The Design of Sustainable Urban Means of Transport for Tourism Use

Abstract

The paper identifies economical transport solutions for a tourist use for visitors in the big cities of Romania and east-European countries as well. The experience of western countries has proven the efficacy of light railway transport systems for tourists, fact which led to the improvement of the time duration throughout a tourist circuit and, thus, to the growth of the life quality of the inhabitants of urban environments, by car traffic decongestion with coaches and minibuses. The reference examples are followed by a study case regarding a concept made at the Faculty of Visual Arts and Design, Iași. This study refers to the conversion of a conventional Tatra T4 tram into a vehicle adapted to the special requirements of tourist transport in the context of the constant growth of foreign visitors in Romania.

Keywords

• public transport
• tourism
• design
• sustainable technologies
• life quality.