Interview
Desirability
What needs to occur for public transportation to become our default choice?
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Samah Karaki
Founder and director of the Social Brain Institute
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Interview
Cars
What encourages people to choose public transportation over private cars?
Van den Brandt Elke, Minister for Mobility, Public Works and Road Safety within the government of the Brussels-Capital Region in Belgium
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Edito
Common Good
Is public transportation a common good?
Passalacqua Arnaud, Professor at the Paris School of Urban Planning
Public transportation is a common good: this is a commonly accepted fact, even if its meaning isn’t explored in depth. The question of commonality raises a number of tensions between the public transport’s organization and its financing methods, which are little known to users. -
Edito
Landscapes
What landscapes will we be able to contemplate from the windows of our public transit vehicles?
Jean Pierre Thibault, Director of the French section of the International Council on Monuments and Sites
When designing transportation structures, we must not neglect their visual impact. -
Edito
Access
Will the public transportation systems of tomorrow be fair for all?
Bousson Damien, Co-founder of Atsuké
Transport tickets are an essential part of ensuring fair access to public transport. -
Interview
Change
How can we spur and incentivize the shift from private cars to public transportation?
Karaki Samah, Founder of the Social Brain Institute
Given the limits of our decision-making and attentional resources, we should first and foremost address the structural issues that hinder change, instead of putting the onus on individuals.
