Urban planning and design are helping us to shift from a car-centric system to a bike-centric one by making bicycles and bicycle infrastructure superior in functionality and attractiveness. — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
Looking at the numbers, the transatlantic slave trade matches the Holocaust in horror - maybe even without counting subsidiary effects like internal strife and… — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
I do think we need to at least register artificial intelligence units to be able to monitor and control them. Because we want to… — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
Bundling finance, energy solutions, water solutions, traffic infrastructure, and all general urban infrastructures is too much of an ask for most developing cities. — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
Consumers do not want a perceived cheap car; they want a car to flaunt. A car is as much about status and identity as… — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
Neoliberalism became the leading economic ideology in the U.S. and in the U.K. during Ronald Reagan's and Margaret Thatcher's mandates. In this way, the… — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
Urban mobility is a massive global challenge. The world needs people to use multiple forms of transport - a mix of biking, walking, and… — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
Citizens have long been easily influenced by the opinions of others and sought social proof, but social media have amplified the phenomena to unprecedented… — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
Design negotiates between technology, policy, systems, and users. — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
The road to energy efficiency is, in theory, a sustainability sweepstake. More efficiency means that less fuel is required to generate a given amount… — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
Curbing pollution and global warming takes a global cooperative mindset. Development aid needs to be rethought in this context. — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
Being design-led means designers take ideas from the abstract to the concrete, from potential to real value. — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
Effective altruism is a philosophy and social movement which tries to work out the most effective ways to improve the world. Effective altruists -… — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
Our houses, shops, and factories waste gigantic amounts of energy, often in the form of excess heat. How do we slash this waste? The… — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
Regardless of our political stance, we cannot afford to perpetuate the Western car-centric model. — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
Airships could be part of the answer to Africa's infrastructure woes - if the financial challenges are overcome. — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
