Key recommendations include:
- improving accessibility for all types of passengers
- instituting rideshare fares
- increasing availability of cabs in high-demand periods
- supporting driver ownership
- expanding driver training
- designating group-ride locations
- providing real-time traffic information
- installing additional taxi stands
- introducing fuel-efficiency standards
- piloting the use of smaller vehicles
The primary authors are six Design Trust fellows - an outstanding interdisciplinary team that includes urban planners, information designers, economists, and transportation experts:
Rachel Abrams,
Sylvia Harris,
Adam Millard-Ball,
Eric Rothman,
Anisha Sawhney, and
Rachel Weinberger. Chelsea Mauldin, former Deputy Director of the Design Trust for Public Space, was the project manager.
Roads Forward is illustrated
with color photographs by
Stewart Simons, cartoons by
Jason Little, and infographics by
mgmt. design.
Major sponsors of
Taxi 07: Roads Forward are:
Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.;
New York Community Trust;
J.M. Kaplan Fund; and
HR&A Advisors, Inc.
To download the official press release, click
here.