Mobility

Autonomous vehicles could clog city centres: a lesson from Boston

Traffic fills Exeter Street in the Back Bay in Boston, Massachusetts, United States June 13, 2015. Outdoor scenes in Boston show local residents enjoying balmy weather amid lush greenery as the summer solstice approaches on 21 June. The very same locations suffered heavy snowstorms last winter, with snow ploughs, skiers and snowboarders battling the drifts. Boston got 275.8 cm of snow over the winter, the most since 1872, when records began. A few months after the snowstorms, Brian Snyder revisited the same places and shot pictures at exactly the same locations. REUTERS/Brian Snyder TPX IMAGES OF THE DAYPICTURE 14 OF 30 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "WINTER FREEZE, SUMMER SOLSTICE" SEARCH "BRIAN SOLSTICE" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000132295

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John Moavenzadeh
Head of Mobility Industries and System Initiative, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum LLC
Nikolaus Lang
Managing Director and Senior Partner; Global Leader, Global Advantage Practice, BCG (Boston Consulting Group)
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