Scott Olson's Skybike is a human powered monorail that could solve urban traffic problems and save energy.
Scott Olson, the inventor of Rollerblades, is proposing a human-powered transport system for the country's major tourist areas and, perhaps, Abu Dhabi's clean-technology hub Masdar City.
The futuristic proposal is basically a monorail with pods propelled by passengers pedalling or rowing the capsules.
Mr Olson suggests his system could also be used at university and corporate campuses and even for large-scale urban transport.
Each fibreglass pod rides on four 3cm diameter wheels along a steel track, which allows lane changes. The current model allows riders to reach up to 35kmh.
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