The Future of Transportation:  Using Less of It

It seems that one could add the suffix “genic” to any noun form, to create an adjective meaning that a certain thing is made or caused by a particular source.  Take the work “obesogenic,” for instance; it’s hardly in mainstream parlance, but no one could possibly wonder what it means.

As we redesign our cities and the modes of transportation we use to move our bodies and our goods around inside them, we would be well to remember that we have the opportunity to provide an important benefit: physical exercise.  This is an occasion to revert a trend that applies to an alarming number of people: steadily gaining weight, as there is no good reason for them to walk or bicycle to a destination.

Here’s an article, under the “smart cities” category, that explores this exactly.