Comments on: I Crossed Your Path: at the Intersection of Biking and Social Networking for the Greater Green

By: The Wheel Turns: 15 Dazzling New Directions for Bicycle Design | WebEcoist | Green Living

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:56:47 +0000

[...] community. From the MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning comes the technology to find those who crossed your path as you cycled around. Find where? On the social networking site of your choice, such as Facebook. It is all done with [...]

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:24:25 +0000

Gosh, it seems that something funny has happened to my comment – the text is repeating several times.

By: Susan Chaityn Lebovits

Susan Chaityn Lebovits — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:59:49 +0000

Hi Caitlin,
Thanks for the post. Your is exactly the reason why this is being tested in Copenhagen!

By: Sarah I

Sarah I — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:02:25 +0000

I love the idea of getting a little ping every time a friend rode by. It could turn riding through your city into one giant Burning Man extravaganza! I mean, you’d be able to stop and have a chat anywhere, anytime. This is the future of transportation, and I love it. Please, quickly banish the social isolation of cars!!

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:26:30 +0000

It’s worth pointing out that when you refer to ‘cyclists in Copenhagen’ you are virtually referring to ‘everyone in Copenhagen’. It really is a city that is designed for the bicycle. The bike lanes are between the parked cars and the sidewalk so you don’t have to deal with traffic most of the time and they have bike lanes around roundabouts. It’s also naturally very flat. Cycling is so ubiquitous in Copenhagen that there are literally more bikes than cars on the roads or even more bikes than people (since people often have more than one). And because everyone cycles, every driver is also a cyclist and therefore very respectful and careful of bike traffic.