Transportation in America: Environmental and Mobility Trends

In 1950 less than 30% of the world's population lived in cites, by 2010 that figure was over 50%, and by 2030 it is expected to surpass 60%. To meet the needs of this massive demographic shift, new transportation infrastructure will need to be built, existing infrastructure repurposed and new technologies developed and deployed. These changes will require new and different approaches to planning, designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining transportation solutions and systems. On September 16th at 11:45am, Professor Karen Seto led a discussion with three leading voices from the private sector for an in-depth exploration of the future of transportation in the US. How can the US develop new sustainable transit systems for an increasingly urban society? Considering that much of our infrastructure was built during the "car-era", how can communities repurpose or redesign that infrastructure to achieve a changing set of environmental, social and economic objectives? In an era of constrained public budgets and spending, how can the transportation sector and governments reach their sustainability and carbon emissions reduction targets in the most cost effective manner? The speaker series is co-sponsored by Yale Entrepreneurial Institute and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment.