Our intention is to stimulate as much local pursuit of the benefits available here as possible. The materials, skills and technology needed to develop new, minimal, human-powered-based, and electric-assist, designs of transport vehicles, exist throughout the world. Wherever two wheeled vehicles exist, there are also some three wheeled ones. Unfortunately, seldom has the effort been put into them to develop their range of usefulness. Now that small, powerful electric helper motors exist and the lighter lithium ion batteries to power them, there is a re-thinking of these modalities. Especially in less-developed places, the importance of these changes can be considerable.
Integrating the transport of people and goods, along with wheelchairs, enables these advance to provides much-needed relief of the difficulties that this often entails. There is already a small proliferation of different cargo bike designs, most of which at least provide the driver with a cover over their head. Pedicabs have remained mired in their 19th century original designs. Wheelchair transport still requires huge vans.
If artists, mechanics and other craftspeople in any given area are able to work together, they can fabricate a new look for public spaces, based on their very conspicuous and creative handiwork. This, in turn, can help to energize a community to look at other situations that could stand to be improved by collective, creative action. Making new people-moving-people devices can be a powerful inspiration for other beneficial activity.