Taking Back the Streets

摘要

"Transportation is civilization," Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, a "recognized English authority on traffic problems," told a New York audience in 1912. One of the "greatest problems" of cities, he said, was making "transportation cheap, easy and convenient."rnNearly a century later, we're still grappling with the issue. Some technologies have changed-out went the clattering horse-drawn omnibus, in came the nearly silent Prius-and others haven't much (e.g., the New York City subway system), but the challenges of mobility remain. With the world's urban population projected to double by 2050, and transportation emissions soaring, they loom ever larger.