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Of taxis and smart phones: balancing innovation and regulation

Sharon Masterson, Corporate Partnership Board, International Transport Forum Necessity is the mother of invention – or is it? It could be argued that the time-honoured adage only holds when we know what we want or need. But what if we don’t? “If I had asked people what they wanted”, Henry Ford famously quipped, “they would have said ‘faster horses’.” While the car was a revolutionary innovation, … Continue reading Of taxis and smart phones: balancing innovation and regulation

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Safe and secure, from London to Lahore and everywhere in between!

Heather Allen, independent consultant on sustainable transport, climate change and gender March 8th – International Women’s Day – gives us a good reason to reflect on progress on the variety of women’s issues that are hindering equality. Being safe and secure is a basic human value – yet in today’s world, personal security is still a major issue everywhere. In a woman’s world there are … Continue reading Safe and secure, from London to Lahore and everywhere in between!

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The Sharing Economy: How shared self-driving cars could change city traffic

by Sharon Masterson, International Transport Forum Corporate Partnership Board In 2011, TIME Magazine named collaborative consumption (or the sharing economy as it is often called) as one of the top 10 ideas that will change the world. Four years on, this prediction seems to be holding true. The number of companies operating in the sharing economy is rising rapidly in the transport sector alone, and includes household … Continue reading The Sharing Economy: How shared self-driving cars could change city traffic

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