TY - JOUR
T1 - A resource-efficient and sufficient future mobility system for improved well-being in Europe
AU - Kammerlander, Moritz
AU - Schanes, Karin
AU - Hartwig, Franziska
AU - Jäger, Jill
AU - Omann, Ines
AU - O’Keeffe, Michelle
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - A transformation of our current transport system and individual mobility behaviour is an essential pre-requisite for attaining a desirable future that enables a life within environmental boundaries (“safe operating space”) and higher well-being at the same time. Accordingly, this paper focuses on the potentials of a resource-saving, sustainable transport system with reduced, but still satisfactory, mobility. To achieve the vision of resource-efficiency in Europe, a new understanding of mobility is needed: “the mode of travel is the reward of the journey”, meaning that it is not about travelling fastest and frequently, but unhurried (easy-going), infrequently and sustainably. We describe a socially inclusive and innovative transport system that could achieve this vision and discuss the kinds of policy measures that would be required to implement it. Changes are required in many areas including values, preferences, infrastructure, technology, governance and the economy.
AB - A transformation of our current transport system and individual mobility behaviour is an essential pre-requisite for attaining a desirable future that enables a life within environmental boundaries (“safe operating space”) and higher well-being at the same time. Accordingly, this paper focuses on the potentials of a resource-saving, sustainable transport system with reduced, but still satisfactory, mobility. To achieve the vision of resource-efficiency in Europe, a new understanding of mobility is needed: “the mode of travel is the reward of the journey”, meaning that it is not about travelling fastest and frequently, but unhurried (easy-going), infrequently and sustainably. We describe a socially inclusive and innovative transport system that could achieve this vision and discuss the kinds of policy measures that would be required to implement it. Changes are required in many areas including values, preferences, infrastructure, technology, governance and the economy.
U2 - 10.1007/s40309-015-0065-x
DO - 10.1007/s40309-015-0065-x
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2195-4194
VL - 3
SP - 1
EP - 11
JO - European Journal of Futures Research
JF - European Journal of Futures Research
IS - 8
ER -