Solutions. The transportation issues are nothing new. If you think of just the modes of transportation throughout history, this going from um you know, horse and buggy to rail to ocean going betsel, steam liners, air ships. So theres always been something new to try out that would solve some of the problems of the old and each one of those newest thing says introduce to turn a new problems. Todays transportation mix is no exception. The biggest problem is that roughly a quarter of Global Energy related Carbon Emissions are linked to transport. But thats just one of many. Many people have the experience of being stuck in traffic, and of course people dont like that. Theres also a high cost of the kind of opening a vehicle if you have to do that in order to get around. And unfortunately, you know, in many places, Transit Services are not always the most accessible. The most efficient, even the most affordable traffic jams are so universally hated that theres a bunch of jokes and moves, Little Wonder that tech trains jumped onto the transit bandwagon. Big tech has reshape the economy and flashy hype, fueled presentation, no matter what their substance were. Key and so instead of kind of really mundane things like invest in bosses and uh, you know, think about how we distribute street space and maybe make some cycle lanes. It sounds a lot more attractive. The say all the cars are going to start driving themselves and were going to make this new tunnel system for transportation and were going to have flying cars. Finally, investors and media, laptop, high tech, exciting, new transit projects. And the company you saw potential to people spend loads on transit in the us. For instance, 16 percent of Household Spending goes to transportation, 2nd only to housing. And while investors currently only have promises not results to go on, it hasnt stopped them. For example, you on most of the Boring Companies name that because a board tunnels get it, picked up 675000000. 00 in private capital. In 2022 local governments have also jumped on board. Musk announced deals, promising to build underground tunnels for high speed travel in chicago and Fort Lauderdale in 2018 in 2021. Neither have been built so the high train is rolling, the Venture Capital is blowing. Everything is fine and dandy to a Tech Companies have to deliver on their spectacular promises. One of the most glaring examples is hyper, like a high speed above ground vacuum to popularized by mosque in 2013 and pursued by a number of firms billionaire richard branson, one or a virgin, also got it on the fund in 2017 and a virgin hyper loop announced plans to build over ground vacuum tubes that would hurdle people at 670 miles an hour across the us, india in the middle east. But the closest these came to materializing was a single crude test in 2020, which reached about 100 miles an hour. Far less than promised. Costs were nearly 10. 00 times higher and the test drive transported just to passengers instead of the promise 28. 00. Undeterred by the failure of his above ground travel, project fussy officer to go underground with his boring company, burske pledge to dig elaborate systems of tunnels under cities where autonomously dripping pods with 16 passengers would sit around with ease. That became a pledge to develop a system of so called skates, which would sweep electric cars across town at speeds of up to 130 miles an hour. Which became a one way tunnel to drive test was through at about 40 miles an hour called the loop, which at least exists. He sold the systems to a bunch of cities around the united states. And in most cases they have not materialized. And then the only place where were has, which is las vegas, its a short tunnel that connects up the convention center. And its mainly just and its an attraction for teslas, you know, its a way to sell it as low as its not really affecting traffic. Its not really solving transportation problems. Its really, i call it a disney land ride for tesla fed. Western billionaires arent the only ones with tech. That sounds more impressive than it looks. China is autonomous real rapid transit. Thats got an hype for being a cheaper alternative to standard trends and it has been tested in guitar and australia. Its a quote unquote trackless tram system that traverses roads and has a driver despite being called autonomy. Thats right. Pretty much a bus looks kind of cool, but not a transit revolution. Or if it feels like were seeing a pattern here, its because lots of these could be defined as gadget bonds. The transit term for an Exciting New Technology thats actually less useful than what its meant to replace. And then there is the holy grail of sy fy flying cars. Some Companies Like jo be, are working on what they Call Electric vertical takeoff and landing cubicles. Were flying taxes. Even the biggest flood id have to admit that these are cool, though they look more like fancy helicopters and flying cars. Toby hopes to launch these fully electric vehicles in 2025. They should have a range of 150 miles per job expects the average trip to be around 25. 