kolelinia
Is it possible to achieve a completely new level of transportation with minimum resources?
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.
We are born to move and this makes us alive. Transport is not just transport, it has to be an experience. The quality of this process reflects directly on the quality of our life.
Publications:
– WEB –
Archdaily
Gizmodo
Inhabitat
Swiss Miss
Wired
Anarchitecture
Architizer – featured project
Fast Company
Gizmag
prollyisnotprobably.com
Ecoist
current.com
theawesomer.com
vectroave.com
greenz.jp
– BOOKS –
Velo: Bicycle Culture and Design – Gestalten Germany
Green Ideas – Weigl Publishers USA
Urban objects, Living differently in the city – Sophie Barbaux France
– MAGAZINES –
Ecologik France
Indesign Australia
Marie Claire Italy
Vélo Mag Canada
Cooyon Japan
FreeLounge Germany
– EVENTS –
The project Kolelinia was officially presented at the TEDx conference in Sofia
[...] 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 » [...]