{"id":213,"date":"2014-06-12T15:16:51","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T15:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/?p=213"},"modified":"2014-06-12T15:16:51","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T15:16:51","slug":"a-nature-inspired-scooter-reinvents-the-cargo-bike-so-that-its-easier-to-pedal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/?p=213","title":{"rendered":"A Nature-Inspired Scooter Reinvents The Cargo Bike So That It&#8217;s Easier To Pedal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Cargo bikes might not pollute the air, but they often don\u2019t work particularly well. The bikes tend to be heavy, difficult to steer, and prone to tipping over. Students\u00a0at the Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Yucat\u00e1n\u00a0aimed to reinvent the bikes without adding a motor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">The result was\u00a0<em><a style=\"color: black !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biomimicrydesignchallenge.com\/gallery\/entry\/2561942?version=finalists\" target=\"_blank\">Mocan<\/a><\/em>, a simple vehicle that looks like a scooter, with extra room in front to carry boxes or other goods. Designed as part of the\u00a0<a style=\"color: black !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biomimicrydesignchallenge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Biomimicry Student Design Challenge<\/a>, which asks students to look for inspiration in nature, the Mocan imitates the squiggle movement of centipedes and snakes. Instead of pedaling, you move a handle back and forth to move quickly down the street.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/3031581-inline-i-mocan-final.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-214\" src=\"http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/3031581-inline-i-mocan-final.jpg\" alt=\"3031581-inline-i-mocan-final\" width=\"640\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/3031581-inline-i-mocan-final.jpg 640w, https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/3031581-inline-i-mocan-final-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/3031581-inline-i-mocan-final-100x77.jpg 100w, https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/3031581-inline-i-mocan-final-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/3031581-inline-i-mocan-final-200x154.jpg 200w, https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/3031581-inline-i-mocan-final-450x348.jpg 450w, https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/3031581-inline-i-mocan-final-600x464.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/3031581\/a-nature-inspired-scooter-reinvents-the-cargo-bike-so-that-its-easier-to-pedal\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/3031581\/a-nature-inspired-scooter-reinvents-the-cargo-bike-so-that-its-easier-to-pedal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cargo bikes might not pollute the air, but they often don\u2019t work particularly well. The bikes tend to be heavy, difficult to steer, and prone to tipping over. Students\u00a0at the Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Yucat\u00e1n\u00a0aimed to reinvent the bikes without adding &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/?p=213\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Nature-Inspired Scooter Reinvents The Cargo Bike So That It&#8217;s Easier To Pedal<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12,6],"tags":[51,52],"class_list":["post-213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-goodnews","category-ideas","category-spcnews","tag-design","tag-not-bikes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215,"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213\/revisions\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}