What is the last name of this person??
Golden
And the first?
Garry
What are they?
a futurist
What does he examine?
the study of transportation
What does he especially look forward to?
The way relationships between cars, subways, trains will change in the future
What do people spend too much time doing in big areas?
they spend hours driving from one side of the city to the other.
Is there a shortage of anything there?
Yes
What is one thing?
buses
What else?
subways
What does he think will happen?
a trend toward fewer cars' in the future.
What is a disadvantage of automobiles?
Cities have a cost of car ownership,
What else?
Cars also take up a lot of space.
What does it waste?
having so many parking spaces is wasteful.
What might mayors do instead?
limit the number of cars people can have ,
What will people start to use?
taxis, subways, and buses.
What is something they could do with their phones?
used them to signal when they wanted to ride the bus
What is the trend called he thinks will happen?
empowered city
What else is he looking forward to?
electric cars
What is a problem with them?
to cheaply produce batteries that are strong enough for these cars.
And a solution?
we could, also make cars out of strong plastic composites