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This concept would make a fun (thought) experiment for a street in the US. Imagine a car parked curbside in a city street somewhere in the US. No one complains
by g_sch 7y ago
This concept would make a fun (thought) experiment for a street in the US.
Imagine a car parked curbside in a city street somewhere in the US. No one complains, because this is how everyone expects street space to be used - as storage for private cars.
Maybe there's a flatbed trailer attached to this car.
Now add bike racks to the flatbed trailer. Next, add a stairway or a ramp. Then, gradually lower the trailer a little bit each day until it becomes a platform on the ground. Finally, take away the car.
Measure at which point homeowners start complaining.
- nybble41 7y agoIn my area you'd be in violation of local parking ordinances after the second step. Trailers, or vehicles with trailers, are only allowed to park alongside the road for a few hours at a time.
- gpm 7y agoWhat about a pickup truck though (admittedly, harder to lower to the ground...)
- jschwartzi 7y agoJust get one of these and build a custom chassis for it: https://shop.ford.com/build/chassis-cab/#/chooseyourpath/ https://shop.ford.com/build/chassis-cab/#/chooseyourpath/
- Steltek 7y agoI would hesitate to lock up my bike on a mobile object that could disappear without warning. It would need a ton of messaging, failsafes, and perhaps other things before I'd trust it.
- randlet 7y agoYou missed the point of his post. It's a thought experiment to demonstrate the intolerance of bikes in the US.
- subroutine 7y agoThe point at which my neighbors would have seen enough, is the moment you add about 5 or 6 dockless rent-a-bikes to the trailer.
- sigmar 7y agoThis is the Ship of Theseus as applied to America's love of cars and hatred of bicycles... Neat.