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The COVID-19 global pandemic in 2020 has reminded us of the vulnerability of our most basic human-made systems and has laid bare the fragile economic, social, and environmental underpinnings of our world today. The pandemic has provoked an impetus to take a fresh look at several old concepts, including the concepts of systems, risks, and resilience. While systemwide thinking in transport is not new, the extent of the far-reaching boundaries of this system has to be expanded to better reflect: (i) interoperability between different modes of transportation, and how this affects space and the environment; (ii) interdependencies with other systems—energy–transport nexus, health, education; and (iii) expanded risks and threats—extreme weather events linked to climate change, information and telecommunication (ICT) vulnerability and failures, and pandemics. Broader and more accurate risk and resilience considerations, when incorporated into the public decision-making process, will vastly improve the quality of policy and investment choices in transport.
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Vandycke, N., Viegas, J.M. (2022). A Systemic Approach to Transport and Mobility. In: Sustainable Mobility in a Fast-Changing World. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08961-9_7
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