Japan Bike Storage
14-12-2008
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Heard about these underground bicycle parking cylinders but never seen on in action until yesterday - was impressed. A very cute girl came along to park her bicycle and let me take some pics - love those knee-down garnments. image ID#23568 These 'Gates' is where bicycles are parked and retrieved. image ID#23569 At each gate there is a simple card reader. One has to take out a monthly contract to use these ones but there are some around Tokyo where anybody can park their bicycle. image ID#23570 The young lady swipes her card and a few seconds later the doors open. She docks the front wheel of her bicycle... image ID#23571 ...and it gets pulled in to the dock. Doors close swiftly after. Took a video of the bicycle park in action - but the young lady had gone by then so you will have to make do with two kind men instead. Higher res at youtube.com/watch?v=yIHrmN_ptJc. image ID#23572 This is what the bicycle park looks like underground. image ID#23573 The Eco Cycle can store up to 144 bicycles underground - retrieval and storage in seconds. The longest it takes is 10 seconds. image ID#23574 The company who makes this is Giken who also make stuff like tidal and flood defense systems @.@ image ID#23575 The Eco Cycle caters for bicycles which are less than 1,950mm in length and less than 1,250mm in height. Tyre size has to be less than 28 inches. Interesting how the Japanese use a mixture of mm, cm and inches. It costs 2,600 yen for a monthly ticket to use the park. Students pay 1,300 yen. image ID#23576 A few rules of what needs to be removed before using the park. image ID#23577 Info and guidance on the display. The video clip below shows what these parking units looks like underground. image ID#23578 And this is what other areas of Jiyu ga oka looked like yesterday without Eco Cycle parks. As the bicycle is a main form of transport in Japan, parking them is a major problem. image ID#23579 Here is an example of how problematic parking can be. Folks end up leaving their bicycles everywhere. image ID#23580 image ID#23581 Akihabara News - Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe) Japan Probe - Japan news and entertainment (Subscribe) Kirainet.com - A geek in Japan (Subscribe) image ID#23582 View the full sized images/comments for this item at dannychoo.com Feel free to join/add Danny Choo and see what else the little bugger is up to in his other networks.
Heard about these underground bicycle parking cylinders but never seen on in action until yesterday - was impressed. A very cute girl came along to park her bicycle and let me take some pics - love those knee-down garnments. image ID#23568 These 'Gates' is where bicycles are parked and retrieved. image ID#23569 At each gate there is a simple card reader. One has to take out a monthly contract to use these ones but there are some around Tokyo where anybody can park their bicycle. image ID#23570 The young lady swipes her card and a few seconds later the doors open. She docks the front wheel of her bicycle... image ID#23571 ...and it gets pulled in to the dock. Doors close swiftly after. Took a video of the bicycle park in action - but the young lady had gone by then so you will have to make do with two kind men instead. Higher res at youtube.com/watch?v=yIHrmN_ptJc. image ID#23572 This is what the bicycle park looks like underground. image ID#23573 The Eco Cycle can store up to 144 bicycles underground - retrieval and storage in seconds. The longest it takes is 10 seconds. image ID#23574 The company who makes this is Giken who also make stuff like tidal and flood defense systems @.@ image ID#23575 The Eco Cycle caters for bicycles which are less than 1,950mm in length and less than 1,250mm in height. Tyre size has to be less than 28 inches. Interesting how the Japanese use a mixture of mm, cm and inches. It costs 2,600 yen for a monthly ticket to use the park. Students pay 1,300 yen. image ID#23576 A few rules of what needs to be removed before using the park. image ID#23577 Info and guidance on the display. The video clip below shows what these parking units looks like underground. image ID#23578 And this is what other areas of Jiyu ga oka looked like yesterday without Eco Cycle parks. As the bicycle is a main form of transport in Japan, parking them is a major problem. image ID#23579 Here is an example of how problematic parking can be. Folks end up leaving their bicycles everywhere. image ID#23580 image ID#23581 Akihabara News - Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe) Japan Probe - Japan news and entertainment (Subscribe) Kirainet.com - A geek in Japan (Subscribe) image ID#23582 View the full sized images/comments for this item at dannychoo.com Feel free to join/add Danny Choo and see what else the little bugger is up to in his other networks.
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