A new book offering a refreshingly multifaceted view of the combined future of cars, streets and policy in Southern California, The Car in 2035: Mobility Planning for the Near Future is available on Amazon and in bookstores. Essays and images present the car as both a challenge and benefit to our neighborhoods, cities, and suburbs. A lively mix of auto industry experts, planners, designers, artists, researchers, and architects contemplates how we will adapt our cars and their context so we can continue to enjoy the freedom and benefits of individual mobility in the future. The book features photos by acclaimed Los Angeles-based artist Monica Nouwens and design by Colleen Corcoran. Authors include John Thackara; Michael Webb of Archigram; John Chris Jones, author of Design Methods; and Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, chair of Graduate studies in Art at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, and Geoffrey Wardle, leader of Graduate Transportation Design at the Art Center College of Design. ...Like us on facebook.com/TheCarin2035

Authors: Marco Anderson, Alan Dobbins, Steve Finnegan, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Christopher Gray, Terry A. Hayes, Simon Henley, Mark Hoffman, John Chris Jones, Jeremy Klop, Sang-eun Lee, Shannon S. McDonald, Steve Mazor, Eric Noble and Bill Surber, Simon Pastucha, Mohammad Poorsartep, Kati Rubinyi, Tom Smiley, John Thackara, Bill Trimble, John Stutsman, Doug Suisman, Geoffrey Wardle, Michael Webb.