Jean Lievens: Helsinki’s Plan to End Car Ownership

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Helsinki's ambitious plan to make car ownership pointless in 10 years

Finland's capital hopes a ‘mobility on demand' system that integrates all forms of shared and public transport in a single payment network could essentially render private cars obsolete

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Helsinki aims to transcend conventional public transport by allowing people to purchase mobility in real time, straight from their smartphones. The hope is to furnish riders with an array of options so cheap, flexible and well-coordinated that it becomes competitive with private car ownership not merely on cost, but on convenience and ease of use.

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