In the context of au European project, we are studying societal trends that have an impact on mobility and transport at the horizon 2030.

 Based on the emerging consensus among social scientists (Clegg and Baumeler 2010) that it exist a shift towards liquid modernity introduced by Z. Bauman (Bauman 2000). Liquid modernity refers to more flexibility but also  to an acceleration of social life identified by post Marxists (Harvey 1990), geographers (Levine 1998) and H. Rosa (Rosa 2003).

 Acceleration of social life and more flexibility pushes an expectation that transport systems needs less travel planning, that information is always available.

 Levine proposed a measurement of the pace of life based on the three measurements of the speed of pedestrians in streets, the time it takes to buy a stamp in a post-office and the accuracy of public clocks (Levine 1998, 131). These measurements have been criticized but they show a high level of diversity across the planet, linked to cultural differences.

 Walking speed of pedestrians is considered as dependent on the size of cities (Bornstein and Bornstein 1976; Bettencourt et al. 2007; Schläpfer et al. 2014). If we follow this rationale, pace of life should increase with the increasing size of cities related to the urbanization trend (by extension through mobility and by intensification).

 But beyond these elements, could you suggest sources for evidence and statistics of these ideas of acceleration? 

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