Segways and City Design (Score 1)

Back before the details on Segway were released and all the hype over "Ginger" was building in the press, Kamen said that his new invention would influence the design of cities. Having lived in SF for 3 years, I can say that it some parts are not currently compatible for Segway use. Fillmore street sidewalks, for instance, are not wide enough for segways and pedestrians. Geary sidewalks, on the other hand, are fine. SF would probably be better served if they restricted Segways only from certain areas (Fillmore Street, Union Square, Union Street, Chestnut, Haight Street, etc.). Tooling around the Presidio on one of these contraptions would be totally badass. From Kamen's assertion about the design of cities, it sounds as if he might have expected segways to get limited usage in areas with high pedestrian traffic. It sounds like he was hoping cities would build Segway-lanes or something once the invention's benefits were proven. Jethro Thomasson