"Architect Chris Hardwicke envisions a day when you will walk out your door, jump on your bicycle and commute to work at 40 kilometres an hour through dedicated tunnels suspended above city streets. He calls his idea Velo-City, a transportation network of concrete and glass tunnels through which cyclists could race to and from their destinations. " Read | Listen | Previously: Bicycle Cities?
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the most ironic thing is that China basically had a Velo-City (only bicycles on the streets) and now it has traffic bedlam...
What about new york?
http://neistat.com/pages/video_holding/hollandtunnel_holding.htm
chris's scheme is also featured in uTOpia. oh, also chris runs the excellent www.urbanism.org
nice links dudes,
lud, that tunnel shot was si-CK!
man, i think one day i might have to wanna move to toronto, soon.
I love the tunnel movie. Can I use the term "balls of steel" without sounding either crass or trite?! Loved it.
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