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The technologies that could transform the way we live in the decades ahead.

Adam Shaw travels the globe to find out how technology might transform the way we live in the decades ahead.

Horizons: Road to the Future

Factual: Money

29/10/2016 GMT

Road to the Future

BBC World News - Horizons, Road to the Future

Adam Shaw looks at technological developments which could improve our roads.

Adam Shaw journeys on a highway to the future looking at some of the technological developments which could make our roads safer, cleaner and greener in the decades ahead.

Congested roads are the scourge of the modern city; an increasing numbers of cars are filling our roads and they just can't cope. Yet innovators are now trying to develop cleverer vehicles, better transport networks and more environmentally friendly solutions that can help solve our transport headaches. From solar powered roads in the Netherlands to re-imagining the carbon footprint of vehicle manufacture in the U.S. Scientists and technologists around the world are increasingly looking at our transport systems and calling for change. Adam Shaw journeys on a highway to the future looking at some of the technological developments which could make our roads safer, cleaner and greener in the decades ahead.

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