Public Interest Technology and the Design for Next-Generation Personal Mobility in Indian Megacities

The aim of the article is to present a structured design analysis for the requirements of next-generation personal mobility and vehicle design in Indian megacities. Next-generation personal mobility design as a public interest technological system in a city such as Mumbai requires careful consideration of the trends shaping the everyday activity of Mumbaikars. This paper uses a speculative design approach of scenario planning to develop scenarios of future personal mobility and vehicle design in 2035–2040. It further uses expert judgments for the validity of scenarios as well as selects a particular scenario for future development based on expert ratings based on preferability, probability, possibility, and plausibility of occurrence. The selected scenario was broadened and refined further in terms of its sub-themes to serve as the basis of design. This selected scenario will serve as the basis of design ideations and iterative prototypes to develop a form for next-generation personal mobility for 2035–2040.