When you combine space with speed, chances are you maybe thinking twice on what type of vehicle can perhaps fit into this category. But for Eva Toftum, this concept which combines the mass transit attributes of a bus with the mobility of a taxi is possible with this new Taxi Tokyo concept.
The Taxi Tokyo concept marries cab and bus in a way to maximize motive power. The base taxi can run about town, shuttling passengers like a traditional car, but when the situation presents itself, it can hook up to an awaiting bus frame with many more passengers and move them toward their programmed destinations.
This concept is based on theories by Ford Motors, David Sperling and others, considering the future city and how the society has to deal with the great amount of new vehicles that put on the street everyday. Motorization is soaring everywhere, with the fastest growth occurring in Asia and Latin America.
The number of motor vehicles other than two-wheelers in the world is expected to double in the next 15 years to 1.3 billion. One solution to the problem will be to revolutionize public transport and design for disassembly.
Taxies, as we know them today, have no specific form or emotional design that shows its different purpose than a private car. Nevertheless the taxi works as a transport which is public, yet it creates a “private” public space.
(Source) Yanko
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