The End of Traffic & the Future of Transport

Résumé du livre

This book proposes the welcome notion that traffic as most people have come to know it is ending and why. We depict a transport context in most communities where new opportunities are created by the collision of slow, medium, and fast moving technologies, unfolding a framework to think more broadly about concepts of transport and accessibility. In this framework, transport systems are being augmented with a range of information technologies, invoking fresh flows of goods and information. We discuss large scale trends that are revolutionizing the transport landscape: electrification, automation, the sharing economy, and big data. Based on all of this, the final chapters offer strategies to shape the future of infrastructure needs and priorities.