Tubular Town

Normally I don't post much about speculative projects, but the daffy concept art above won me over (click for popup). This is Velo-City, a proposed network of elevated glass and concrete tubes that would allow cyclists to zip around Toronto, unimpeded by bad weather or vehicular traffic. Reading through the press section, the only ones optimistic about Velo-City ever actually getting built are the mad architect who designed it and a few duly impressed design mandarins. The folks at the city of Toronto are a little less enthusiastic. But anyway, let's return to the image above. Is that bike-tube suspended a half-mile about Toronto? Looks like a pretty steep angle too. I'd hate to have to grind up that slope on my way home from work, tube or no tube.

Cycling Tubes - Toronto [Cool Hunter]
Velo-City [Official site]

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