Segways over cycles?

thebrownstreak69 said :

We should build dedicated Segway lanes. Of course, many Segway users will still use the roads and bike paths (because it’s legal dammit). Cyclists will get cranky about this, “I’m a cyclist out of my way!”.

I like it.

There are Segway users?

Postalgeek said :

As a cycle commuter I don’t mind mixing it up with segways and e-bikes, as long as there is a power limit (I think 25kmph is unreasonable. It should be 40kmph, as with school zones. Seasoned cyclists can cruise between 30 and 40kmph depending on conditions. If people want to go faster than that, they can get a motorbike and ride the road). I’ve thought for a long time that that cyclepaths should be developed with future e-bike use in mind, to make better use of expenditure and encourage more people out of cars.

If it means cycle paths are upgraded to dedicated mini-highways separated from heavy traffic that’s a win for cyclists, PMD and drivers. Rather have a bingle with a segway than a truck.

To exclude cycles makes no sense and I doubt that is their intention.

I fully agree with this, cycling will never be the whole solution in a town like Canberra. If they allowed powered bikes that could travel 40km/hr, they’d get a lot more people off the road.

The last Straw?

I saw some d***head in a mobility scooter riding on the road at the Jamison Centre yesterday. There was a foot path right next to him which is what really makes it inexcusable.

We should build dedicated Segway lanes. Of course, many Segway users will still use the roads and bike paths (because it’s legal dammit). Cyclists will get cranky about this, “I’m a cyclist out of my way!”.

I like it.

To be fair though, the article also mentioned electric scooters and (collapsable) electric bikes, and those travel much faster than segways. Not as expensive as well.

As a cycle commuter I don’t mind mixing it up with segways and e-bikes, as long as there is a power limit (I think 25kmph is unreasonable. It should be 40kmph, as with school zones. Seasoned cyclists can cruise between 30 and 40kmph depending on conditions. If people want to go faster than that, they can get a motorbike and ride the road). I’ve thought for a long time that that cyclepaths should be developed with future e-bike use in mind, to make better use of expenditure and encourage more people out of cars.

If it means cycle paths are upgraded to dedicated mini-highways separated from heavy traffic that’s a win for cyclists, PMD and drivers. Rather have a bingle with a segway than a truck.

To exclude cycles makes no sense and I doubt that is their intention.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmLLGYn9Fo8

90 seconds of Segway crashes

Yeah, because a transort plan requiring the replacement of bicycles (which can be had for pretty much nothing) with electrically powered mobility devices (with cost hundreds or thousands and have ongoing costs) is going to be an instant winner and be quickly adopted.

Bicycles are already slow enough.

These things are even slower.

So no.

Clearly the Planning Institute of Australia has never looked at how much Segways cost. Those things are very expensive.

Mini highways of mobility devices? I’ve seen where this is headed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1BQPV-iCkU