Policy Press

Roads Not Yet Travelled

Transport Futures Beyond 2050

By Marcus Enoch

Published

Nov 1, 2024

Page count

176 pages

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Urban Transport Futures

ISBN

978-1529232189

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Nov 1, 2024

Page count

176 pages

Browse the series

Urban Transport Futures

ISBN

978-1529232172

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Nov 1, 2024

Page count

176 pages

Browse the series

Urban Transport Futures

ISBN

978-1529232196

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press
Roads Not Yet Travelled

What will the world be like in 2050? This book explores possible future worlds through eight hard science fiction stories. Taking in automation, big data, climate catastrophe and government disfunction, each tale looks at the world through the eyes of people whose lives have been influenced by the societies they live in and the transport systems they live with.

Asking important questions about our values and role of transport in society, this book will encourage planners, policy makers, researchers and anyone interested in a positive future for public mobility to take the steps to ensure we get there.

Marcus Enoch is Professor of Transport Strategy at Loughborough University.

1. Competition: Money for Nothing

2. Collaboration: We all stand together

3. Centralisation: Credit where credit’s due

4. Chaos: Welcome to the jungle

5. Communication

6. Customisation: Breaking up is never easy

7. Cartels: Needle in a haystack

8. Calculation: Romance is not dead

9. Conclusion: Roads to somewhere