End of growth in car travel?

End of growth in car travel?

Why has the growth in car travel stopped in Western Europe? Read my contribution to the Automotive Megatrends Magazine 2017 Q2.

Speed – it’s what drives mobility

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How can we keep European civil structures safe?

European infrastructure is ageing fast. Many bridges and viaducts were built in the 1960s and 1970s and they are approaching the end of their (design) service life. What is their current state and how can service life safely be extended.… Read More

A European aviation charge

In my book ‘New Mobility – Beyond the car era’ I predict that people in Western-Europe will in 2015 fly on average more kilometres than they travel by car. The strong growth in aviation causes an unwanted increase in global… Read More

Car mobility decreases in the Netherlands

Official data show that the average Dutch inhabitant rides now 4% less in cars, than in 2005. See the solid red line in the graph. This reflects the sum of kilometers as driver and passenger. Car traffic has increased by… Read More

The Attractiveness of Car Use

In this chapter of the book ‘Cars and Carbon’, I analyse the attractiveness of the car. Most important is its high speed from door-to-door. Because of this advantage, attempts to curb car growth have not succeeded. The same desire for… Read More

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