00, meaning flying taxis would compliments not replace existing transport networks if and when these Tech Solutions materialize, they often bring with them their own set of regulatory costs and safety challenges or failed to solve some of the biggest transit issues. Ideally, mass transit should serve the masses. That means recognizing it as a public good, something flashy private innovation distracts from. If we wanted to do it, we could have been making investments in Transit Service and investments. Insight plenty of this structure and doing, you know, other things in order to address these issues. Instead of waiting for the Tech Industry to create solutions that were never actually going to solve anything in the 1st place, practical Transit Solutions that encourage people to ditch private cars are often a bit boring. While the electric buses popping up all over the world are cool. There are no flying cars. And transit researchers might be the only people on the planet to think a bikes, or sex. I have one right here in the background. Thats how i get the toward the theyre pretty under stated, theyre easy to maintain low cost. They enable quicker and longer bike trips without the cost of showing up. So i retired sykes and busses are great local Transit Solutions, but what makes them really shine is dedicated lanes like bogota as bus expressway is where amsterdam so expensive network of bike paths. And theres always room for innovation, like and many iin, where cable cars help traverse densely built steep terrain. So it will take much more than flashing animations to solve or traffic problems, let alone curb transits, climate impact, deep billions and Venture Capital in heaps of attention. These Tech Solutions garner would probably be better invested in truly boring, but more efficient, real solutions. The, the, all 3 and capital vienna is creating a completely new district. The shot spun is being constructed on a former air field on the outskirts of town. 27000 people are to live here. One day. Its a testing ground for Sustainable Housing and living. The subway was built long before the 1st house was erected. It only takes 15 minutes to get from the center of the capital to viennas newest district. Its meant to be car free, so bikes can be rented everywhere, free of charge. And 7 very important aspect was the connection to public transport right from the beginning, the 1st step was excavating the late, and then the subway was built. The idea was that people knew from the stop, they could travel here using public transport instead of it 1st taking that call and then having to rely on their behavior and get used to taking the subway only on the construction of the study. Aspen is being supported by several research teams. Magdalena, group, lima, and slowly and cooling out are investigating in a mobile lab how the residents as they should travel. They get the data from an app, which i also download directly onto my cell phone. The easiest for the next few days. It will automatically record all the routes that my camera team and i take plus info about the means of transport used and our c o 2 consumption. The young researchers also go from house to house to distribute questionnaires. The friendship, we need to know what the status quo is and monitor it continuously because there are changes in individual behavior and civil tenuously see stuff spun is changing as well. So its still under construction. I know its one that built. So theres still potential for the district to use new info for the next construction phase for the mix up the mobile lab shares, its data with anyone whos interested companies, city planners, and the residents themselves. The data is especially important for the planning phase. The new district is meant to learn from its mistakes. So begin what is to be said to 1st, it was tolerated that you park your car in front of the door just in order to make your move easier. But that behavior quickly became established and turned into a habit to give and when it was later penalized, there was a big fuss, although it was never planned. That parking would be allowed there. Lets keep pockets. So one of the things weve learned is to work with the Development Company to make sure that these things are taken into account in the newly built areas, um billing, 60 percent. All over the age that i spend there on multi story parking houses, which are very well camouflage. But theyre never closer than the next public transport stuff so that its not more attractive to take the car. My camera team and i are on board. We load 70 kilos of equipment into a cargo bike coat. Homestead isnt the only one of the planners as the start us man. Hes also one of the longest residents. Your hospital asking click is this 1st glance. Its nothing special and listen to all the initial development is pretty much just concrete construction with a few exceptions was not how it goes. But the sustainable aspect is it all comes from the lake to develop the lake didnt exist, it was excavated over the over tilted and the Environmental Impact statement. It was stipulated that everyone driving in here was over a certain number of trucks a day would have to pay a tall. And then so that made the concrete so expensive homes that it was cheaper to produce it on the site because its what the plan we built here and then on. And then they told me that the so the 1st phase of they started aspen was virtually born out of the lake. One comes on, the artificial lake is the center of the neighborhood. The whole district is built slightly sloping towards it so that all the rain water collects there. In addition, is fed by the ground water flow of the danube river. The star spun is home to some unique examples of sustainable architecture. At 24 stories and 84 meters high. The ho ho is the world. Second tallest wooden skyscraper. And Office Building is under construction here that doesnt need central heating or air conditioning. Extremely sick brick walls make it possible. The else composite, but not in the 1st phase sustainability. It was not the big issue. Residential development was the main concern. And we didnt even realize that was a key to sustainability or something that turned out to be the case when the 1st things started to work, we thought, wow, that worked. Now we can take it a step further. Goals to then came social change when