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Should Bloomington invest in human-powered monorail?
Conceived in Tokyo by designer Geoffrey Barnett, the adventure park ride he built in New Zealand is partially a proof-of-concept for an ingenious, high efficiency, no emission urban transport system.
Barnett has spent six years developing how to efficiently transfer pedal power to drive wheels enclosed within a monorail track while allowing the vehicle to swing freely underneath. The hard wheels on the steel rail mean that there is very little rolling resistance. The vehicles are used like a shopping cart. Empty vehicles are restocked to wherever they are needed.
Maybe it isn't practical unless you have X number of people in an area using it with coverage for a sufficient number of routes. It might be nice to try one going out to Ivy Tech, though, and other places where there is currently no bus coverage.
Read the Gizmag article for more information.
Barnett has spent six years developing how to efficiently transfer pedal power to drive wheels enclosed within a monorail track while allowing the vehicle to swing freely underneath. The hard wheels on the steel rail mean that there is very little rolling resistance. The vehicles are used like a shopping cart. Empty vehicles are restocked to wherever they are needed.
Maybe it isn't practical unless you have X number of people in an area using it with coverage for a sufficient number of routes. It might be nice to try one going out to Ivy Tech, though, and other places where there is currently no bus coverage.
Read the Gizmag article for more information.
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