Innovations for Metropolitan Areas Intelligent Solutions for Mobilit
This book presents human-centered concepts and solutions for mobility, logistics and infrastructure that will make our growing metropolitan areas more livable and sustainable.The still accelerating megatrend of urbanization is leading to constantly growin
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novations for Metropolitan Areas Intelligent Solutions for Mobility, Logistics and Infrastructure designed for Citizens
Innovations for Metropolitan Areas
Patrick Planing • Patrick Müller Payam Dehdari • Thomas Bäumer Editors
Innovations for Metropolitan Areas Intelligent Solutions for Mobility, Logistics and Infrastructure designed for Citizens
Editors Patrick Planing HFT Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany
Payam Dehdari HFT Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany
Patrick Müller HFT Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany
Thomas Bäumer HFT Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany
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Foreword: Mobility-Innovations in Metropolitan Areas
Facing Change Mobility, as we used to know it, is changing: new vehicles are conquering the market, traffic is more interconnected, electro-mobility is growing, cities are becoming smarter and digitalisation is creating new forms of mobility. At the same time, awareness for climate justice and the need for clean and sustainable mobility is evolving. As such, it has never been more exciting to create new concepts concerning the future of our own mobility. This change is not without reason. First, every technical and intellectual evolution provides the opportunity to work on improving the status quo—after all, as it has been said, “There is no progress without change”. Furthermore, regarding our current mobility system, change is necessary. We know that there will be severe consequences if matters remain the same. This applies for both cities and rural areas. Especially
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