These transformable train seats could make your commute 30 percent less awful

PriestmanGoode, the design shop behind the new London Tube and this insane luxury space capsule, has released a pair of adjustable seat designs that aim to tackle overcrowding on commuter trains. The seats are adjustable to accommodate 15–30 percent more passengers, depending on the design, the firm says. Most trains today are a jumble of seat hogs, manspreaders, and highly inefficient design. (As a frequent passenger of New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, I can attest to frequent frustrations as a result of the poor layout in the system’s two commuter trains,