[sustran] Segway is environmental or sustainable?

[Carlos F. Pardo]

I just found this article in an environmental magazine and I was shocked. It
says that Segways are one of the most environmentally friendly modes of
transportation, and it even states the following:

 "There are a lot of statistics that show that if people are forced to walk
more than a fourth of a mile to connect to transit, then they will just get
in their cars," says Carla Vallone, communications manager for Segway LLC.
"The Segway HT is another option for people who may not want to ride their
bikes." 

I think segways are one of the worst ideas that have ever been developed in
the past few years. They encourage lazy people to become lazier by giving
them an expensive apparatus that will only make them occupy more space on
sidewalks and stop using their bodies as a main source of mobility. It's
just sad to see these opinions walk through into the "environmental
discourse without being noticed. Maybe in a few more years many people will
be promoting the use of segways instead of bicycles or walking!

The entire article is available in the following address:
http://www.emagazine.com/view/?2488 

 

 

Carlos F. Pardo

Project Coordinator

GTZ Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP)

Room 0942, Transport Division, UN-ESCAP

ESCAP UN Building

Rajadamnern Nok Rd.

Bangkok 10200, Thailand

Tel: +66 (0) 2 - 288 2576

Fax: +66 (0) 2 - 280 6042

Mobile: +66 (0) 1 - 772 4727

e-mail:  <mailto:carlos.pardo at sutp.org> carlos.pardo at sutp.org

Website:  <http://www.sutp.org/> www.sutp.org

 

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