Transportation and Demographics
One of the challenges that will continue to influence transportation policy (and funding availability) will be the demographic shifts as the Baby Boomer Generation moves into retirement (assuming the economic environment does not limit their ability to retire). GE put together this pretty cool Infographic where you can compare different countries and their projected demographics distribution by age and gender over the next 40 years. This struck me as relevant as I have been starting to read Joel Kotkin’s “The Next 100 Million” which has some interesting things to say about where and how growth will happen in the US and in Houston. It makes me think about what kind of transportation systems we will need to serve the changing demographic bases in the future.
This GE tool makes me think some other countries are going to have some even more challenging issues in the not too distant future.
