SHWEEB.: Episode 35

Today's gadgetbahn is the Shweeb, a prototype suspended bicycle-pod railway built at an amusement park in New Zealand. Whose idea was this? How did it get built? Is this just a revival of Victorian-era engineering? What did the Shweeb do with its million dollars? What does this gadgetbahn tell us about how we build bike infrastructure? All this, after the news. Links and stuffs Merch:https://shop.trlpod.com/ Twitter:@TheRedLine_pod YouTube channel:The Red Line Podcast Spotify:The Red Line Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/theredlinepodcasters Email:[email protected] Website:https://www.trlpod.com/ Timestamps References & notes [1]Mass Transit: Edmonton bus ridership returns to pre-pandemic levels [2]Wikipedia: Hotchkiss Bicycle Railroad [3]Wikipedia: Suspension railway [4]Wikipedia: Memphis Suspension Railway [5]Wikipedia: Wuppertal Schwebebahn [6]Wikipedia: Shweeb [7]Wikipedia: Trampe bicycle lift [8]Wikipedia: History of monorail § Suspended and bicycle railways [9]Shweeb: What is Shweeb Racer [10]NZ Herald: Shweeb: How New Zealand's Hyperloop contender became a theme park attraction [11]Bloomberg CityLab: Whatever Happened to The Shweeb? [12]NextBigFuture.com: Shweeb, bike sharing and compact bike parking would be 20 times cheaper for an urban commuting network [13]CNN: Why did Google bet $1 million on Shweeb? [14]The Left-handed Cyclist: Pedaling Along the Skyway [15]Stuff.co.nz: Businessman wants 'Superman' monorail ride to go with Christchurch's new stadium [16]Tom Scott: Google gave the Shweeb $1,000,000.