In image above: ARCABOARD by Arcaspace and Scorpion 3 Hoverbike by Hoversurf.
We are before a capital energy swap: achieving transport goals by creating opportunities, working on accessibility 4 All, transforming current regulation where needed, facilitating innovation, generating growth through clarity in the travel & transport world. A holistic approach in air, sea, rail, road is the fundamental principal in order to enable future mobility: from new aircraft design and re-inventing ship broking and chartering to hydrogen-powered trains and autonomous vehicles for private or public use (taxis etc). A revolution is about to happen for people to be able to travel under new sustainable standards in the current post-climate change ecosystem.
Carbon should be eradicated: that is quite a mission though. Innovative key technologies, working in sync is essential apart from just changing the fuel status per example in commodity/container shipping, a big polluter difficult to transition to nuclear, battery or hydrogen. Data/AI in that case could be employed in order to better ship spotting and calculate short-distance vs long distance energy footprint before we will finally be able to talk for a “Net-Zero Ship”.
Speaking of batteries, people do ask for (more) batteries and battery recharge stations in their local area. The need is most important than the demand itself, yet a system of navigation that actually works avoiding the oversupply danger of incompatible digital systems is a main worry either on road, sea or air. Ethical schemes must be established when it comes to social responsibility and risk mitigation, a governance of resilience to break the web of monopoly coming from specific providers, thus being another shadow in the future mobility horizon.
Low-speed regional flights might also be a solution for low-cost, eco-friendly, low-fuel transport by air. Sustainable aviation fully relying on hydrogen is conceivable not before 30-40 years from now, nevertheless a hybrid model can be planned much earlier than that, generating a 21st century “silk road” for aviation. The specific transport sector is susceptible to surveillance for a new, more democratizing, air transport network aggregated design, about to emerge.
With the introduction of Digital Twin software and other sensor-based intelligent systems for crisis and disaster prevention, the talk turns around connectivity infrastructure. Do we need to finance 5G/6G connectivity at all costs, do we need to improve connectivity into hard-to reach places, how about inciting operators/providers to invest in connectivity, smart apps, forecasting the delivery of services as well as unexpected situations inside the urban transport network? Community outlook and evaluation of long-term incidents on the road, or in mobility by rail, sea, air especially on a local level is the study needed before investing on systems/tools a society won’t actually use the next decades. E- scooters, e-bikes, e-taxis, e-buses: retail and commercial or public services linked through apps with passengers itineraries are as crucial as disaster warnings, initiated mainly by non-governmental investments. Private sector enlargement through those assets will consist of a new dynamic market of equitable transport systems, highly beneficial for the traditionally eco-friendly public transport means and their revenues as well.The state will continue not as a sole investor but as the primal regulator and warrant of all separate systems and businesses working smoothly, safely and holistically.
The notion that the pandemic stopped public transport from being at the peak of the citizens’ mobility choices, remains a fallacy. Public transport continues to be the top Green Mobility Project especially in high mileage and the only one running skeptics away from private cars ownership, (when it actually works as a fully functional physical and digital service).
Interested in future mobility? Watch out for these companies, institutions, clusters and hubs:
Spot Ship, Waymo, Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), Cellnex UK, Spirent Communications, BAI Communications UK, Network Rail Telecom (NRT), WSP Future Mobility, Trainline, National Highways, Editorial Board for Transport + Energy, Expert Advisory Panel for the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, RoadSafe’s Traffic Technology Thinktank, Uber, TIER Mobility, techUK.
Walk, run, swim, sail, surf, drive, ride or fly? Try to make it as Green as possible.
All the Best
A4D-D4A💙💚🙌
