The Future of Mobility

5, 10, and 20-Year Outlook in a Global Context

The Future of Mobility report (part of a series of Future of Being Human reports developed working with generative AI) offers a strategic roadmap for organizations navigating today’s transportation upheaval. Targeted at policymakers, business leaders and researchers, it distills the technological, social and regulatory forces that will redefine how people and goods move over the next two decades, and organizes them into three actionable horizons—tactical (5 years), strategic (10 years) and transformational (20 years). The briefing is deliberately concise yet rigorous, pairing plain-language narrative with data-rich visuals and direct links to primary sources.

Across just over forty pages, the study synthesizes global evidence on electric-vehicle uptake, autonomous driving, shared and public transit, logistics automation, new air- and space-mobility concepts, climate-driven migration and shifting consumer values.

Report Prepared by OpenAI o3/Deep Research and reviewed and edited by Andrew Maynard

April 23, 2025