Inaugural Professorial lecture by Greg Marsden, Director of the Institute for Transport Studies (ITS), University of Leeds. Held on 18 March 2014
www.its.leeds.ac.uk/about/events/inaugural-lectures2014
The lecture explores the future of transport policy. Albert Einstein once said “We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them”. This talk asks whether Einstein was right. Will the current policy direction really deliver a better future? If not, what do we have to rethink to make a difference?
7. 28.5% of the UK population do not get 30 minutes moderate exercise
PER WEEK!!!
8. A characterization of Problem
ImportanceImportance
Time
1980s 1990s 2000s 2010->
Economy & Congestion
Air quality
Climate Mitigation
Resilience
Safety
9. The same kind of thinking...
How we think
about demand
Infrastructure
as main solution
Technological
Optimism