The CEO Magazine Asia – July 2019

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n average, a worker spends 139 hours a year

commuting, the equivalent of 19 standard

working days. These journeys are often set

so deeply in routine that people rarely stop to

think about how commuting is transforming

urban life.

“Life is about movement. Just about everyone needs to

get somewhere, whether it’s commuting to work, visiting

family, or following a dream,” says Jayaram (Jay) Naidu,

Bombardier Transportation’s Head of Project Management

for South-East Asia and Australia and Head of Services

for South-East Asia. “Large metropolitan cities are creating

better public transportation which is now focused on urban

mobility, better living and stronger communities.”

JAYARAM NAIDU, BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION’S

HEAD OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR SOUTH-EAST

ASIA AND AUSTRALIA AND HEAD OF SERVICES FOR

SOUTH-EAST ASIA, EXPLAINS HOW HIS COMPANY IS

HELPING CITIES GROW.

WORDS OLIVER FEATHERSTON • IMAGES ROB WALLER

Today’s

world is

defined by

mobility.

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