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In my ambition to contribute to the transition to sustainable mobility, 'connecting' and ' visibility ' are keywords.
Connecting because sustainable mobility can be achieved only in an interdisciplinary approach. Visibility because ambitions can be realized only in the repetitive cycles of giving and receiving.
As a part of the transition to sustainable mobility I contribute on several levels: ·
1. Definition and documentation of the ‘science’ of Future Mobility
2. Knowledge management
3. Demonstration projects
4. Connecting disciplines
With the mobility symposium on July 2, 2010 on the RDM Campus, I have worked on this ambition. Further, the repetitive cycles of giving and receiving over the past year have resulted in a plan/white paper "move to the city of the future" with the elaboration of future mobility for knowledge and project programmes at the Rotterdam University of applied science.
Parallel to this I work on the connection with various platforms such as the vision and exploration in the foresight super intelligent transport. But also in connection with developments within the city of Rotterdam and groups involved with electric mobility. It is clear that the time of diverging is over and that we converge towards a consensus on modalities in relation to the user, infrastructure and logistics.
Always new challenges will be added, but we're also receiving the great well of inspiration of pioneers who already realize and/or have realized. Examples are the Masdar Personal Rapid Transit (PRT), but also, for example, the vision in the book "reinventing the automobile by William j. Mitchel e. (a). "
Here are four elements in relation to future mobility called: Electric drive, Mobility and connected internet, Clean & smart energy and Dynamically priced markets. This book inspires through the practical elaboration (also by students, the University of Michigan); on the other hand, there is not much difference between what is described here and the designs of the students of the Hogeschool Rotterdam.
The Future Urban Mobility concept and Light Urban Transporter fit well in the vision of the book. The Masdar-PRT also. The road to the future is one of many changes. It is also one on which I may contribute. The quality of this contribution is determined by the integrated vision in combination with a expertise on product and process.
So from desire to plan and product.
"Make no little plans"