But an SUV carries at least 8 people and their luggage along with 3 to 6 thousand pounds of SUV…maybe if we made it electric and removed 2 to 5 thousand pounds, that could be interesting? A tandem electric bike, 2 tires, 8 people, huge efficiency! You just need to all be going to the same place.
I’ve always wondered if a minimalist monorail could ever happen. Imagine the freedom of a bike but you could ride say 20 people all together from one city to another carrying your bikes along. In Seattle you definitely want the outer covering of a gondola, but there are cities where you don’t really need a shell.
I’ll settle for a network of inter-city paved uninterrupted car-free “bike highways” between all cities with > 100,000 people. Just a single asphalt lane with no breaks and no cars flying around.
Pretty sure that’s basic-tier shit in many European countries, but it’d be such a huge deal here.
it’s basic-tier shit in the netherlands, everywhere else it depends entirely on how the local government feels about it and whether there are any old railway lines that are easy to pave…
Damn, they ban single-occupancy SUVs where you live? That’s great! And not even single-occupancy…sounds like you can’t even drive them unless you have all the seats full.
I’ve never seen one with more than 8 seats. Where do the rest of the passengers go?
Sounds pretty efficient. 7 bikes generally can only transport 7 people!
But an SUV carries at least 8 people and their luggage along with 3 to 6 thousand pounds of SUV…maybe if we made it electric and removed 2 to 5 thousand pounds, that could be interesting? A tandem electric bike, 2 tires, 8 people, huge efficiency! You just need to all be going to the same place.
I’ve always wondered if a minimalist monorail could ever happen. Imagine the freedom of a bike but you could ride say 20 people all together from one city to another carrying your bikes along. In Seattle you definitely want the outer covering of a gondola, but there are cities where you don’t really need a shell.
I’ll settle for a network of inter-city paved uninterrupted car-free “bike highways” between all cities with > 100,000 people. Just a single asphalt lane with no breaks and no cars flying around.
Pretty sure that’s basic-tier shit in many European countries, but it’d be such a huge deal here.
it’s basic-tier shit in the netherlands, everywhere else it depends entirely on how the local government feels about it and whether there are any old railway lines that are easy to pave…
Norway has them too, at least the places in the south where I’ve been.
Damn, they ban single-occupancy SUVs where you live? That’s great! And not even single-occupancy…sounds like you can’t even drive them unless you have all the seats full.
I’ve never seen one with more than 8 seats. Where do the rest of the passengers go?
Sounds pretty efficient. 7 bikes generally can only transport 7 people!
I’m pretty sure you don’t understand what “at least” means.
Normal use 1 person. Max use maybe at least 8?
“You use at least to say that a number or amount is the smallest that is possible or likely and that the actual number or amount may be greater.”
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/at-least
Any car can carry at least 1 person.
Fine fine. Potatoes potato. Tomatoes tornados.
Most SUVs max out at 5 people; only the largest have a third row of seats.
Also, even those seat “at most” 8, not “at least” 8.