http://kolelinia.com kolelinia lab for alternative transportation by martin angelov Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:18:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://kolelinia.com/kolelinia/#comment-27 Holiday Matinee – A Blog For Creative Inspiration » What do you get when you mix tightrope walking with bike riding? Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:18:21 +0000 http://kolelinia.com/?p=11#comment-27 [...] I first read about the Kolelinia project, I thought it was one of those awesome-but-fake city planning suggestions. But no! These [...] [...] I first read about the Kolelinia project, I thought it was one of those awesome-but-fake city planning suggestions. But no! These [...]

]]> http://kolelinia.com/kolelinia/#comment-25 Kolelinia. | TASK BLOG. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:06:16 +0000 http://kolelinia.com/?p=11#comment-25 [...] Kolelinia is a concept for riding our own bikes on a new type of bicycle-lanes, based on steel wires. It aims to create a new type of transportation experience, and to be installed using a minimal amount of resources. The Kolelinia midair bike lanes consist of steel cables suspended above city streets at a maximum of 4.5 meters and over pedestrian zones at between 2.5 to 3 meters. Commuters’ bike tires are slotted into a steel furrow up to 14 cm deep and anchored to the two horizontal steel cables, with a third safety cable strung at about saddle height. The butt of one handlebar is also clipped to this third cable. Riders are clipped into the cable system via a special mechanism and a safety harness. The system is not intended to replace ordinary biking, only to relieve congested zones. Of course it is too early to talk about mass use. At the beginning it could be a special designed adventure line or a touristic line in the city. As someone who rides his bike daily through the treacherous streets of San Francisco, I’m loving this idea. [ via Industrial Design Served ] Share: Posted: September 2, 2010 by Ike | Filed under: Product, Seen/Noted | Add Comment » [...] [...] Kolelinia is a concept for riding our own bikes on a new type of bicycle-lanes, based on steel wires. It aims to create a new type of transportation experience, and to be installed using a minimal amount of resources. The Kolelinia midair bike lanes consist of steel cables suspended above city streets at a maximum of 4.5 meters and over pedestrian zones at between 2.5 to 3 meters. Commuters’ bike tires are slotted into a steel furrow up to 14 cm deep and anchored to the two horizontal steel cables, with a third safety cable strung at about saddle height. The butt of one handlebar is also clipped to this third cable. Riders are clipped into the cable system via a special mechanism and a safety harness. The system is not intended to replace ordinary biking, only to relieve congested zones. Of course it is too early to talk about mass use. At the beginning it could be a special designed adventure line or a touristic line in the city. As someone who rides his bike daily through the treacherous streets of San Francisco, I’m loving this idea. [ via Industrial Design Served ] Share: Posted: September 2, 2010 by Ike | Filed under: Product, Seen/Noted | Add Comment » [...]

]]> http://kolelinia.com/kolelinio/#comment-23 David S. Paeth Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:21:03 +0000 http://kolelinia.com/?p=22#comment-23 With high tech & low mass, this appears to be the ideal urban guideway. Professor Jerry Schneider may wish to forge a link from your site to his at http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/ With high tech & low mass, this appears to be the ideal urban guideway. Professor Jerry Schneider may wish to forge a link from your site to his at http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/

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