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January 16, 2006
Bike Above The City
Contrary to belief I am NOT anti-bicycle. I would gladly ride a bike from point A to B, but I refuse to when all they give you is a tiny so-called bike lane usually filled with right-turning cars and litter.
Toronto architect Chris Hardwicke proposes "a high spped all season pollution free transit system" called Velo-City. The elevated infrastructure houses cycle tracks networking major parts of a city. Bicyclers can ride faster and not have to worry about pedestrians and cars. The cycle tracks are protected inside a glass tube shielding it from snow and rain so all year riding would be possible. The tubes are also ventilated, a/c'd and heated depending on temperature.
Can you image how beautiful a city would look with elevated glass tubes lit up in the night? I so hope they build it.
Posted by tranism at 12:50 PM | Permalink
Comments
If this was in any city in California I'd be there. This is an impressive idea, however I believe we a far from being able to cost effectively do this (anywhere)... too bad.
Posted by: bucho at January 16, 2006 10:27 PM
being a Toronto cyclist, this futurama hamster-run is groovy but... we have great cyclepaths here, and i'm fine on my unibomber except for those drivers on cellphones.
regardless, this glass tube would be filthy black in no time (eg: Centre Pompidou)... the city-solution is less cars, more transit, less pollution, and then more bikes.
(tho i'd want to keep the auto shows)
Posted by: A.J. at January 17, 2006 5:54 AM