BACK TO THE FUTURE BY
BACK TO THE FUTURE BY HYPERLOOP Cars that run on petrol or diesel are meant to be a rarity by the year 2050. Progress is slow. But some Nordic cities have radical visions of how a "Hyperloop" could change that. W in 1989 envisaged urban transport in 2015, hover. But that does not prevent us from dreaming up future scenarios. Leaping ahead 34 years to 2050 - eight years potentially a very different picture of how people will move around. 06 — FUTURE CITIES OCTOBER 2016
from Helsinki to Stockholm in half an hour Photo: Hyperloop One number will run on petrol or diesel if promises are kept. greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector would have to be reduced by at least 60 percent by 2050, compared with levels from 1990. To do that, it said cars using conventional fuels should be phased out of cities entirely. “These vehicles help to improve air quality and emission vehicle alliance says. For its part, the EU commission's report said the current transport system is “not sustainable”. “Since progress, potential for cost-effective energy transport system has not fundamentally changed. Photo: Hyperloop One There are some signs of movement in that direction. ELECTRIC VEHICLES vehicles by giving a subsidy. And days before the Paris climate agreement emission cars sold on their territory in 2050. “Looking 40 years ahead, it is clear that transport cannot develop along the same path.” The commission said that in future, public transport must have a bigger share. Some cities, like Tallinn, are trying to achieve that goal through offering free public transport. Wojciech Keblowski, who researches the topic at the Free University of Brussels, told EUobserver that free public transport should be seen as a social policy rather than a transport policy. FUTURE CITIES OCTOBER 2016 — 07
