The Bicycle Lift of Norway

Trondheim is a university city with 30 000 students, 90 % of whom using their bicycles as their main transport tool...

Jarle Wanvik, a bicyclist, has created a bicycle lift invention, a cable driven stepping-pad that pushes bicyclists up a steep hill that lies between Trondheim's city center and the University.

So far this prototype hasn't been set up anywhere else, even after 14 years!

Check out the website, with its photos, and video, for more info.

It's a very clever concept that addresses the very real problem of them pesky hills. ;-D

I know some folks in Los Angeles who would love to see this contraption on the famously STEEEP Fargo Street Hill. But then the excuse to challenge oneself to the climb each March would be gone! ;-D

The Bicycle Lift: Sustainable Urban Transport