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Cover story The future of mobility 14 DACHSER magazine
Developing scenarios for tomorrow's logistics is a challenge for forward-looking companies Cover story Mobility is a basic human need, and in today’s globalized world, it is also a precondition for a modern society based on the division of labour. Scientists and practitioners have now presented scenarios for the future of mobility. >> The future is closer than we think. That’s always been the case. This was shown in concrete terms in the golden 1950s, when American newspapers began printing comics from the “Closer than we think” series by Arthur Radebaugh in 1958. They provided a thrilling peak into the future: tiny televisions on wristwatches, disposable clothing made from paper, floating houses, flying cars, friction-free trains that swooped through vacuum tubes – the world as a model. The real future, however, doesn’t come in the form of a fanciful comic. Today, working from a solid basis of expertise, farsighted businesspeople, policymakers and scientists have their sights set on the possible scenarios of tomorrow – that is, on the very future that Radebaugh portrayed decades ago. But in the place of science fiction is the realistic projection of developments that have already been initiated. The focus remains on mobility. Mobility is a basic human >> Family-owned businesses are reliable because their planning extends beyond the short-term, and they adhere to long-term business concepts that they are passionate about and want to achieve Bernhard Simon need, and a modern society based on the division of labour is in - conceivable without it. This creates a dilemma: worldwide transport as a whole currently makes up 13 percent of environmentally unfriendly CO 2 emissions. Since flying cars and vacuum-tube trains are not yet in sight, the actual development of transport and sustainable transport policies that depend on such development remain a major challenge in efforts to protect the environment. A research project has provided insight into how environmental protection and mobility are intertwined. Entitled “Renewbility – Material Flow Analysis for Sustainable Mobility in the Context of Renewable Energy until 2030”, it is the result of two years of effort on the part of representatives of the automotive, railway, energy and logistics industry, as well as environmental and consumer protection organizations, to deal with transport development and the challenges of environmental protection. Among the participants was Dr Andreas Froschmayer, head of the Corporate Development division at Dachser. For Froschmayer and his colleagues, the most important DACHSER magazine 15
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