December 24, 2009
Tokyo’s First Solar Bike Park
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on December 2009 Setagaya-ku readers might want to keep their eyes peeled next spring for an intriguing new bicycle park being built by Sanyo outside Sakurajosui station on the Keio line. The Solar Parking Lot will—as you might have guessed—be plastered in solar panels designed to juice a fleet of electric […]
By Metropolis
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on December 2009
Setagaya-ku readers might want to keep their eyes peeled next spring for an intriguing new bicycle park being built by Sanyo outside Sakurajosui station on the Keio line.
The Solar Parking Lot will—as you might have guessed—be plastered in solar panels designed to juice a fleet of electric bikes. Best of all, the hybrid (electric/human-power) Eneloop bikes will be provided by Sanyo, so you don’t need to have your own, which is just as well if the company actually wants any participants.
There’s no word yet on the cost or duration of the program, but we know there’ll be 40 bikes and enough solar power to light the complex at night. Anyone keen on signing up for a rental should inquire at the Setagaya Ward Office. Expect demand to be sky-high.
