Why a New Mobility Agenda (and why now)

New Mobility Dialogue: Eric Britton with the China Academy of Transport Sciences,

and China Urban Sustainable Transport Research Center (CUSTReC), Beijing, 25/09/2012

1. Who are we and why are we here?

2. Marco Polo on his way to China

3. To a man with a hammer (Book + Process/end 2013) GETTING AROUND: Cities, Indolence, Complexity and the Golden Arrow of Harmony

4. 1951-2011: Notice anything weird?

5. The Dark Ages of Transport in Cities, 1975-2012 (And why)

6. The soft story of Car Free Days – and lessons for the future (http://WorldStreets.org – Search Thursday)

7. Transport in the 21st Century: Learn/Unlearn/Relearn

8. What was “Old Mobility”?

9. Why we are losing the sustainability wars? Because we are too . . .

10. And why do we keep spending all the money there? Graph. Implications.

11. The New Mobility Agenda

12. Why is the Sky Blue Daddy?

13. START: Transportation – Mobility - Access – Presence

14. Getting comfortable with complexity: New Mobility Ecosystem, Mind Maps . . . and how they work

15. Micro/Macro Transportation Problem Solving

16. Vision/Envisioning/Technical Virtuosity: New century, New tools

17. Some first words on sharing in transport

18. Will 2013 be a “tipping point” for transport innovation in China? (And could we make it one?)

19. 2013 Project proposal #1: Redefine “Public Transport”

20. 2013 Project proposal #2: Push Carsharing into Fifth Gear (Build a national strategy)

21. 2013 Project proposal #3: DRT – The future of the road

22. 2013 Project proposal #4: A New Mobility Agenda for Share/Transport

23. 2013 Project proposal #5: A Tai Chi approach to transport policy and practice

24. Your “secret weapon”, Zetabytes!

25. What is the mayor thinking this morning when we . . .

26. Bringing along your idea: Doodling with Frank

27. The Golden Arrow of Harmony (video)