Khutt

Khûtt (Tre. /ˈxʌt/) were both a blessing and a constant source of consternation for the people of the Ivory City in the heart of the Dominion at the height of their popularity in the eighth millennium NL. Invaluable for individuals who needed to travel quickly around the city, khutt also managed to clog up the otherwise well-functioning streets of the Ivory City, not through any negligence on the part of the drivers, but because of their sheer size compared to the average person walking down the street.
Problems caused by khutt reached such a significant level that at one point it took longer to walk from one point of the city to the other than it took to walk out of the city limits, walk around the walls, and reenter closer to one's destination, prompting the Twin Courts to introduce legislation designed to solve the issue. Nowadays, khutt are a part of every day life in the Ivory City, and are much more useful than when they were clogging up the streets many thousands of years ago. Minor improvements to their design have also led to more comfortable rides, and the ability to use them in most types of weather.
Khutt resemble two long benches attached back to back, placed on top of wheels, with a driver's seat affixed to the front. Early khutt were nothing more than this, requiring frequent stops in order to accommodate passengers getting on. The later addition of a frame and canopy on top of khutt to keep sun and rain from the passengers also provided an opportune space to add hand holds which would allow passengers to mount a moving khutt without needing it to stop. Dismounting from a khutt is a matter of practice, and requires jumping off the moving vehicle onto the road.
After the Twin Courts enacted legislation to mitigate the congestion problem caused by khutt, khutt have been restricted to a certain number of the Ivory City's main thoroughfares, each one assigned to a particular route that it will traverse back and forth over the course of the day. Passengers pay a flat rate of 10 copper rasi when they mount the khutt, typically passed down along the line of passengers sitting on the bench until the passenger closest to the driver can deposit the coins into a slot in the lid of a lockbox built into the vehicle for the purposes of storing passengers' fare.

Propulsion

Modern khutt are drawn by horses hitched to the front of the vehicle. There are, however, some variant designs for smaller khutt used in city interiors that allow for manual power.

Price

300 rasi; 0.1 rasi per ride

Beam

2 feet

Length

6 feet

Height

6 feet

Speed

5-8 mph

Complement / Crew

1 driver

Cargo & Passenger Capacity

6-8 passengers