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...mass transit are bumper-to-bumper anyway: people buy cars for convenience and status. Kant of Tata Motors says he's sick of going to parties in India and in the West and listening to "these rich people ask about congestion and pollution and global warming. I ask them, 'Sir, will you stop using your car and start taking the bus?' People should be thanking us our cars are small. Let all those SUVs in America be replaced by the one-lakh car if people are so worried." Today, India. Tomorrow, the world...
There is another way. In December, Sir Rod Eddington, former head of British Airways, completed a study on transport for the U.K. He evaluated all kinds of projects--from fancy high-speed trains to simple bike paths--and calculated the return on investment per pound spent. What he found was surprising. "Small can be beautiful," his report concluded. Large projects like new rail lines tended to be less beneficial for the money than modest ones, like widening an old road. The British government is now funding more projects on the basis of this more rational notion of overall value...
...more from Sir Ben Kingsley read the extra questions. Listen to this interview on Time.com's 10 Questions podcast. Find more interviews at time.com/10questions.
TIME's interview with the actor continues on Time.com. Read these extra questions with Sir Ben Kingsley...
...only high-priced designer--her wares typically cost thousands of dollars apiece--trying to improve the world one purse at a time. Joining her in the attempt to persuade fashionistas to carry their groceries home in a reusable bag is Stella McCartney, the English designer--and daughter of Sir Paul--whose organic cotton shopper retails for $495. Hermes' collapsible silk bag costs nearly double that, while Louis Vuitton's canvas tote retails for a staggering $1,720. Of course, people who can handle those kinds of price tags are probably outsourcing their grocery shopping. But Hindmarch thinks such fashion symbols...