Taxi 07: Roads Forward

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Editors

Rachel Abrams, Stephanie Elson,
Chelsea Mauldin

Design

mgmt. design

Publishers

Design Trust for Public Space
New York City Taxi & Limousine   Commission

Publication Data

Date: December 2007
Trim Size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Pages: 160
ISBN: 978-0-9777175-1-4

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Related Project

Designing the Taxi
Taxi 07


Taxi 07: Roads Forward, officially released December 18, 2007, will provide the City of New York with the first long-term plan for improving the taxi system. A joint project of the Design Trust for Public Space and the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC), Taxi 07: Roads Forward analyzes the current taxi system and outlines taxi-improvement strategies that are feasible and cost effective over a 10-year period.

Specifically, this publication explores how the taxi can best function as a vital part of New York City's public realm. Recommendations are made for how the taxi system could be optimally regulated to provide excellent transportation service for all its passengers and stakeholders, and for the city at large.

To download the official press release, click here.

Illustrated with color photographs by Stewart Simons, cartoons by Jason Little, and infographics by mgmt. design, the book is divided into three sections: "Part I: Guiding Principles", “Part II: An Illustrated Guide to the Taxi System” and “Part III: Strategies for Improving the Taxi System.”

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.

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.

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