In the face of resource depletion, environmental changes, lifestyle changes, demographic and digital adaptation, old ideologies of city building and expensive and complex automobility solutions are in freefall. These changes are creating severe friction between the old and new paradigms. This book provides new perspectives through the process of ideological disassociation and concepts of human mobility code. The basic premise of the book, human mobility is an essential component of our creativity that comes from our unconscious desire to become a part of a community. Several new concepts in the book starts with the hallmark of new discovery of human mobility code and its implications of urban mobility boundary systems to stay within safe planetary zone. A new discovery of human mobility code from comprehensive research finding prove that each individual develops a unique mobility footprint and become our mobility identity. Beyond individual hallmarks, human develops collective mobility codes through interaction with the third space on which entire mobility systems lie and are created by the fundamentals of city planning and the design process. Readers are introduced to an innovative mobility planning process and reinvention of multimodal mobility approaches based on new mobility code while formulating new concepts, practical solutions and implementation techniques, tools, policies, and processes to reinforce low-carbon mobility options while addressing social equity, environmental, and health benefits. Finally, the book arms us with knowledge to prevent the disaster of full technological enlightenment against our natural human mobility code.
About the Author: Dewan Masud Karim has worked in public and private sectors for 18+ years of his career in pioneering urban innovation, developing numerous smart mobility and data innovations in mobility planning and creative design engineering projects in both Japan and Canada. Based on factual knowledge and a holistic view on transportation planning, his transportation "people-focus" professional practice seeks better integration between shared mobility modes and smart technologies, sustainable safety, and smart growth planning and urban design objectives while improving quality of place and services.
Awarded "Best Planning System" and ITE Project of Year in 2015 at MIT Media Lab Disrupting Mobility Summit, he developed an innovative mobility ecosystem and multimodal smart mobility hub concept during his work at City of Toronto. This system combines innovative technologies, real-time travel pattern, data visualization, equitable use of public space, vision zero safety principles, and an evidence-based scientific approach to rebuild and redesign city's mobility systems for people instead of cars. In 2015, he was invited by Dr. Shaheen and Dr. Meyer to write a chapter for their book, Disrupting Mobility, after winning the award at the MIT media lab. Prior to joining City Planning, Dewan worked as a planning engineer at consulting companies and City of Oshawa where he created a unique concept of multimodal planning and shared mobility model for transportation master/ secondary plans. In his role at City of Oshawa, Dewan's career extended beyond traditional planning; he introduced new multi-modal transportation policies for master planning areas, application of complete street principles, evidence-based bicycle planning and the Durham Bike Summit, which instituted the "Bicycle Friendly Communities" Award and the Walkable Oshawa project leading to City Council's recognition of the Pedestrian Charter.
Dewan shares his experience through public presentations, professional publications and part-time teaching in big data, smart mobility planning, public space redesign, sustainable transportation, advanced LRT planning, and operations course. He has been invited as a keynote speaker for local and international Smart City events. After completing a B.S. in Civil Engineering, Dewan obtained an M.S. in Transportation Infrastructure Planning from the University of Tokyo, with and specializing in Traffic Safety from Ryerson University.