suddenly in society and in politics, the doors were opening too early on. We argued about things like planting big trees and ended up planning small ones. Now its common front of you that the stunt is built on spongy ground, under the trees and plants that theres a layer of gravel, 80 centimeters thick. So the gaps are filled with the substrate of sand, compost, and bio chart, which serves to functions. It can store water and also release nutrients with many residents, find the gravel beds around the young trees to drop various initiatives are trying to make them more attractive, but its not all that easy. The most of the stuff to mean im home to applied the city of vienna for the senate in order to plant vegetation. And then you have to prove that you will take home this responsibility on that. You will take care of it regularly. So piece of 80 may say 5 them to most such a permit can take up to 3 months for large scale projects like the communal garden of heidi mac was gardners association. You need even more patients with the joy of being able to harvest fruit and vegetables makes up for the toil. Oh, what an abundant nature blocked. Well yeah, this is. Yeah. And they have this fabulous name that cooled all about this. Um, the calling you call me lists. What gets grown and when in the 1000 square meters of garden is a collective decision, vegetable gardens, sustainable architecture, good, public transport excess. None of this comes cheap. Another core principle of the study is social diversity. The sale of real estate within the project to private investors helps funds, social housing and public developments. Here. Sustainability also makes economic sense. Vast amounts of data are collected to ensure an optimized energy supply. Europes largest ever Energy Research project which employs over 200. 00 people is underway in the study span sensors are installed all over the district. They record in real time, how much energy each building consumes and how much it produces. As i cannot do this, the particular building is almost net 0 use is just a little more electricity than it produces as a photo of see if im talk next door is an energy plus building. It produces more electricity, then it consumes. Its like a spinner to say im going to go one step further. Take a building that requires a lot of cool, but yeah, it will also have a lot of waste heat. How does that warm energy is released into the atmosphere and thats problematic for the surrounding city. Its more efficient and intelligent to make the waste heat available to the neighboring building. I met them not by the badge that identifying and solving problems together. The stuff is all about community, thats the message i keep hearing. Were on our way to viennas newest mind about or Municipal Building a social housing concept, dating back to the 19 twentys and my kind of heart. And ill see, and im thinking you can still read on the buildings that they were finance from the revenues of the Residential Construction tax. That was a tax on luxury good. Its automobiles Service Personnel entertainments, such as opera and theater and so long to us on the out the, i take the oldest was taxed on the funds. Were used to finance the Municipal Building projects organ. Uh, do you mind developing finance here . The tax no longer exists, but while other cities in europe are struggling with spiraling rents and real estate, speculation, over half of viennas Housing Market is city owned. 4000 new subsidize homes are in the pipeline. The city already owns 220000 apartments like these 25 percent of the n as residents live in Municipal Housing idle high. Are you having down or com . Yes. But that right thanks. I just some estimate 5 off when i 1st came here it felt very syfy and utopian from top to bottom. I expected to see flying calm and such things supposedly different is these times what i think is great is the neighborhood management even though they organize lots of projects for the v shed at residents. And it makes you feel very at home, isnt it . From the time is the start as utopian as it seems, is this Green Urban Development project Community Living . Its best. The last stop on my visit to vienna is an intergenerational apartment block. The apartments are small, but there are also communal spaces and a roof garden. And to, to a strong sense of community. Thats not how we do service this within Sustainable Living because we borrow things from each other. And then people ask for instance, hey, can i bore you . I n 2 and i just have my grandson visiting this. And so i needed a called a baby rocha and a hi to drop this off and i was able to borrow everything. So that was great. Yeah, i can easily get both women moved to the study. I spend from much bigger apartments in the inner city. I move neither have ever regretted. Scroll safari date is miles of how many Sports Grounds that all under and around the train tracks to sewage, what they say, and that always in use p as a throughout the day just until late in the evening. Be them as always last uh, theres always something happened now. Do you see the vehicle it is vibrant makes me happy, been dicking me . Said for me, for all the buildings in the 1st construction phase had been state subsidized, which is why so many young families live here. The next Development Phase will see the construction of private leave finance departments. Lots interest houses they shed at aspen is a work in progress and learning, evolving and flourishing the dynamic economy and a rapidly expanding consumer market. India is an emerging global powerhouse, many highly skilled Young Indians who moved abroad, returning home to be positive that the other guys all very good morning. Uh, welcome to our