Foresight Future of Mobility:
a time of unprecedented change
in the transport system
Dr Mike Short
Chief Scientific Adviser
5th February 2019
Changes can occur quickly in transport
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Large technological change
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Internet sales as percentage of total retail sales
Sources: 1. VTOL conceptual image Airbus Vahana 2. Droid image, Starship
Transport and behaviours
Government Office for Science 1. Figure adapted from Whittle et al. Decision Making in the UK Transport System
Visions of the future
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Consider transport as a system.
Consider wider objectives where the Transport system can help further.
Outline a clear national vision, with goods for local priorities.
Understand the geography.
Address rural areas with specific challenges.
For planning, integrate passenger transport with freight and housing priorities.
• Consider transport as a system.
• Consider wider objectives where the Transport system can help further.
• Outline a clear national vision, with goods for local priorities.
• Understand the geography.
• Address rural areas with specific challenges.
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• For planning, integrate passenger transport with freight and housing priorities.
• Use scenarios.
• Hard and soft measures are needed for scale of change.
• Consider the impact of future technologies.
• Walking and cycling priorities to be included in land use.
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