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FuTurE MobIlITy

Pathways for sustainable

personal transportation

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) has Kathryn Luu, Communications rences—and the potential consequences

completed a 3-year study of “Mobility Specialist, MIT Energy Initiative as personal mobility undergoes tremen-
dous changes in the years ahead.
of the Future” to plot a decarbonised n our daily lives, we all make choices
pathway for light duty vehicles about how we travel and what type of The Insights into Future Mobility report is
the culmination of MITEI’s three-year Mo-
vehicle we own or use. We consider
(i.e. cars) globally. Wide in scope and these choices within the constraints bility of the Future study, which is part of
MIT’s Plan for Action on Climate Change.
of our current transportation system
detail, it covers government policies, Iand weigh concerns including costs, The report highlights the importance of
consumer choices and technologies, convenience, and—increasingly—carbon near-term action to ensure the long-term
sustainability of personal mobility. The re-
emissions. Insights into Future Mobility, a
and it combines their multiple multidisciplinary report released today by searchers ultimately find that continued
technological innovation is necessary and
the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), explo-
and complex impacts into a set of res how individual travel decisions will be must be accompanied by cross-sector po-
recommendations shaped by complex interactions between licies and changes to consumer behavior in
order to meet Paris Agreement targets for
technologies, markets, business models,
government policies, and consumer prefe- greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

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