MIT's stackable concept car

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Bill E. @ Dec 30th 2005 9:41AM

It's hardly a solution to traffic congestion. It's a solution for parking. While reducing the area dedicated to parking certainly frees up more a little more space for driving, these benefits are probably offset by the fact that the car only holds two people, which means fewer car-pools. Studies have shown that increasing the amount of space available for driving (i.e. adding another lane) doesn't really do much to affect congestion. If the purpose of this car is as more of a station-car, once again the problem isn't really parking at mass transit hubs, it's getting people to use mass transit in the first place.

I'm all for small cars and design studies, but let's be clear about the problems before we start calling them solutions.

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