Smart Mobility
Rethinking the Paris Bus Line

Working in close collaboration with the French public transportation authority RATP, we examine the concept of smart mobility in the city context, considering a bus line as a starting point to rethink multimodal urban transportation systems.

Design Interventions
1_Self-Organizing Bus System
In the ubiquitously networked urban environment, the increasing possibility to control complex dynamic systems in real time with computers and to be seamlessly connected to portable devices allows us to design intelligently self-organizing bus routes.
2_Reconfiguring the Bus
We can reconfigure the bus so that it can be structurally much more connected to the urban environment, to people and to city services. Moreover, by embedding electronic intelligence, sensors and communication systems in buses, we can escape the traditional bus design and explore innovative solutions that are more adapted to people's needs.
3_Electronic Guimard
We suggest new designs for bus stops that can take particular advantage of electronic displays and create a unique character for Paris, establishing new urban identities.
4_Neighborhood Concierge
Bus stops are not only entry points to buses, but also to local life in surrounding neighborhoods.

Contact: federico@media.mit.edu
http://cities.media.mit.edu/mobile/ratp
William J. Mitchell, Federico Casalegno
Course collaborators: David-Raul Poblano, Ryan Chin, Susanne Seitinger