Industrial design studio PriestmanGoode has revised its Island Bay train seating to make it easier for London commuters to social distance following the coronavirus pandemic.
PriestmanGoode has adapted its 2016 Island Bay seat design, which was initially designed to increase capacity on trains, to expand on-board bike storage. Spaces that were designed for extra seating, which would be blocked off due to Covid-19, have been now be used to store passengers’ bicycles.
The studio believes this will help enable commuters to complete journeys between their home and workplace at either end on bike. This takes into consideration that, once in London, travellers will aim to avoid other forms of public transportation like buses and tubes.