles.
Trains are huge and fast cabs that can carry up to 500 people (in a comfortable seat) and they usually have more than two gears. Trains have a set route, a set timetable and a list of stops, they are famous for their being on time and the particular acces.
Train stations have many singular accesses, where credits are withdrawn or weapons are checked. The access to the train is singular, the entire length of the station is "tubed" (this name comes from the shape of the "safety barrier"), that means that many walls of plexyglass create a tube in which the train stops, while the door of the train open, the walls go up or down (depending on the station shape) letting passengers in.
Trains cost less than Singles, and more than Multis (usually because of the distances).

Parking

Streets in Lapalam are safe, pedestrians have their own streets and cabs have the access to residential areas just for emergencies or at night (they always have to give way to pedestrians first). Huge public parking lots are set out of the cities and they are built in order to store as many single private cabs as twice the population. If a citizen wants to have his private cab at home (to save time in the morning) and he arrives to his residential area during the day, the cab is temporarily parked in a public parking lot and then, during the night, it moves to the house automatically.
Parking in a public parking lot is free, parking at home during night time is free, using the auto-parking method costs credits.
The public parking lots are huge buildings where the cab are stored, people are not allowed inside, when the cab is on the dock, passengers must leave the cab, unload every luggage (if any) and the cab will be stored with others (all cabs carry a "dimension log" so that they can be parked in a fitting place, every damage to the cab is on the state apart from "dimension damages" - reportong a wrong description of the cab dimensions).