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The “80:20 rule” has served us well - in many spheres of life. Not least in commerce and business administration. But, like everything in the universe, it has limits. In truth the rule may be fatally flawed – especially when applied to systems involving individuals - to natural systems!

Huddinge, in Greater Stockholm, is the first municipality in Sweden to get its own urban walking map. The map will combat increased sedentary living and growing waistlines by encouraging people to get out and walk more. And for planners, highlight the importance of walking as environmentally friendly transport. Hopefully, Huddinge’s 89,000 inhabitants and planning departments will be in better shape and better prepared to meet the effects of rising fuel costs as oil becomes scarcer

Anyone who thinks seriously about today’s personal transport system knows that cars must change. But change to what?

The OSCar project is being developed in response to the challenge for a practical fuel cell car, which is a clear leading contender as an alternative to today’s gasoline- driven cars. But the fuel cell car I envision is not a Chevy Trailblazer with a fuel cell but a new architecture derived from the characteristics of fuel cells, as championed by Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute in Colorado.

In this age of Hypermobility, we have lost the efficiency of human mobility. Within the city centre, commuting is the biggest unseen HRM challenge for organisations. We must reassess which modes of transport are appropriate in our urban reality. We need to define a new category of sustainable personal mobility, for the 21st century.