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A Car for All - or Mobility for All? Part II - 8 June 2006
by Roger Coleman and Dale Harrow in Opinion
In terms of new services and vehicle typologies that can fit into a vision of personal mobility in the future, these final research points assume considerable importance. In attempting to think beyond the car, an understanding of the cost-benefit of mobility is a useful starting point.
A Car for All - or Mobility for All? Part I - 11 February 2006
by Roger Coleman and Dale Harrow in Opinion
Population ageing and environmental concern are two important factors that will effect the design of vehicles in the future. In response to the potential conflict between them, the authors propose a shift in focus from individual vehicles to transport services, from ‘A Car for All’ to ‘Mobility for All’, and offer strategies, scenarios and case studies of how this might be achieved. New service and vehicle typologies are introduced and discussed, and an area of future research and development is identified.
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