Paradigm Shift in Personal Mobility

At yesterday’s conference at UCLA — The Financial Implications of Going Green — I happened to sit in front of a graduate student in corporate sustainability – I forget the exact name of her program.  When I asked what she was learning,  she told me about a course she took last semester in transportation.  I asked her for some details, and she reeled off the precise topics that I discuss when I’m asked about the future for transportation: creating consumer incentives to find alternatives to driving, car-sharing, ride-sharing, mass transit, walking/bicycling, small urban commuting vehicles, etc. 

It was a pleasantly surprising experience to realize that a great number of young people are being taught – at all levels – that we’re about to undergo a radical transition in personal mobility.