Transportation Issue: 11 thinkers on how to unsnarl our cities

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More than half of the world's seven billion inhabitants live in cities—a figure that is projected to grow to 66% by 2050. And as our urban centres grow, so too does the demand for more efficient means of moving the people who live in them. We talked to 11 urban planners, economists, business leaders and big thinkers for their vision on creating the cities of the future ...

GIL PENALOSA
Chair of the non-profit group 8-80 Cities and former commissioner of Parks, Sport and Recreation for Bogotá, Colombia

"There's no major city in the world that has solved the issue of mobility through the private car. None. And the only way to move people is through public transportation. For that, we need to improve buses. Wherever you see a traffic jam, that's where you should have dedicated bus lanes. And people need to be able to walk to the station. We're not going to be able to get people out of their cars unless transit is cheaper, faster, more convenient or all of the above." ...