Remember me saying that Oasis-Cities will be like islands..?  So, just as every (populated) island has to have a port, OA-cities will have a “CARGO PORT” where goods will arrive and be transferred to “land”.     

All bulky freight, containers, etc., would be offloaded in a peripheral goods reception area (the Port) where, after inspection, they would be conveyed into the OA-City by one of several methods (mentioned below).  Off-loading and scrutiny of contents will also be a defence against the possibility of terrorist truck attacks or bombs.  

Surface transfer – perhaps using up-dated versions of the 1960-era electric milk-delivery float pictured below – would be the simplest and cheapest method of goods transfer but sub-surface transfer would be the ideal.  

Is that Cliff Richard moonlighting as a milkman?  Behind is a 1958-ish Vauxhall Victor, my very first car in 1965, pretty but not recommended..!   

• Some possible goods transfer methods are….

  • Electrically-powered pallets drawing power from a dedicated track.

  • Subway – more expensive of course, but the tunnels need not be very wide.   

  • Conveyor-belt system 

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Underground arcades such as those below could link OA-City modules to each other, and would also be very welcome during inclement weather.  Such pedestrian precincts could also incorporate an elevated pod-style “personal rapid-transport system” (PRT) and maybe a parallel goods delivery tunnel.

City Link Mall, Singapore

Marina Bay mall, Singapore