Editing Human-powered transport (section)

====Land vehicles====
{{main|Human-powered land vehicle}}
[[File:Brosen city bicycle.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bicycle]]s are the most efficient type of human-powered vehicle]]

[[File:Red DX Surrey.jpg|thumb|right|Surrey style rental [[quadracycle]] built by the [[International Surrey Company]]]]

[[Skateboards]] have the advantage of being so small and light that users can easily carry them when not skating.

The most efficient and most popular human-powered land vehicle is the [[bicycle]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.exploratorium.edu/cycling/humanpower1.html| title = Science of Cycling: Human Power: page 1<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> Compared to the much more common [[upright bicycle]], the  [[recumbent bicycle]] may be faster on level ground or down hills due to better [[aerodynamics]] while having similar [[power transfer]] efficiency.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}}

The [[velomobile]] has potential to be useful in colder and wetter climates due to increased protection offered against the environment.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ferrari |first1=M. |last2=Bianchi |first2=N. |last3=Doria |first3=A. |last4=Giolo |first4=E. |last5=Fornasiero |first5=E. |last6=Martignoni |first6=C. |last7=Bovi |first7=F. |chapter=Development of a hybrid human-electric propulsion system for a velomobile |date=2013 |title=2013 Eighth International Conference and Exhibition on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER) |chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6521591 |publisher=IEEE |pages=1–8 |doi=10.1109/EVER.2013.6521591 |isbn=978-1-4673-5271-0}}</ref> [[Cargo bike]]s are used to transport [[cargo]]. [[Cycle rickshaw]]s can be used as [[taxicab]]s.

In 2016, AeroVelo cyclist Todd Reichert achieved the human-powered speed record of {{convert|142.04|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} with a [[velomobile]] at [[Battle Mountain, Nevada|Battle Mountain]], Nevada.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://recumbents.com/wisil/whpsc2016/results.htm|title = 2016 WHPSC 200 Meter Racing Results|access-date = 2016-09-16|publisher = Wisil.recumbents.com}}</ref>

Dutch cyclist [[Fred Rompelberg]] set a {{convert|268.8|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} speed record at the [[Bonneville Salt Flats]] in [[Utah]] on October 3, 1995, while cycling in the wake of a motor dragster pace-car.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fredrompelberg.com/en/html/algemeen/fredrompelberg/record.asp |title=The formidable record of Fred Rompelberg and its development |publisher=Fredrompelberg.com |access-date=2012-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006053025/http://www.fredrompelberg.com/en/html/algemeen/fredrompelberg/record.asp |archive-date=2010-10-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The wake of the pace-car reduced the aerodynamic drag against which Rompelberg pedalled to almost zero.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canosoarus.com/08LSRbicycle/LSR%20Bike01.htm |title=152 MPH Pedal Bicycle - Intro |publisher=Canosoarus.com |date=1985-07-20 |access-date=2012-04-14 |archive-date=2018-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905131623/http://www.canosoarus.com/08LSRbicycle/LSR%20Bike01.htm |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

Greg Kolodziejzyk set two world records recognized by both the [[International Human Powered Vehicle Association]] and Guinness (TM) World Records on July 17, 2006, on a race track in [[Eureka, California]]. The first record is for the most distance traveled in 24 hours by human power {{convert|1041|km|mi|abbr=on}}, and the second for the world's fastest {{convert|1000|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} time trial (23 hours, 2 minutes).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.adventuresofgreg.com/| title = Greg Kolodziejzyk website}}</ref>
Both records were broken on August 6, 2010, by Christian von Ascheberg who drove {{convert|1000|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} in 19 hours, 27 minutes and managed to go {{convert|1219|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} in 24 hours with his Milan SL [[Velomobile]]. In the same race he also raised the 12-hour record to {{convert|664.97|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}, which is an average of {{convert|55.41|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}}.
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 |title=Three new world records on Continental Grand Prix tires |publisher=conti-online.com |date=2010-08-06 |access-date=2013-01-02}}</ref>
 
In 1969, artists in a small [[Northern California]] town began the [[Kinetic sculpture race]] which has grown to a {{convert|42|mi|km|abbr=on}}, three-day all terrain, human-powered sculpture race and county wide event. It is held every year on the last weekend in May.

The [[Shweeb]] system is a proposed transit network using recumbent bicycle technology to power pods suspended from monorails.  A test built in [[Rotorua]], [[New Zealand]] is open to the public as a leisure attraction.  In September 2010 the system was chosen to receive funding from Google as part of project 10<sup>100</sup>.  There are no active proposals for its implementation.