The pods supersede a bicycle superstations scheme, dumped when cyclists said they were unwilling to walk more than two blocks for a shower.

I vaguely remember that survey, and thought at the time that it was flawed because it only surveyed cyclists who already commute into the city—those who presumably have satisfactory end of journey arrangements. How you get responses from the potential commuting cyclists whose only obstacle is the lack of shower and/or secure parking is a puzzle, but surely there must be market research techniques to address this sort of problem.

Or how having wimen and men getting changed in close proximity was a potentially A Bad Thing. (shit, haven’t these people been to the changing rooms at the local pool?)

Although if these pods are just glorified Exeloos, we all could do without the accompanying ‘The Wind Beneath My Pants’ soundtrack when disrobing from the lycra & gortex.