Growing urban populations makes urban mobility under pressure. Most of urban transport is road-based, exposing citizen to traffic noise, air pollution and time wasted in traffic jams.
Noise
Noise is mainly generated by the traffic. With the increasing number of vehicles in use, this problem is going to get worse. It will also impact health.
Congestion
Road traffic jams are getting worse and worse everywhere. In most of the large cities, the commuting time exceed one hour per leg. This should double by 2050.
Pollution
Private cars account for 70% of the total pollution. Around 90% of Europeans living in cities are exposed to level of air pollutants deemed damaging to health by the World Health Organization’s guidelines.
Over Population/ time wasted
Population keeps increasing and road congestion issues will keep deteriorating in the future. We are currently facing a change in people’s behaviour where they start privileging free time over money. The less time lost in traffic jam, the more free time they have.
The overall objectives of the project are to implement alternative solution to urban mobility by navigation on waterways.
- Many cities were developed around rivers, lakes or seas and can therefore benefit from efficient water transportation.
- Urban waterways all over the world are largely underutilized today for efficient transportation.
- Certain cities offer public transportation shuttle over the water but they are not efficient speed wise and cost wise.
The project therefore aims to develop and to implement eco-friendly, safe electric taxi-boat for passengers' transportation:
- Zero Noise and Zero Pollution,
- Cost efficient by using electrical propulsion
- Zero Waves by using hydrofoil technology
