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Back. how do you avoid daily traffic congestion or crowded buses trains and trams while you could stay at home or you could tackle the gridlock by turning to digital technology to create smart systems and that's exactly what the german city of hamburg is doing. hamburg's light rail network is a good way to get to work during rush hour and at some stations there are new options for the last leg of your trip. they have these cars and over there there are bikes to all the sharing services are great it makes it easy to get where you're going along with links to private car sharing services there's...

Focus on these issues. and i believe that one of the lasting legacies of the obama administration is that for the first time in these efforts we figured out that it's not just about improving housing. it's not just what hud is doing. it's also improving education in a neighborhood improving transit options, of course improving job opportunities. and through place-based work the obama administration is working with local leaders in cities across the united states and rural areas as well to lift up the quality of life and provide more economic opportunity out there. and i think you're going to s...

Opportunity. and in order to achieve that for people who are working hard, you need to make sure that they are fairly compensated. >> now, as we see more and more wage disparity between the rich and poor and a real stagnation in terms of any kind of wage increases for working people and even the middle class, tell me about the promise stones -- you've done eight more in april. you hope to have 20 promise zones. how will this help people who are trying to reach out of poverty? >> the idea behind promise zones is that when we think about lifting up economic opportunity and quality of life in nei...

Growing neighborhoods in america, and it's really one of the best new neighborhoods in america. with all the different transit options, right here in the shadow of the capitol, we have the park. the things that have been done along the river to embrace the river as an active, wonderful place to be. we have three new parks here that rival any new park on the east coast. this is an extraordinary investment but a partnership with the federal government as well. the area that we're developing used to be part of the navy yard once. so now we're developing it here but yeah, this is an amazing new ne...

Other options. we want to create a platform that does more than display transit options it should let me complete the entire process from leasing to registering and paying. hamburg wants to be a pioneer and smart mobility and intelligent traffic light system is synchronized so that buses won't have to stop at red lights. the traffic control center software shows how to keep the rest of the traffic flowing soon the system will also tell motorists whether to speed up or slow down to hit the next green light. our focus is communication between traffic lights and cars the green wave concept will b...