i-MOBYL

The i-MOBYL project will identify, co-create, and implement inclusive, evidence-based design and policy interventions that empower YA across diverse European contexts to engage in out-of-home activities using active and multimodal travel. It employs a mixed-methods, interdisciplinary, and participatory approach, integrating transport studies, urban planning and design, behavioural science, co-design and public health. Drawing on social-ecological and COM-B theoretical models, i-MOBYL applies systems-thinking to analyse how YA’s physical, social, and digital environments shape their mobility choices. While taking a systemic perspective, i-MOBYL acts locally, with bottom-up community engagement as a key driver of behaviour change. Equity is central, focusing on the distinct needs of YA and applying an intersectional lens that accounts for gender, socio-economic, and cultural dimensions. All outputs are developed with active involvement from YAs of diverse backgrounds in the five partner cities, including Basel (CH), Eindhoven (NL), Guildford (UK), Paris (FR) and Salzburg (AT).

Across seven work packages and five European countries, i-MOBYL will deliver scalable outputs that strengthen YA-centred mobility planning: • Co-created visions for desired futures for active mobility, operationalised into measurable objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs). • A multinational empirical evidence base on YA’s daily activity and travel patterns across their daily urban systems and diverse contexts, including Basel (CH), Eindhoven (NL), Guildford (UK), Paris (FR) and Salzburg (AT). • Validated, co-designed interventions promoting YA’s active and multimodal travel, grounded in behaviour change theory. • Replicable guidelines for community engagement and intervention delivery. • A co-created assessment framework to evaluate interventions, with a focus on health and equity impacts. • Tailored materials for broad knowledge transfer through the DUT Knowledge Hub, European networks, and professional and academic platforms.