> I've lived in places with the wheelie bins and they are also no match for a good gust of wind

Yeah I had the 55 gallons in a previous town. Big ones barely move. I have 35 gallon currently it stays put while everyone else recycling is all over the street

> Imagine 3-6 bins, per house, lined up side-by-side on a sidewalk

Like it already is? exchanging bins that don't have a auto lift ability for ones that do doesn't add more bins.And having larger bins that a truck can pick up would probably reduce the ammount of bins since we currently have very tiny ones.