In conjunction with The Washington Post’s Brand Studio, various urban designers were selected to collaborate alongside notable New Yorkers of Judah Friedman and Paul Gale in the development of a vision towards New York transportation in the year 2050.
I believe in the power of transportation and urban infrastructure in separating or integrating social life, and how transportation as an interstitial device possesses more power on the image of a city and the quality of life, rather than the destinations that use these devices - in an environment where work, leisure, human interaction and learning are starkly separated.
When looking back to South Africa, a place where one spends most of their time in the car instead of a subway, yet when in a public space, social interaction occurs naturally. When comparing this to New York City, where one is constantly surrounded by people, yet there is little human interaction. The world is increasingly becoming more tied to technology and moving away from human contact.
As most are aware, time is limited in New York, and a large fraction of that time is spent in transit. If the carts are designed to accommodate various users - the businessman that needs to work, meeting points for people to interact in a space with a time limit, the fitness freak that just ate a donut - all users should be accommodated for.