design screen. A team meeting at ha mobility, a startup, headquartered in hyderabad, south india, home to almost 7000000 people. C e o is 29 year old. So we cant ready. He studied in italy and spain, but after gaining a doctorate chose to return to india. I had a medical creative job, in fact, like its a, its a hyping job that i can be happy to set it on there. But what will drive me here to move is that the impact that i can to the end of the experience that i have. And the bigger problem that it gets on the companys fleet of over 2500 electric vehicles are rented out to customer neighborhoods of money, such as deliver for a people 3 years ago. Ready chose to launch his business in india because he was confident there was a huge demand for electric mobility solutions. Whenever youre dealing with 1400000 population here. And that population needs the different types of solutions. And thats the benefit anyone would get on top of it and the young generation that the india has. And that is what is going to drive the whole and make the simple one of the superpowers i get. The Indian Economy is currently seeing unparalleled growth. It said to overtake germany and japan, within the next 4 years, the startups must rooming across the country, prove that this is boom, time for india. When we started in new york, we need to in the novel, we thought it would be a 2 way cuz right on that same year wed scale it up between the and then you know, in the next 5 years with a 10200 we because from data we scale the journey, 2000 our numbers when we picked up our 1st round of investment last year with the investment, be good for them because sometimes the vehicles based Ride Sharing Company has already raised 1000000. 00 in funding and ready now overseas a team of 80 people, many of them originally come from small towns and villages such as mechanics, ravonne, coma. Because someone is as i believe, im learning a lot in my village. I always used to just being given orders, but here everything is explained. Theres opportunity to develop and ive already been taught so much that would never have happened in my village. Theres a world of difference between the city and where i grow out because he wants to show his boss where he comes from up there on a visit to. So you to poor a small town with a population of 4000 outside high to robot. Originally traveling had wanted to leave his family on his home, but he knew his prospect would be better in the city and the one ready to go. So before i went to hyderabad to become a mechanic, i wanted to start up my own business here in my hometown, kind of, you know, not, i wanted to open a small garage, but it wasnt possible. And no one took me seriously. They quibbled over everything. Was completely demoralized, i know where to go tomorrow is that of miles the believe. And the rapid Technological Progress underway in the cities has passed by much of rural india. The crew morris live from farming making around 150. 00 euro is a month for evans. Mother says that politicians arent interested in the plight of towns and villages like site up port st. Louis, im not in here ever changes. Everything is the way its always being the government promised that things would improve button, nothing happened, but im just leaving people with an education comp find work that pays a decent wage. And thats why my son moved to the city and visit i. This is not a world that ready is familiar with, but 2 thirds of indias population of over a 1000000000 live in rural areas. And theres growing awareness that they need more opportunities. It can be moving to the cities working that improving their lifestyle or whatever it can be and to achieve the dreams that they have in their head site. So i would say that as i feel a lot of god, that needs to be the frame. Thats where the tea hub center in hydra bought comes in. Its a project financed by the state that advises and supports start ups like readies from day one. Yeah. Hello sir. Good morning. How are you all good, so thanks a lot. Anthony. A nice. T hubs. Chief Operations Officer welcomes young entrepreneurs interest in rule india. Im going to take it moving out there. Sustainability is moving out there. Right. So there are startups, what actually solving for real problems for non metro problems. But i had 3 diets or send me up and video been problems. So, um, i think yes, there are lot of started withholding for those problems as well. And the taking the solutions out into the mazda of here in hyderabad, groundbreaking, new technology such as Artificial Intelligence is welcomed. While there are currently just over 300 start ups working in the innovation center, this number is set to rise to more than 20000 in the next 5 years. Entrepreneur is like ready predict that india will soon be an economic superpower. Its not too far to get the, i dont seem to go to buy layoff in the us time for high to buy or even better tact or to have a unique situation for us as and then comparing to anyone else and hide the bodies in that range and india will be in that place, may have, you know, its going to be a center point of innovation. India is population and economy are growing. And so is the confidence of its vast population, the or the, the, chinas favorites probably knowing your billions in loans on infrastructure, investments. Serbia is the bridge head for china as news. Sell cloud critics or warning up too much dependence and control. Chinas influence in 15 minutes and d w, we need to pull a golf and think about going Women Leaders from all over africa promoting gingerly quality by just being themselves playing for something extra or do you know that we do is i menda limited field. 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