2. Megatrends – the toughest questions of our time
Demographic Urbanization Climate change Globalization
change
Climate change is a Global economic
World population will Today, half the fact. It is a serious growth is unequally
continue to grow world’s population man-made environ- distributed among
rapidly (up 26% by lives in urban areas. mental challenge, the world’s indivi-
2030). In addition, The number of me- threatening huma- dual regions.
societies in both gacities with more nity as well as the Globalization leads
developed and emer- than ten million inha- biosphere. to growth and pros-
ging nations will bitants has in- Innovations are the perity in those coun-
continue to age. creased tenfold in strongest levers to tries that participate
the last 50 years. combat its negative in this process.
consequences.
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3. Megatrends pose urgent challenges to cities
Demographic change Urbanization
Climate change Globalization
Growing demand for
Increasing mobility
health- and elder care
Traffic congestion on city streets in Western Urban air pollution causes an estimated 130,000
Europe will increase 188% by 2010 premature deaths each year in developing
countries (Source: WHO)
Increasing scarcity Growing demand for
of natural resources safety and security
Growing need for
Cities directly or indirectly account for 60% of environmental care Malfunctions of critical infra-structures pose high
world's water use risks to urban economies: in 2003 3-day power
Cities cause 80% of the outage in New York City caused loss of 1 bn USD
greenhouse gases, but they cover only 0.4% of the
earth's surface
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4. The forecast:
The demand for mobility will constantly rise
Annual growth rate of Annual growth rate of
passenger traffic 2000–2030 freight traffic 2000–2030
Growth rate (in percent)
4
3
2
1
OECD OECD OECD Eastern Total Asia Africa Middle India former Latin China
Pacific Europe North Europe East Soviet America
America Union
Passenger traffic worldwide will post an annual growth rate of 1.6% up to 2030,
while freight traffic is expected to increase by 2.5%.*
* “Mobility 2030” report compiled by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the International Energy Agency (IEA), and the CRA International
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5. Railway country Switzerland in the European comparison
Kilometer per person for each Rides per person for each habitant
habitant in the year 2006 in the year 2006
Luxemburg France
UK UK
Germany Germany
Austrian Austrian
France
Luxemburg
Switzerland
Switzerland
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
0 10 20 30 40 50
Source: Railway Statistics, Synopsis 2006
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12. Complete Mobility
Integrated solutions are the key to safe, clean and reliable mobility!
Intercity & Airport Metropolitan & Integrated Fleet Postal
High Speed Transport Solutions City Security Traffic Management Management Automation
Commuter & Urban Parking Freight Transport &
Regional Transport Transport Management City Tolling Cargo Management
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