NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission Adopts Key Design Trust Recommendations

Several key recommendations made by the Design Trust in our 2007 publication Taxi 07: Roads Forward are being adopted by the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission: additional service training for drivers (p.87, Roads Forward), rideshare fares (p. 108), and group-ride locations (p.131). In our Taxi 07 Exhibit at the NY International Auto Show, we debuted several full-scale vehicle prototypes, including a collaboration by Kia, Smart Design, Antenna Design and Birsel + Seck (featured above). This vehicle was full of innovative designs, including a roof light that displays the cab's destination - another key design strategy that the TLC will be piloting in the fall.

Read more about the recommendations, download a copy of Roads Forward (8mb PDF), and see more of the innovative designs on view in the Taxi 07 Exhibit.