Delve into the disruptions, explore lessons learned and investigate what the future holds for the mobility sector with this sweeping exploration of the trends, challenges and opportunities impacting the transportation industry.

    Cover -- Contents -- About the author -- Foreword by Gwendoline Cazenave -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Disclaimer -- 1 The great fragmentation: How new challenges are different from the old -- The complex world -- New services for growing cities -- The universal pressure to create value -- Key takeaways -- Notes -- 2 The steel backbone: How infrastructure drove mobility growth in rail -- How new track transforms regions -- International high-speed -- Speed trade-offs -- China: The world's biggest high-speed network -- New challengers to rail -- Towards a pan-European rail network -- Key takeaways -- Notes -- 3 Designing futures: Why long-term planning is needed and is increasingly difficult -- Political compromises and sub-optimal decisions -- Rail and urban development -- Planning under political cycles -- High-speed rail at snail's pace -- High-speed rail challenges in California -- The current state of US rail -- Stop-go all over the world -- Key takeaways -- Notes -- 4 Two keys to growth: Standardization and liberalization -- Standardization -- Liberalization -- Key takeaways -- Notes -- 5 The global illness: How Covid changed the mobility industry -- Travel restrictions introduced worldwide -- Previous disasters and travel downturns -- The long path back to normal -- Global recovery -- Hybrid working -- Purposeful business travel -- New growth in leisure travel -- How shipping struggled and then recovered -- The (even faster) rise of online commerce -- Lessons from Covid -- Key takeaways -- Notes -- 6 New values for a new era: Gender inclusivity and decarbonization -- Gender inclusivity -- Decarbonization -- Imperatives for change -- Maritime shipping -- Aviation: The biggest challenge? -- Trucks, supertrucks and beyond -- A new era for trains? -- Electric cars and a geopolitical shift -- China's international expansion -- Key takeaways.


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    Titel :

    Transformations in Mobility : Trends, Disruptions and the Future of Mobility and Transportation


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2024


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    Medientyp :

    Buch


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


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    DDC:    388