Trampe the Bicycle Lift - Trondheim Norway

Excerpt from http://www.trampe.no/english

Hilly cities normally have a low share of cycling. How come that Trondheim, the third largest city of Norway, has the highest share of cycling compared to all the other Norwegian cities? We believe there are there reasons: 1. Trondheim is a university city with 30 000 students, 90 % of whom using their bicycles as their main transport tool
2. During the last 20 years, there has been invested more than 20 mill NOK in a bicycle roads network and bicycle transport infrastructure in Trondheim
3. One of the most important infrastructure elements is the bicycle lift Trampe. Since the opening in 1993, it's pushed more than 220 000 cyclist up the very steep hill BBrubakken in the historical heritage part of the city center

There is no doubt that Trampe has inspired students as well as other people living in Trondheim to take to their bicycles. In a user survey, 41 % of the lift users claim they're using the bicycle more often due to the installation of Trampe.

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[pedrox3x3]

Em Almada, Portugal, o elevador da Boca do Vento em cacilhas, serve o mesmo efeito, levando as pessoas e bicicletas de Cacilhas prá zona lata da cidade.

Pedro Machado

[pdxktv]

Thanks for the comment Pedro - please post a video if you can. (Below is the Portuguese to English Translation of the text above.)

In Almada, Portugal, the elevator at the Mouth of the Wind in Cacilhas, serves the same effect. It leads people and bicycles to the Cacilhas prá zone of the city. Peter Axe

[AlwaysThrowROCK]

We need this is San Francisco! What a great idea -- could Norway get any cooler?

[uDie2Nit3]

aww... uphill is the best part in cycling xD

[petynunes]

Cajamar/SP Brasil precisa urgentemente de mtos desses

eu andaria + de bike se houvessem elevadores desses aqui

a cidade é mto montanhosa..não dá para usar bike como meio de transporte aqui

[Pangolinx1]

@AlwaysThrowROCK San Francisco needs a few dozen of those. Plus a few hundred in the East Bay and another hundred or so in Marin County.

[Iamgercornholio]

psshhhhh lazy fucks

[adlsrb]

@pdxktv ahah Peter Axe FCOL

[faithm]

@uDie2Nit3 it's good for folk like me who don't have a lot of stamina but can ride on flat land fine.

[MrAlinorway]

hhhhhhhhhh Stupid people

[1StarThai]

Not in a suit, it's not.

[rtarbinar]

dude, i was thinking the EXACT same thing! i live across the bay, but still :P

[rtarbinar]

hahah! perfect reply!

no, seriously, this invention is SO ingenious! :D