{"id":2459,"date":"2007-11-14T22:11:08","date_gmt":"2007-11-14T22:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/2007\/11\/14\/eco-effective-design-convenient-city-car-sharing-concept-by-mit-media-lab\/"},"modified":"2007-11-14T22:11:08","modified_gmt":"2007-11-14T22:11:08","slug":"eco-effective-design-convenient-city-car-sharing-concept-by-mit-media-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/eco-effective-design-convenient-city-car-sharing-concept-by-mit-media-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Eco-Effective Design: Convenient City Car-Sharing Concept by MIT Media Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>Imagine what cart corals at the supermarket would look like if shopping carts didn\u2019t nest together. Imagine what the entryway of the supermarket would look like if shopping baskets didn\u2019t stack. This would be poor spatial planning on the designers part. Next, image what a parking lot could look like if our cars stacked? We all of the sudden will have a plethora of open space, hmmm why didn\u2019t we think of this earlier?The first innovative step towards stacking cars was the parking structure, where layers of cars could be stacked upon each other. The next innovative step is to actually stack cars up against each other to reduce the absurd amount of space we require for vehicular parking. The concept is a hybrid of car sharing systems, spatial planning, alternative fueling systems, and personal convenience.<\/p>\n