Frost & Sullivan Debate: Personal or Public? - The Future of Urban Mobility in a Low Carbon World

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Frost & Sullivan Debate: Personal or Public? -

The Future of Urban Mobility in a Low Carbon

World

PR Newswire

LONDON, June 13, 2012

- While Car Manufacturers will Transform into Service Providers,

Governments Need to Promote a Sustainable and Cost-efficient

Transport Solution

LONDON

,

June 13, 2012

/PRNewswire/ -- The mobility share of the car as a

means of transport has recently been declining. A 2011 survey conducted by

Frost & Sullivan in 23 mega cities globally revealed that the share of public

transport as well as push bikes has increased by around one to 2 per cent

within one year. At the same time, car ownership per 1000 people in the cities

of the developed world remains the same, and in some cases, is even falling.

This was one of the key themes of the discussion during Frost & Sullivan's

debate

'Personal or Public? Urban Mobility in a Low Carbon World'

,

taking place at the House of Lords in

London

this afternoon. The first day of the

two-day congress was opened by Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for

Transport, Mr. Norman Baker MP.

"The UK is well placed to lead the race in low carbon road technology," said Mr.

Baker during his keynote speech. "Overall, we need to cut carbon and create

growth, and that is why the UK government is committed to do with a

GBP 560

million

sustainable transport fund. If we want to achieve the government

targets of 80 per cent reduction carbon emissions we need to pull all the

levers."

Mr. Baker suggested that integration is the way forward: "The debate or answer

is not personal versus private transport, but integrated."

To brace themselves for the inevitable threat presented by declining car

ownership and rising car sharing schemes, car manufacturers are in the

process of transforming themselves into service providers by offering

integrated mobility solutions. Major car companies like BMW, Peugeot and

Daimler are unveiling integrated mobility-on-demand solutions. Vehicle

manufacturers today are measuring their mobility share and not their market

share anymore.

Owning a car is a difficult endeavour for the young people of today. Car

insurance, especially for young drivers (18 to 25 year olds) has soared, making

it impossible for them to own a car. In the UK, drivers under the age of 21 have

seen their average annual cost of cover rise to more than

2,000 pounds

Sterling

. The challenge for the governments is therefore, to pre-empt a

landscape of declining opportunities for the car industry, by understanding and

prioritising investment, and promoting sustainable and cost efficient transport

solutions. Greater buy-in and understanding among users and customers is

crucial, if policy is to nurture and encourage sustainable travel practices among

urbanites of the future.

"The industry needs the support of the policy holders and relief from some of