Take a look at the bike escalator which is helping cyclists to take their bikes up stairs giving them better access in heavily populated cities where bikes are the popular means of transportation. 

The escalators are located in the metro stations at Tokyo and Kyoto and are very friendly to the environment; we hope it’s only a matter of time before we see this idea implemented to European cities.

The makers of the lifts say hilly cities can deter cyclists from using their bikes as often as they could, but the bike lift encourages more riding.