Bogota bike race . . . cyclist v. bus v. car
imminent death of car-based culture November 18th, 2009
From Mike’s Bogota Bike Blog. (Note: Transmilenio is the public transportation system, basically enormous buses driving in dedicated bus lanes.)
This morning, a cyclist, a Transmilenio rider and a car driver ‘raced’ 7.5 kms across Bogotá during the morning rush hour. Naturally, the cyclist (Ferreira, the city councilman who plan to create a public bicycles program) arrived first, in 20 minutes. The Transmilenio rider arrived ten minutes later, and finally the car driver, five minutes after him.
EBR
November 18th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
A couple years ago, the british TV show Top Gear had a similar challenge across London. The bike won there, too.
http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/bicycle-wins-top-gear-race-13142
November 18th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
That reminds me a lot of what the BBC did on Top Gear when they had a Car vs. Boat vs. Bike vs. Public Transport race across London during rush hour… the bike won by about 15 minutes.
http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/bicycle-wins-top-gear-race-13142
November 18th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Yeah, I remember when top gear did that a couple years ago. The bike won.
http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/bicycle-wins-top-gear-race-13142