Futures of urban mobility
Things are on the move
Mobility in our cities is changing rapidly: more and more cities are creating central car-free zones. Electric vehicles are taking over the streets and pavements. And smartphones show us where traffic jams are in real time. At the same time, traffic is still responsible for more than 20 percent of annual CO2 emissions in Germany. That's why scientists and artists are looking for new solutions to shape urban mobility in the future. The Futurium Lab shows which ideas and prototypes scientists and artists are working on today and how they go about it.
David von Becker
Three big questions
For a long time, the principle of mobility boiled down to just getting as fast as possible from A to B. That’s why cities became so car-friendly: the answer to almost all mobility problems was more roads, more parking spaces, more motorways. Since then, the view of mobility has changed dramatically. The climate crisis, congested city centres and high levels of air pollution have led us to a rethink of this car-centric standard. Mobility scientists like Andreas Knie say: "You have to reinvent the city and actually get back to its roots.” Three big questions are on the minds of many scientists and urban planners today: How can mobility become more climate-friendly? How can it be more resource-efficient? And how can it increase the quality of life in cities instead of reducing it? Five possible answers:
