article_snippet.sent: The government has approved funding for Cambridgeshire-based Mole Solutions to develop the idea as an alternative to the conventional systems of transporting goods by road.
article_snippet.sent: The plan, called the Mole Urban project, aims to reduce the level of road freight within urban areas by using freight pipelines carrying goods in capsules to edge of town consolidation centres, where they would be collected.
article_snippet.sent: One of Cambridgeshire-based Mole Solutions capsules inside one of Cambridgeshire-based Mole Solutions pipelines at Cambridgeshire-based Mole Solutions testing site in Northampton .
article_snippet.sent: Dr Roger Miles, head of Mole Solutions told the Independent: 'Clean water is taken into homes and dirty water is taken away and we never really see Clean water, while huge amounts of oil and diesel are transported by pipes and underground. '
article_snippet.sent: Now Dr Roger Miles, head of Mole Solutions want to do something similar with freight, delivering goods to buildings and taking away waste.'
article_snippet.sent: Mole Solutions is already one of several businesses that have attracted support from the Transport Systems Catapult, a government-funded centre set up to support innovation in transport.
article_snippet.sent: the Transport Systems Catapult is currently working with the British Government and over 70 major multinationals on ‘Intelligent Mobility’ inventions with major market potential, including driverless cars, underground sensors and freight pipelines.
highlights_snippet.sent: Mole Solutions is developing the idea as an alternative to road transport .
  