How business can hejp solve urban mobility

摘要

Approximately 51% of the world's total population of 6.8 billion people were living in urban areas in 2010, a figure expected to rise to 70%, a total of 9.2 billion people by 2050. Likewise, urban areas will account for 86% of world GDP in 2025, up from 80% in 2007, representing enormous economic potential. It is no surprise that urban mobility, measured as the number of person-kilometres travelled per annum, is expected to almost triple by 2050, when it will account for 64% of total mobility. What is less certain is how enjoyable or miserable that future will be for urbanites. If current trends continue, urban mobility systems will break down spectacularly, with severe consequences. The so-called triple bottom line -people, planet, profit - could suffer a serious blow. And annual investment in urban mobility will have to quadruple to some 800 billion worldwide by 2050.