Originally Posted by
alcahueteria
I love it! Thanks for the flag comments, those were productive. Though also, the general sense of negativity towards the concept highlights the imperfections of the current state.
It seems this hasn't really been done before. Well I did find this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOU563OvpUY
which seems like a similar premise of keeping cars away.
The positive comments came from the people we talked with, which included bus drivers, pedestrians, motorists and cyclists.
The PVC certainly did hinder the maneuverability and general ride-ability the bike. The hope with whatever future concept is developed would be no impairment, obviously.
I don't think you get it.....negativity has nothing to do with imperfection of design but rather with a totally bad concept..... no execution of design can fix that
or to be really really clear... this is a really dumb idea.
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