This new design from Hong Kong is promoting the concept of a driverless tram. The tram, called the Island, also features a touchless entry and exit, circular benches with seating designed to have minimal contact between passengers. The Island is the perfect tram to facilitate social distancing, as Travel and Leisure details:
The double-decker tram idea is a perfect fix to facilitate social distancing on board with sleek lines creating a spacious interior where people can spread out. And the curved windows on all sides ensure the views of the busy city — already known for its efficient public transportation system — will be spectacular day or night.
“Usually, good design comes from limitations. So in a way, this period has been really good for design — not necessarily for business, but certainly for the imagination,” Andrea Ponti, the founder of Ponti Design Studio, told CNN earlier this month. “During and after the pandemic, I think designers will propose many new, different ways to use public spaces and interact with the environment."
It has not yet been determined where the tram would travel between.
“Hong Kongers are dedicated to keeping the city and its people safe from COVID-19, so innovative local designers and architects have shared some creative solutions, illustrating what socially-distanced and responsible public transit could look like in a post-pandemic Hong Kong,” Bill Flora, the director for the USA of the Hong Kong Tourism Board, told T+L.
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