As to the original idea : where do they store the pods when they're not needed ?
By volume they are a good lot harder to stack away than a bike.
As they're obviously not personal means of transport, they'll be neglected and vandalised.
Aerodynamically they're even the wrong way around
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Originally Posted by skyl4rk
The benefits are that there are no street crossings to stop for, and it looks like it would be much cheaper to build a monorail bridge over a river than a bicycle path or road bridge.
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Don't elevate, but sink bicycle paths.
The infrastructure wouldn't be nearly as intrusive and visually polluting.
The average rider is a lot lower than the height requirements for motor vehicles. Ramps to ground level could become shorter or less steep.
The bicycle path can be rather narrow, negating the need for complex road bridges, all that's needed is a simple short-span bridging structure that can be standardized.
Bicycle trences also cut down on the wind.
The open trench bicycle paths can become an emergency buffer capacity to counter the flash-flooding that more and more densely populated regions are seeing.
(It's not due to climate change, it's the huge increase in hardened surface area hitting back.)