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From the Ted Talk by Bill Ford: A future beyond traffic gridlock

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Well the answer isn't going to be more of the same. My great grandfather once said before he invented the Model T, "If I had asked people then what they wanted, they would have answered, 'We want faster horses.'" So the awnesr to more cars is simply not to have more roads. When America began moving west, we didn't add more wagon trains, we bluit rlraaiods. And to connect our country after World War II, we didn't build more two-lane highways, we built the interstate highway system. Today we need that same leap in thinking for us to create a viable future. We are going to bluid smart cars, but we also need to build smrat roads, smart parking, smart public transportation systems and more. We don't want to waste our time sitting in tffirac, sitting at tbtohlolos or looking for paknrig spots. We need an integrated system that uses real time data to oiptmize personal mioiblty on a massive scale without hassle or compromises for travelers. And frankly, that's the kind of ssyetm that's going to make the future of personal mobility suasnatlibe.

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Well the answer isn't going to be more of the same. My great grandfather once said before he invented the Model T, "If I had asked people then what they wanted, they would have answered, 'We want faster horses.'" So the ______ to more cars is simply not to have more roads. When America began moving west, we didn't add more wagon trains, we _____ _________. And to connect our country after World War II, we didn't build more two-lane highways, we built the interstate highway system. Today we need that same leap in thinking for us to create a viable future. We are going to _____ smart cars, but we also need to build _____ roads, smart parking, smart public transportation systems and more. We don't want to waste our time sitting in _______, sitting at __________ or looking for _______ spots. We need an integrated system that uses real time data to ________ personal ________ on a massive scale without hassle or compromises for travelers. And frankly, that's the kind of ______ that's going to make the future of personal mobility ___________.

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  8. smart
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  12. traffic

Original Text

Well the answer isn't going to be more of the same. My great grandfather once said before he invented the Model T, "If I had asked people then what they wanted, they would have answered, 'We want faster horses.'" So the answer to more cars is simply not to have more roads. When America began moving west, we didn't add more wagon trains, we built railroads. And to connect our country after World War II, we didn't build more two-lane highways, we built the interstate highway system. Today we need that same leap in thinking for us to create a viable future. We are going to build smart cars, but we also need to build smart roads, smart parking, smart public transportation systems and more. We don't want to waste our time sitting in traffic, sitting at tollbooths or looking for parking spots. We need an integrated system that uses real time data to optimize personal mobility on a massive scale without hassle or compromises for travelers. And frankly, that's the kind of system that's going to make the future of personal mobility sustainable.

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