Hyper-mobility ― the notion that more travel at faster
speeds covering longer distances generates greater economic
success ― seems to be a distinguishing feature of urban areas,
where more than half of the world’s population currently
reside. By 2005, approximately 7.5 billion trips were made
each day in cities worldwide. In 2050, there may be three to
four times as many passenger-kilometres travelled as in the
year 2000, infrastructure and energy prices permitting. Freight
movement could also rise more than threefold during the same
period. Mobility flows have become a key dynamic of
urbanization, with the associated infrastructure invariably
constituting the backbone of urban form. Yet, despite the
increasing level of urban mobility worldwide, access to places,
activities and services has become increasingly difficult. Not
only is it less convenient ― in terms of time, cost and comfort ―
to access locations in cities, but the very process of moving
around in cities generates a number of negative externalities.
Accordingly, many of the world’s cities face an unprecedented
accessibility crisis, and are characterized by unsustainable
mobility systems.
하이퍼 모빌리티에 관한 설명이 이어지다가 마지막 부분에 과연 좋을까 하는 부분이 나온다
Yet 부분부터
그리고 마지막 Accordingly 부분에서 문제점을 이야기 하고 있다.
전례 없는 접근성의 위기, 지속가능하지 않은 이동 시스템들
결국 하이퍼 모빌리티가 항상 도시들에게 좋은가에 대한 의문을 던지는 글.
답은 ① Is Hyper-mobility Always Good for Cities?
