Solution for Disney's transit problems?

[jlsHouston]

Like this! :

Combined bike / jogging / walking paths! No cars in sight, safe for kids, just you relaxing and enjoying the Florida nature. I can totally see this work. Not as a grand solution to end all transportation problems, but as a fun extra. A mode of transport that blurs the line between transportation and play and workout.

Classic, orginal Disney did such a fine job of promoting fun transportation. Boats, monorails, trains, hiking and horseriding paths. A delight to get around!
Then during the Esiner expansion era WDW became suburbanised. No master plan, no fun, just traffic congestion and busses, busses and more boring busses.

I love the pic! And come to think of it, it is true Disney continued their expansion of WDW and they utilized boats and walking paths but did nothing to expand the monorail around the resort. And while their bus system works for the most part, during peak times, you can really see the stress on the system. Adding another transportation mode could help to ease that burden.

 

[WDW97]

And if not this what about a more faster enclosed version of the people mover?

 

[olinecoach61]

I think the time involved in making that program work would be prohibitive. We had Cast Member bikes backstage during my MGM days. We used at least 16 man hours a day moving bikes around and repairing them. What we had backstage would be a fraction of what would be used for general guest use. I guarantee that there would be bikes abandoned and stashed in the bushes all over property. I will never forget being on hurricane ride out for Floyd and spending 20 hours finding and tying down bikes! Every time we thought we had them we would find more.
While it is a good idea in theory I think it would be a nightmare in practice.

Some excellent insights!

 

[marni1971]

"C'mon kids... I know it's been a 12 hour day but it's time to cycle back to the All Stars from the MK..."

Don't think so.

 

[dreamfinder]

While I applaud the green thinking, the changes to the infrastructure (bike lanes need to be constructed property wide), the lawyers smelling blood, and the general lack of enthusiasm for having to work to get someplace, I can't see it getting off the ground. Although seeing the hordes trying to pedal home after a good night at the F&W fest or NYE would be entertaining to say the least.

 

[bubbles1812]

I love the pic! And come to think of it, it is true Disney continued their expansion of WDW and they utilized boats and walking paths but did nothing to expand the monorail around the resort. And while their bus system works for the most part, during peak times, you can really see the stress on the system. Adding another transportation mode could help to ease that burden.

Well, part of that is because it would just be astronomically expensive to expand the monorail line... I usually talk about wanting to Disney to spend money rather than be misers but expanding the monorail is one place where I just don't think it'd get that much benefit to be perfectly honest. At least not at the expense it would cost to build the thing. Someone broke the price down once on here and it was just ginormous. I think Disney would be better served developing a new transportation system rather than expanding the monorail line.

Anyways, I think a bike sharing system would be fun, but for reasons already stated by other posters, I don't know if it could be practically used as anything more than a novelty. I'm just not sure that many tourists would want to arrive at the parks sweaty (because majority would sweat no matter the length...it's just what humidity does) or after leaving the parks, wanting to bike ride back to the resort...especially at night. Think they would have to do a lot to put in bike lanes, lighting, ect for it. I doubt it would relieve any transportation issues as the guests taking advantage of it would probably be pretty minimal.