Mobility for rural communities

Local and Safe Ride-sharing for young and old. Every person requires other mobility needs. Focus on different generations and how to integrate into existing network & infrasturcture.

Service
UX/UI
Political
Figma
Blender
A platform linking locals

Facilitates mobility for all, and offers independent and flexible travel opportunities for everyone in German rural areas. Leveraging the benefits of transparency, enabling effortless, secure, and regular ride access, while improving ride-sharing choices and simplifying transportation coordination. Rural-areas lack of public transportation. Dependency on direct friends and family is common for people without a car or driver's license in rural areas. Ridesharing options are frequently disregarded due to safety concerns, uncertainty, limited accessibility, and inadequate return trip possibilities.

Rural-areas lack of public transportation.

Dependency on direct friends and family is common for people without a car or driver's license in rural areas. Ridesharing options are frequently disregarded due to safety concerns, uncertainty, limited accessibility, and inadequate return trip possibilities.


Field Research

To explore critical issues of ride sharing we went outside the town. Feeling uncomfortable and uncertain, the service addresses the uncertainty of getting a ride, visibility and safety of rides.

Network Service

Personal Network of people you know and your friends know, based on personal followings, neighbours, friends and family.


Integration into exisiting system

Every person requires other mobility needs. We focused on different generations and how we can fuse existing interfaces into one service. Personal Network of people you know and your friends know, based on personal followings, neighbours, friends and family.

Personal Network of people you know and your friends know, based on personal followings, neighbours, friends and family.

Request a destination and post the time to your network.

Personal Network of people you know and your friends know, based on personal followings, neighbours, friends and family.

Personal Network of people you know and your friends know, based on personal followings, neighbours, friends and family.

A terminal at the stop those who can not access a phone, such as spontaneous traveler's and elderly people. It provides the the option to login, request a ride and to get an overview of rides.

Using already existing bus-stop infrastructure. A sign-system can provide additional visibility for spontaneous ride sharing and travel plans.

Info

University Project Course “Interface Design” at HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd. Supervised by: Prof. Carmen Hartmann-Menzel

Contributions

We designed and prototyped the project. My focus lied in prototyping the terminal experience, creating digital models of the concept and research in all project stages.

Team

Sina Barth, Nils Eller

Date

2023/08 16 weeks