Urban-mobility

The piece links looming Ogallala aquifer depletion to potential road-usage gridlock and argues for quick, grandfathered, vehicle-type-specific congestion pricing to fund infrastructure as autonomous vehicles become prevalent.

Helsinki reportedly had zero traffic fatalities in a year, a notable hard safety datapoint.

The article treats charging infrastructure as the key growth levers for micromobility, citing a market forecast of $5B in 2023 rising to over $25B by 2030 and detailing concrete pilots, partnerships, and shared-hardware models across Lime, Dott, TIER, Voi and Standab.