Futurban
What is the future of urban living? Yesterday I chaired a panel on creating sustainable infrastructure for business and life, as part of the AMS Future Forward Festival. I took away three insights: 1. Efficiency doesn’t equal effectiveness. More efficient traffic, whether with EVs or drones, doesn’t mean better transport. 2. Economic benefit doesn’t equal social benefit. Mixed-use, culturally-rich spaces may not be the most profitable, but they are often the most desirable. 3. Price doesn’t equal value. Until we put a cost on externalities, like a carbon tax, we will always struggle to invest in creating long-term value.
— Wayne Visser
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