Yes, it's the new scheme work put in for reducing hamster ball costs, ballsharing. I mean, most people run in hamster balls with more space than needed, no? Although it would more efficient if there was a bus route to carry all 50 people ngl.

edit 50 not 51

Sorry about that, I found it somewhere else without credit and completely forgot the art style was from XKCD.

I'll add it to the post.

OP is big on digital data preservation https://xkcd.com/1683/

They've probably just never seen a tandem 50 in a major city, it sounds made up.

How fast can it stop? I wouldn't want to first heading against a crossing or wall with 49 people pushing the pedals behind me.

At least 12

Humancenticycle

I wonder how hard it would be to stop...

Technically he only specified how many people. Some of those hamster balls are multi passenger

It doesn't say there are 50 hamster balls.

For space efficiency, yes. Bikes are actually better than walking for CO2 output. Your food has a CO2 cost, and bikes are really damn efficient at turning your food calories into forward momentum. Ebikes are even better on a per mile basis, but their higher manufacturing cost mean they never catch up to lifetime CO2 output of a regular bike. Still, whatever gets more people on bikes is a win in my book, ebike or otherwise.

Scientifically speaking yes. Also trains

Unironically yes

The hamster balls also win for style points but that's arguably walking with extra steps.

You must guard the goats from the wolves, and the cabbages from the goats. You may leave the cabbages with the wolves unattended.

Because they don't like cabbages