June 21, 2005

Citystreets Hails A New Taxi

New York, NY - Citystreets was invited along with some of the worlds most talented designers, by the Design Trust For Public Space to participate in it's initiative to redesign the New York Taxi. We collaborated with transportation visionary and classically trained auto designer Dan Sturges who was the person responsible for the GEM, the worlds first neighborhood electric vehicle. We presented our thinking to a packed auditorium at Parsons School of design at an event moderated by Kurt Anderson of NPR. Our thinking extended beyond the vehicle, and included the driver, technology, infrastructure, and policy. Both the project and our ideas were well received by the public and the press. We look forward to our continued involvement with this important project and being part of the team that brings a modern, safe urban-context vehicle to the streets of New York City. For more information please contact taxi@citystreets.org.

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