What if giant slides were part of your commute? The town of Calw in Germany has installed two slides, one 17 metres long and the other 43 metres long, which allow a rapid transfer from the higher district (which has a large school) to the lower inner city.
https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/calw-hier-kann-man-kuenftig-einfach-vom-stadtgarten-richtung-innenstadt-rutschen-a-dc95d6a0-7c5a-4081-85ed-6c02ec4dae0f
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