How do you imagine the future of mobility?
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How do you imagine the future of mobility?

Aurel Stevens
29.8.2019
Translation: Patrik Stainbrook

Futurist and retro-futurist artists have come up with bold visions of the future. As well as ideas on how mobility could look in the future. Think big and guess how we'll move around in the world of tomorrow.

1965
1965

160 km/h in cities

A good idea?

  • Sure, no problem for self-driving cars.
    49%
  • Don't think so.
    51%

The competition has ended.

The New Universe '70, 1953: cities in the glacial desert of the Polar Sea.
The New Universe '70, 1953: cities in the glacial desert of the Polar Sea.

When will most cars no longer run on fossil fuels?

Oil will run out eventually.

  • Before 2040.
    29%
  • Before 2050.
    32%
  • Before 2060.
    15%
  • Before 2070.
    6%
  • After that.
    18%

The competition has ended.

Urbanisation continues to progress and it has been agreed that cities will become bigger and bigger.

The New Universe '85, 1968.
The New Universe '85, 1968.

When will a city first reach 50 million inhabitants?

Tokyo stands at 38 million people.

  • Before 2040.
    66%
  • Before 2060.
    26%
  • Before 2080.
    4%
  • Before 2100.
    3%

The competition has ended.

The New Universe '84, 1967: pneumatic post for humans.
The New Universe '84, 1967: pneumatic post for humans.

Will we still own cars in the future?

Sharing economy or private property?

  • The sharing economy will prevail. Most people won't own a car anymore.
    46%
  • Individual, private mobility will never be replaced on a large scale.
    54%

The competition has ended.

1967, the first colony on Mars.
1967, the first colony on Mars.

The first colony on Mars?

When will it be established?

  • Before 2050.
    22%
  • Before 2075.
    27%
  • Before 2100.
    18%
  • After 2100.
    21%
  • Never.
    12%

The competition has ended.

Pictures: Klaus Bürgle († 2014), klausbuergle.de

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