Urban mobility is a matter for geographers, historians and city
planners: Of geographers and historians because the development of car and
its democratization have deeply influenced urban implantation, from city centres
to far suburbs. Of city planners, because infrastructures bear the mark of
this mobility, both necessary and problematic. In this context, intermodality
remains an objective and a constraint that it is time to revise. With
Double-V, Thibaud Maunoury endeavours to bring a new fluidity in
metropolises.
The
scenario of Double-V starts in far suburbs: after a short journey to the city’s
periphery, an individual takes his « newlook » bicycle out of the
trunk of his car. Easy to transport, as it is folded, easy to unfold, clean
(with a chain guard around the transmission) and light, it possesses all the
qualities of a normal city bike. Its drive system, not circular anymore, is
as easy to use and still offers the same balance. So as to give a global
answer to this issue, Thibaud also thought about what could be the architecture
of an “intermodal” car. It would have the aerodynamic qualities necessary to a
journey to the periphery, and the characteristics of a city car, such as a high
driving position. Double-V = Vélo + Voiture (bike +
car).
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