Vertical transportation concept allows city dwellers to cycle up skyscrapers

Designed by Royal College of Art graduate Elena Larriba, Vycle is a pedal-powered, vertical transportation system that offers a sustainable and efficient alternative to lifts and stairs. The design, which resembles the front half of a bike attached to a vertical rail, can be fitted to the side of buildings, scaffolding or cranes. “There are currently two main methods for vertical transportation that have prevailed for the last 100 years, the stairs and the lift,“ explained Elena Larriba, who studied in th