IN order to realize significant improvement in our mobility environment, one of the hurdles we need to overcome is the prevalence of vehicle-centric transportation planning that prioritizes the mobility of motor vehicles over the mobility of people. Shifting to people-centric transportation planning is one of the fundamental reforms we need to implement at every level and in both the public and private sectors.

Because I was keen to explore this issue further, I asked ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI, to write an essay on people-centric versus vehicle-centric transportation planning. This is what ChatGPT came up with: