Journalists of “Lift Expert” magazine keep track of all innovations in the lift industry. Today we are happy to announce a release of a new unique invention — a lift for cyclists which is used by people from Trondheim in Norway. Landscape of the area has made traveling around administrative center, county Sor-Trondelag, quite a difficult job. Those people who live along the Nidelva river have to struggle to get back home. The transportation system is not functioning well throughout the city, thus many people have to use a cycle. It can be quite an enjoyable trip to cycle down the street to the center, however, to get back home from there one would need to walk up the street wheeling a cycle nearby. Young mothers and disabled people suffer the most. They have to go up and down the street with prams and wheeling chairs to do their everyday shopping.
The problem became really acute so that the government decided to hold a contest between designers. The idea was to create a new kind of transportation means that would facilitate people’s life. Jarle Vanvika was the first one who put this idea in words. Similarly to a majority of people, he lives on a hilly area and uses a cycle. In the end, he got tired of making long tracks on a daily basis and worked out a unique lift. The invention that he presented to the local administration authorities encouraged masses of people.
A new mini-lift was installed in one of the streets that runs up the hill. Its travel distance is 130 m, the speed amounts to 7 km per hour. Actually, it can transport 6 people at one go within a period of one minute. On Sundays, this mini-lift turns into an attraction for children who like to travel by it up and down the street standing on one leg. Each Norwegian has got to pay 13 Euro to cover the expenses for lift maintenance. By the way, the lift for cyclists has got neither cabin, nor buttons. The mechanism is simple and primitive. It’s built out of one rail and a platform. That’s it. Lift system for cyclists was installed by the roadside so that it can’t spoil the view of the city landscape.
Every day thousands of people use this new means of transport. Everything they need to do is to set one foot on the platform. Journalists of “Lift Expert” magazine would like to emphasize on a fact that Norwegian government invested 20 million CZK (1 million and 360 thousands UAH) to have this lift system assembled. They believe that this construction will encourage people to live a healthy life and more frequently use their cycles.
