Electric bicycle transportation system

Bicycles offer extremely efficient, pollution-free transportation for urban and suburban areas, and the addition of electric drive eliminates the sweat, extends the range and helps older riders. However, we must recognize the problems that restrict ridership to a hardy few. For the rider, these include danger from autos, stop and go driving on streets not designed and maintained for skinny tires, and bad weather. And for the local government, bike lanes take up valuable space without providing revenue. Presented here is a concept of an elevated, enclosed bicycle transportation system that would enable the electric bicycle to become an acceptable form of transportation for the general public, and put a major dent in pollution and dependence on foreign oil. The cost of constructing a basic system is presented, along with the cost of climate control of an operating system.