Introduction
The past 25 years have seen some huge changes, brought on by many forces including political, environmental, technological, social and demographic. These forces are continual and will shape the next 25 years, with considerable impact on the way we travel and transport goods.
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK (CILT) has attempted to examine the forces of change and develop a vision for 2035. The aim is to understand the impacts that wider societal progress will have on transport (and vice versa), to set a context for how industry will operate in the future and to identify the policy instruments that will be required to serve society as effectively as possible. The key output of the work is a set of findings and recommendations, addressed to decision makers and their advisors nationwide. They will help steer our vision towards a future that is better not just for transport and logistics but also for society too.
To understand the scale of change that could take place by 2035, just look back at what has changed over the past 25 years. In those days there was no internet, we were road building (completing the M25), almost nobody had a mobile phone and environmental concerns were not widespread. Transport facilities such as journey planning and ticketing were nowhere near as sophisticated as they are today. What will the next 25 years hold, and what challenges and pressures will emerge to shape the way transport systems evolve? CILT has identified drivers of change and other factors that will need to be taken into account.
