Yeah.

Because falling off a bike is already way too safe.

And because being able to go exactly where you want to go, rather than where the wire allows you to go, is just too darn convenient

and because limited access entrance and exit transit system routing is just begging for pedal power, and no weather protection.

Thanks, but no thanks.

Needs...More...Work because it's only as good/fast as the poor fat slob in front of you.

Sorry, but this woudn't work for the fatties. I can see the cables snapping now and sending their grotesque forms flailing to the ground/pedestrians/cars below...

@Mr. Gumsandals “... as the poor fat slob in front of you.”
@Realist “... wouldn’t work for the fatties... their grotesque forms flailing ...”

Gee, gentlemen. If you don’t want your mothers to ride a bike, just tell her so.

@Mr. Gumsandals, Realist

Making fun of fat people who are riding bikes, trying to get into shape is pretty low. If they're fat and doing nothing about it, fair game, but give people credit when they're trying to change.

Roshinobi and dragonhung "lighten up."

Hey look a fellow-countryman made something worth posting in my favorite tech blog :)

I like the idea, but the current design has waaay tooo many problems :
Stability, compatibility, safety, construction, access, the one stated above and etc.

Admiration for the nice idea and the work that the architect put into making it more than just an idea, but it needs more, allot more :(

I am that fat slob in front of you--and just had beans--just sayen..

hmm....how about we kept bikes on the ground, and we put cars in the sky....I think it is easier that way...

Hey, look! Light rail for bicyclists. You could probably sell that in Milwaukee, where they know that allowing people to move about freely is just too messy and chaotic because it does not allow for government control of transportation.

And if you have a mechanical problem you do what exactly? This is just such an epic fail it's not even funny.

@tsxtsx: way safer to put the cars in the air too..

I'm giving this an A for effort C for ingenuity and a D- for thought gone into it. Seriously, one path each way?

I like it. Gets the snooty spandex brigade up and away from real traffic. You know- the ones that are too good to stop for cars. Just send two sets of two rails from each corner of a rooftop to the next rooftop (fast lane/slow lane). All it needs is a quick connection system to allow smooth flow. Build a ramp or elevator every couple blocks down to surface level.

This inventor only has a glimpse of what is to come. The future of cable-supported transportation is entirely motorized. Basically, it will be the same concept as an elevator - only sideways.

It is a beautiful bit of design work, however. What we really need is cross-town ziplines. Wheeeeeee!!!

This is designers trying to control every free activity.
You don't ride a bike to have the controls taken away from you, because the roads are full of idiots in cocoons.
Most car drivers stopped concentrating on what they were doing along time ago. Every thing is done for them, a cyclist is the only one at the controls anymore!

I want to be the first person to try this !

No, it won't work. There is no way to keep the cables from sagging. The artist painted a picture which shows perfectly taut cables, but in reality, they would sag.
Look at the cables on a suspension bridge; the main cables follow a curve, and the vertical cables get shorter and shorter as they reach the center of the span. The roadway is suspended *under* the cables.

Do you bicycle to get from place to place, or are you trying to set a Land Speed Record?

This would be cool for site seeing, like across a canyon. Or under a bridge. It'd be dangorous, but sick.

It could be a good, cheap solution for bad intersections, orbypasses where bike paths are needed but space or geography isn't suitable.

^ Love that idea. As a quick and easy bypass solution, it could be very effective. Here in Vancouver, we are experimenting with converting one traffic lane on the busy Burrard Bridge into a dedicated bike lane. While I appreciate it (as opposed to the sidewalks of the bridge), I don't think that bottle-necking vehicle traffic is an ideal trade-off. Something like this could in theory solve the problem or at least open the door to more creative thinking than simply divvying up the bridge lanes pie.

One question however - I see that the bike is locked/strapped in, but what about the rider? Does he/she connect a harness or something?

the negitivity on this site i just happened to stumble on is overpowering. every article ends with some douche comments. get a life people.. great minds discuss ideas not break them down or belittle them.