87. The Future of Urban Transport

Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast

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🗓️ 4 February 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

This is our fourth and final episode of an Outrage + Optimism investigative series on The Future of Transport.

In 2019, UN Secretary General stated that “cities are where the climate battle will largely be won or lost” and he couldn’t be more right. With seven out of ten people expected to live in urban areas by 2050, and cities currently consuming ⅔ of the world’s energy, the need to transition off of fossil fuel based urban transport has never been more urgent.

But how do we solve deadly air pollution, traffic congestion, overcrowding while securing racial justice and a just transition for marginalized communities? The answer might surprise you. From flying taxis and high speed pods, to better bus routes and bike lanes, the urban transport solutions of the future look as unique and varied as the cities they might one day serve.

The future of sustainable cities will mean that billions of citizens can safely get around and enjoy healthy, equitable lives in our urban spaces. From Sao Paulo to London, Montreal to Kampala, Our hosts Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac, and Paul Dickinson speak to transport planners, pioneers and professors, all rising to the challenge of creating more sustainable cities.

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Listen to the previous episodes of our miniseries here - The Future of Transport

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Guests this week:

Kevin Manaugh: Associate professor in the Department of Geography and The Bieler School of Environment at McGill University

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Pia Heidenmark Cook: Chief Sustainability Officer, Ingka Group

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Robin Chase: Co-founder of Zipcar, Veniam, NUMO

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Claire Birungi: Institute for Transportation & Development Policy, Country Manager, Uganda

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Sergio Avelleda: Urban Mobility Director at the World Resources Institute Ross Center For Sustainable Cities

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Jay Walder: CEO Virgin Hyperloop

Florian Reuter: CEO Volocopter

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Shirley Rodrigues: London’s Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Outrage and Optimism, I'm Tom Ravick-Carnack.
0:16.0	I'm Cristiana Piedes.
0:18.0	And I'm Paul Dickens.
0:19.0	This week, in the final episode of our special series on the future of transport,
0:24.0	we'll be speeding through some of our busier cities
0:27.0	to explore how to keep people and products on the move without costing the earth.
0:39.0	With seven out of ten people expected to live in urban areas by 2050,
0:44.0	the need to move away from fossil fuel transport systems is urgent.
0:50.0	We know that our toxic air is killing people.
0:54.0	It's the first time air pollution has been cited on a death certificate.
0:58.0	The large cities that we have today with six ring roads certainly cannot be the way that we imagine
1:04.0	the cities of the future in doing it.
1:07.0	1.4 million people are killed every year in traffic accidents.
1:12.0	The situation of traffic congestion we can almost call it a colonic.
1:16.0	From flying taxis and high-speed pods to better bus routes and bike lanes,
1:21.0	the urban transport systems of the future look as unique and varied as the cities they might one day serve.
1:28.0	The challenge they all share is to ensure billions of citizens can safely get around
1:34.0	and enjoy healthy, equitable lives in our urban spaces.
1:38.0	We travel from São Paulo to London, Montreal to Campala to speak to transport planners,
1:44.0	pioneers and professors all rising to the challenge of creating more sustainable cities.
1:50.0	That's on this episode of Outrage and Optimism.
1:54.0	Thanks for being here.
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