AWARD YEAR
2019
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
KEYWORDS
public transportation, Autonomous Vehicles, Future Cities
COUNTRY
India
DESIGNED BY
Jaikrishna Jayakumar, Shruthi Venkat-PES University,Bangalore,India
WEBSITE
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1j8oagw9kpsgjojjmedLDLxhmhgFwpVic
Metropod
Metropod‘s main goal is to improve the last mile connectivity.
Metropod is designed for a future city to ensure that today’s problems don't persist. The Metropod solves the problems of last mile connectivity and reduces steps in the users' journey. The autonomous pods can be obtained on a subscription basis. The pod will pick up the user from home, drive to the closest station to move onto the rails. Here, a bunch of pods can combine and move together if they are going to the same area. Later, the pod drops off the user at the destination. This system will help reduce traffic jams. It is the perfect balance between a personal and public mode of transport.