Heading into the next decade as the world gets more urbanized, the two biggest problems we're going to have deal with in transportation are energy use and congestion. Some of the smartest people in the business are already thinking of solutions today, but it seems clear that smaller physical footprints that take up less space on the road and smarter vehicles that can talk to each other and drive themselves to avoid congestion will almost certainly be part of the solution.
#cars #congestion #energyuse
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if just the public transportation system worked…
Clearly a more amenable short term solution involves
1. better infrastructure all over so fewer people move to cities
2. a combination of cycling, walking and public transport in cities
3. driverless vehicles for carrying cargo (watch how smaller vehicles will make way)