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Adams, Ronald [-. USA. Transporation Designer]
Adams, Ronald [-. USA. Transporation Designer]
Ronald Adams was born in the USA. After training as a Naval pilot, he studied industrial design at Pratt Institute in New York City, and at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm, Germany, on a Fulbright fellowship. He subsequently worked in automotive design, safety regulatory specifications, and on highway engineering projects. In ‘Apropos the mini-car’, an article he wrote for ‘Industrial Design’ vol.13, no.10, November 1966 (pp.48-53), he outlined an imaginative concept he had devised for reducing the congestion on America’s roads. Called the Individual Transport Module System, the system involved a module [ultra-compact commuter vehicle] that would be propelled by linear electric power, riding on its own rubber tyres with idler-wheels for centring; spacing intervals, speed and entrance/exit would be accomplished by electronic circuitry of the system. Instructions for the trip would be programmed into the module’s computer. He later wrote articles on a range of technical issues in city infrastructure and transportation. Nearly 40 years after his article for ‘Industrial Design’, he was co-author (with Terry Brewer) of ‘A plan’ for 21st century land transport’ in ‘International Journal of Vehicle Design’ vol.35, nos.1-2, 2004 (pp.137-150), which examined the methodology for reducing the carbon dioxide generated by vehicular traffic, a principal source of global warming.
Adams was engaged in drawing up specifications for New York’s Taxi and Limousine Commission and modified the London taxi for US import.
Adams was engaged in drawing up specifications for New York’s Taxi and Limousine Commission and modified the London taxi for US import.
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