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Like a Roller in the Ocean Life is motion move on.

Public Internet is like bike lanes and quality sidewalks for online traffic.

Great. Imagination wins the day.

that tech is awesome

Love this! This is just what so many people need - simple to operate, and opens up horizons. I’ve said it so many times, all the tech is here already to make good things happen, it’s down to policy choices as to money spend (we still need more good infra!)

WOW!

I demo’ed one of these at an Electrification faire in Berkeley. I think both Lyft and Veo rent them. (Or did). It blew my mind. I think they went 12 mph! Perfect for bike lanes.

That thing is rad!

Goddamn! With a parent not far off from needing a chair, this is cool!

I give people too much credit for thinking they can see the big picture in some of these messages.

I don't know what people have said to you, but not all of us disagree with you on this, even though this is not for all disabled people.

Oh damn, wish I got here 45 minutes sooner because this is cool as shit and I would quote this just in general that this is a super cool technology

There are bad actors of course but mostly they want to hear what they have they have been told is “war on cars” - WE are going to take away THEIR (single) choice. They blip over the word “options” - better transit, safer walking and wheeling, connectivity between modes, focus on perceived threat.

🎯🎯🎯 Ableist environmental design is the problem. Like hostile architecture or, to a considerably lesser degree, right-handedness bias (I'm a double lefty and scissors as a child were most frustrating!).

Excellent point.

👍👍💙

Even if they did need cars, I'm fine with them having cars. It doesn't follow that therefore everyone needs to be getting around dense urban infrastructure in their own personal 4,000 lb steel pod.

Brilliant idea

This works so well. Colleague arrives at work everyday with a similar bike, leaves the 'bike'-part in the shed and moves in the wheelchair through the office. Very independent.

Most Disabled are unable to drive

That's a really cool idea.....even if you're not permanently disabled this would be helpful to so many who may be wheelchair bound for a while.

The fascinating thing with these is how easy it makes it for wheelchair users to switch modes. Getting a chair into a car is always a hassle and certainly takes longer than this five second process.

Sorry realised that reads snarky - was agreeing with you! Lots of try before you buy definitely needed- choosing is hard - especially when even trying things out requires complex adjustments to fit a “quick fix” device to your chair the first time (*after* the first time it’s quick on and off!!)

Agreed. There are definitely trade-offs for individual circumstances. And trade-off points change over time. Have you found that multi-speed hubs are cleaner & more reliable than derailleurs? When I was a teen, I had a delivery bike with multi-speed hub + commuter bike with derailleur.

Brilliant!!!!

He works in DTLA and, at 6 mph, can beat drivers crawling in DTLA traffic and then looking for parking. Works for transit agency

That is so cool.

Saw a variation of this device yesterday while out walking. Unfortunately, he/she zipped by me so fast I didn't get a good look, but it was definitely similar. I think it is absolutely AWESOME!!! Whether out walking or biking, I see lots of disabled people using ped/bike infrastructure!

I hope whoever invented those things was richly rewarded. I love seeing people using them.

Conducted some research recently into public transport infrastructure and had a few participants using these devices - they're such a good tool for people.

Now that is brilliant!

Absolutely! I'd be housebound but for family. (Though given sidewalks and bike lanes, I could use unassisted, regional rail five miles away) via my recumbent trike.

Nice! 👏👏 Agree the disabled need a variety of options to get around that work for them. Have noticed in Burnaby BC where I live a small but increased number of people in mobility devices in MUPs and sometimes in bike lanes. Interesting I say.