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Posted 23 September 2016 - 04:46 PM

WIRED.com, 9/21:
 

How to Make Sitting on a Train More Like Sitting at a Bar

 

The more populated a city gets, the more crowded its trains become. Commuter rails can get particularly bad; they carry more passengers greater distances than typical lines, and are often standing room only. To give just one example, the UK’s Department of Transport recently observed that many of its commuter lines routinely carry around twice their intended capacity.

 

One of the biggest contributors to overcrowding, apart from all the people, is chairs. “If you have people sort of sitting in the old traditional way with legs sitting out in front, it takes up a lot of space,” says Paul Priestman, a head designer and cofounder of design firm PriestmanGoode. Granted, you can’t just do away with seats. So Priestman and his team decided to redesign them—and in the image of the humble bar stool, no less.

 

Priestman calls its two new seat designs the Horizon and the Island Bay. Both require riders to perch their butts a little higher than they’re used to, positioning them somewhere between standing and a full-on sit. Raising the seat encourages a more upright posture that frees up space for peak commute hours and long rides.

 

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