Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Today, Cities are More Congested than Ever, Why?

An article on CNN interviews Bill Ford on their efforts for efficient mobility in cities.
Bill Ford at TED conference on "Future Beyond Gridlocks"



Other presentations of interest at TED

Jaime Lerner on how he changed the way city planners worldwide see what’s possible in the metropolitan landscape, with example of Curitiba, Brazil.



Robin Chase. She founded Zipcar, the world’s biggest car-sharing business. That was one of her smaller ideas. Here in this presentation she travels much farther, contemplating road-pricing schemes that will shake up our driving habits and an open-source mesh network vast as the Interstate.



Shai Agassi's plan for Electric Cars



Johan Rockstorm on letting the environment drive our development

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