Moving cities: the future of urban travel

In this collection of essays we concentrate on the future of urban travel. We have asked our contributors to help us understand what the prospects are for personal and public transport in an urban environment, and what challenges and opportunities are already discernible. The scope of the essays is broad, encompassing demography; multimodal requirements; health considerations; regulation and governance; changing work behaviours; the changing economic circumstances of young adults; funding for roads; local versus national control of transport; the impact of new automotive technologies and infrastructure on emissions, congestion and vehicle ownership; and n with the availability of autonomous vehicles no longer a distant prospect n the issue of human interface with vehicle control itself.