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ANALYSIS * USA - Why the world faces a massive traffic jam
Sustainability is the biggest issue facing global business in the 21st century
Atlanta,GA,USA -CNN, by Bill Ford-June 26, 2011: ... While breakthroughs like improved battery technology will likely provide a solution to the CO2 challenge, another issue -- "Global Gridlock" -- is quietly taking its place... Global gridlock can be defined by numbers. The world's population is growing and is becoming more affluent. There are approximately 6.8 billion people in the world today. Within our lifetime, that number will approach 9 billion. Today, there are about 800 million vehicles on the road worldwide, but by midcentury that number could grow to between 2 and 4 billion... If we continue to follow the personal mobility model that is now in place, the world's roads are going to become too crowded. Commutes will become longer; traffic jams will become larger and more ubiquitous. Economic opportunity will be stifled. More time and resources will be squandered while people try to get from point A to point B. This all threatens the promises of both physical and social mobility, which in turn lessens opportunities to improve the world's standards of living... There's no single answer to this new threat to our mobility, and it isn't going to be solved by one person or group... We need smart cars and smart infrastructure that communicate with each other while using real-time data to maximize their efficiency. We also need to tie in innovative and unique solutions that in their own way address global gridlock. Some of these solutions already are already being developed...Labels: analysis, traffic jams
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