Garry Golden is a futurist. Futurists are scientists who analyze the way the world is today and use that information.to predict what the world will be like in the future. Golden focuses on the study of transportation. He spends his days studying the relationships between cars, subways, and trains. But he's most excited about imagining the way these relationships will change in the future. Many public transportation supporters dislike big cities because they spend hours driving from one side of the city to the other. And there aren't enough buses and. subways. However, Golden sees a trend toward fewer cars' in the future. He explains, "Cities have a cost of car ownership, which is a challenge. All these vehicles cost the city in services, in having to repair roads and other things. "Cars also take up a lot of space. Golden points out that having so many parking spaces is wasteful. Much of the time the parking spaces sit empty. What is the solution?"I think cities will make new laws to limit the number of cars people can have ," says Golden. "Instead, people will use taxis, subways, and buses. New technology, like smartphones, can make these forms of public transportation even better. Imagine if everyone had a smartphone and used them to signal when they wanted to ride the bus. Buses could change their route to meet people's requests." How soon would these changes come? Golden admits that it will take several years. Cities can be slow to change. Also, new systems of transportation can be expensive. "But it's coming," he says. "The trend of the empowered city will be here soon. " The other trend that excites Golden is electric cars. Golden especially believes in the future of electric cars that have sensors to understand the world around them. "If we have cars that can communicate with one another, they can adjust speeds to cut down on traffic jams,"he says. Rush hour in big cities would be much less painful. One challenge is that it is hard to cheaply produce batteries that are strong enough for these cars. But Golden argues we could, also make cars out of strong plastic composites . The cars would then be much lighter and much cheaper to make. Golden remains positive about the future. "There are so many exciting developments ,"he says. "In thirty years we will live a different world. "

Answer this series of questions:

1. What is the last name of this person??
2. And the first?
3. What are they?
4. What does he examine?
5. What does he especially look forward to?
6. What do people spend too much time doing in big areas?
7. Is there a shortage of anything there?
8. What is one thing?
9. What else?
10. What does he think will happen?
11. What is a disadvantage of automobiles?
12. What else?
13. What does it waste?
14. What might mayors do instead?
15. What will people start to use?
16. What is something they could do with their phones?
17. What is the trend called he thinks will happen?
18. What else is he looking forward to?
19. What is a problem with them?
20. And a solution?

Numbered answers:
1. Golden
2. Garry
3. a futurist
4. the study of transportation
5. The way relationships between cars, subways, trains will change in the future
6. they spend hours driving from one side of the city to the other.
7. Yes
8. buses
9. subways
10. a trend toward fewer cars' in the future.
11. Cities have a cost of car ownership,
12. Cars also take up a lot of space.
13. having so many parking spaces is wasteful.
14. limit the number of cars people can have ,
15. taxis, subways, and buses.
16. used them to signal when they wanted to ride the bus
17. empowered city
18. electric cars
19. to cheaply produce batteries that are strong enough for these cars.
20. we could, also make cars out of strong plastic composites