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Circular pedestrian bridge in China, Elevating the concept of Roundabouts., Hovenring designed by ipv Delft, ipv Delft, pedestrian bridge, Roundabouts
In our last blog Roundabouts: Engineers making the world a little more beautiful and safe, we discussed the benefits of roundabouts. Today however, we have decided to explore how engineers have elevated the design concept to utilize space, maintain traffic flow and keep pedestrians, cyclist and motorist safe.
1. Circular pedestrian bridge in China.
The design features two significant designs, one for vehicles and the other for pedestrians. This is a perfect design to keep the traffic flowing and pedestrians safe.
2. Hovenring designed by ipv Delft located in the Netherlands is the world’s first suspended bicycle path. The design was born out of the need to control the growing traffic after the development of a housing estate. ‘Eindhoven City Council refrains from cyclist underpasses’, therefore the solution was to separate motorized and bicycle traffic.
Works Cited:
“Circular Pedestrian Bridge in Lujiazui, China | Amusing Planet.” Circular Pedestrian Bridge in Lujiazui, China | Amusing Planet. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2014. http://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/12/circular-pedestrian-bridge-in-lujiazui.html
“This is the World’s First Suspended Bicycle Roundabout.” TwistedSifter. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2014. http://twistedsifter.com/2014/01/hovenring-worlds-first-suspended-bicycle-roundabout-netherlands/
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This is Brilliant.
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Thank you, I am happy you found it interesting. The designs are really something worth sharing.
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Visually they look amazing, but there are definitely not perfect.
Driving a car takes little physical effort. Cycling, walking, pushing a stroller up a hill require considerable physical effort.
Better would be to keep it at street level, and then build tunnels, bridges or dig down to alter the level of the road whenever that’s possible. Especially in a city, people walking around are then ones going into shops and buying things, so separating them from the things they want to interact with is not ideal.
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