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Ford Motor Company organized the City of Tomorrow Symposium, gathering opinion leaders, academicians, innovators, policy makers and TED speakers to share ideas on creating a better tomorrow, with a focus on mobility.

Amitabh Kant, the CEO of Niti Aayog, who was one of the main speakers at the event brought out a fact that big cities occupy only 3% of the earth's landmass, but generate more than 80% of the total pollution. One of the major contributors to the high pollution levels is vehicular pollution, and congestion in major cities.

Further Adding to the problem is the fact that, the aspiration of most middle class families is to have a car of their own, which when achieved, would bring millions of cars onto the roads which are already clogged up. The challenge here is to keep that growth going while keeping it environmentally sustainable.

Amitabh Kant went on to say, "Forums like the City of Tomorrow are crucial in kick-starting conversations that will help find solutions for the difficult issues our cities will face in the coming years." With the kind of thoughts and ideas brought to the table by the speakers at the symposium, solutions to the issues of the future do not seem far off.

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