New permutation of recurring Transportation Dream [dreams]

[rebeccmeister]

This was a weird one to wake up from. I was traveling through a building, where instead of an elevator, there was an option that was somewhat like a ski lift, except it traversed through this massive building in both horizontal and vertical directions, including across the ceiling of a large, open hall on the main floor. Instead of a bench, there were pairs of old-school orange bucket seats.

The biggest downside to using this elevator alternative was that you had to take it all the way to your destination - no choosing of floors or directions. If you needed to go down, too bad, because you probably had to go up first before you could go down. Also, at some point I accidentally set something down on a ledge, and we were somehow in a hurry, so whatever that item was, it was immediately lost to the sands of time. I didn't even make it for one full loop before waking up.

It wasn't quite as fun as an actual carnival ride, but definitely spiced up the building traversal experience. OSHA would probably ban it just upon hearing of the concept. Kind of an indoor gondola of sorts, with an overhead track instead of something like that indoor rollercoaster an artist built recently.

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[mellowtigger]

Networked elevator cars, more or less? :)

When one car blocks another, it can move left or right out of the way. “You can manage a traffic grid like you would a subway,”

https://www.wired.com/story/the-sideways-elevator-of-the-future-is-here/

[rebeccmeister]

Oh wow, I dreamed the future!

Heh, actually, my dream elevators were still cable-based, stuck to a track. But they also weren't stuck in one plane.

Thanks for the fascinating link!