The Ville de Montréal announces the launch of an ideas competition for the development of new taxi stands. Designers in all disciplines are invited to propose innovative solutions for enhancing taxi customers' and drivers' experience of this public space they share. The existing taxi stands have many shortcomings, from the point of view of both drivers and customers. These spaces lack visibility and a specific identity, such that, from the perspective of citizens, the very concept of the taxi stand is abstract: the spaces remain to be defined, and even created in some cases. The general objective of the competition is to spur debate around, and interest in, the quality of public spaces in Montréal, and to enable designers to offer their visions for development of those spaces. The ideas competition therefore aims to nurture reflection on this issue.

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