New transport technologies?

Transport technologies largely determine the developments in mobility and transport. Can we expect new transport technologies, which will change our mobility patterns? Which technologies will outperform the car, underground or airplane? I tried to indicate answers to these questions in a guest lecture at the Technical University Eindhoven.

Mobility after the car era

 

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