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INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
EXPERIENTIAL DESIGN
Designed to decrease automotive congestion, provide personal transportation and improve upon the current transportation system in Chicago.
DESIGN TEAM
LANCE MIMNA INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER
LUKAS HOWELL INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER
ANY SHOWCASED RENDERS MADE BY LUKAS HOWELL WILL BE INDICATED WITH AN "LH"
DESIGN CHALLENGE
Design transportation for a tier one city in the year 2040.
RESEARCH
LOCATION
Chicago, IL
WHY
Amount of above ground track for public transit, transportation infrastructure can be repurposed.
CURRENT TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS
Congestion
Safety
Accessibility
CHICAGO TRANSPORTATION DATA
Public Transportation
City records show over 14 million citizens travel through the top 3 train stations each year.
Personal Transportation
2021 data recorded roughly 3000 personal vehicle deployments per day, consistently throughout the year.
PROJECT GOALS
LH
01
Repurpose the current above ground train tracks to be bike/scooter paths, create stations for personal transportation to be checked out and returned on the pathways.
LH
Raise current train tracks up one story and re-design trains to be more efficient, comfortable and accessible.
02
LH
Re-design train stations to be transportation hubs for both personal transport and public transport.
03
IDEATION
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
TRAIN STATION
MICROMOBILITY STATION
3D MODELING
TRAIN STATION
MICROMOBILITY STATION
DELIVERABLES
TRAIN STATION
MICROMOBILITY STATION
TRAIN PODS
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