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Transportation Tuesday: MIT’s Stackable City Car

07/23/2009
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  • TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY, MIT Stackable City Car, Folding City Car, Green Public Transportation, Car Sharing, city car, MIT, electric, lithium, ion, battery, batteries, last mile, public transport, car sharing
    While public transportation is a great green urban option, the "last mile" problem is a real shortcoming- referring to the conundrum of the extra distance from your bus or train stop to your doorstep (while this may seem trivial to some, Midwestern commuters can attest to the annoyance of this problem). The folks at MIT think that they may have a solution to that problem: The City Car, a stackable electric two-passenger city vehicle, would combine the best features of mass transit, car-sharing, and personal vehicles in a high-density, high-convenience system....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/transportation-tuesday-mits-stackable-city-car/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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    While public transportation is a great green urban option, the "last mile" problem is a real shortcoming- referring to the conundrum of the extra distance from your bus or train stop to your doorstep (while this may seem trivial to some, Midwestern commuters can attest to the annoyance of this problem). The folks at MIT think that they may have a solution to that problem: The City Car, a stackable electric two-passenger city vehicle, would combine the best features of mass transit, car-sharing, and personal vehicles in a high-density, high-convenience system....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/transportation-tuesday-mits-stackable-city-car/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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    While public transportation is a great green urban option, the "last mile" problem is a real shortcoming- referring to the conundrum of the extra distance from your bus or train stop to your doorstep (while this may seem trivial to some, Midwestern commuters can attest to the annoyance of this problem). The folks at MIT think that they may have a solution to that problem: The City Car, a stackable electric two-passenger city vehicle, would combine the best features of mass transit, car-sharing, and personal vehicles in a high-density, high-convenience system....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/transportation-tuesday-mits-stackable-city-car/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY, MIT Stackable City Car, Folding City Car, Green Public Transportation, Car Sharing, city car, MIT, electric, lithium, ion, battery, batteries, last mile, public transport, car sharing

While public transportation is a great green urban option, the "last mile" problem is a real shortcoming- referring to the conundrum of the extra distance from your bus or train stop to your doorstep (while this may seem trivial to some, Midwestern commuters can attest to the annoyance of this problem). The folks at MIT think that they may have a solution to that problem: The City Car, a stackable electric two-passenger city vehicle, would combine the best features of mass transit, car-sharing, and personal vehicles in a high-density, high-convenience system....

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