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SASMAP-15MC

A systemic Approach to Shared Mobility, Accessibility and Proximity for the 15-minute City

Suggested for funding
CoMoUK - People loading the boot of a shared car
Project
Category
Project
Call
DUT Call 2024
Duration
Project coordinator
University of the West of England

Combining social science and technical approaches, SASMAP-15mC contributes to scientific knowledge and policy implementation relating to car sharing in partnership with the municipalities of Bristol (UK); Graz (Austria); and Helsingborg (Sweden), and a range of commercial and non-profit organisations. Through three case study living labs (two streets in each city), the project will build an evidence-base identifying potential and pathways for a step-change in the provision of car (and related forms of) sharing in the 15mC. The project takes a user-centric approach to accessibility at the household and street level, collecting granular data on travel behaviour that can be scaled and modelled to neighbourhood and city scales. 

The project has five inter-connected goals: 
1. Identify household and street-scale peak demand for different modes, and the shared mobility resources required to maintain publicly acceptable accessibility levels of service in urban and suburban environments 
2. Produce systems modelling of governance networks with policy recommendations for more effective ways of working 
3. Model and visualise spatio-temporal intersectionally-sensitive modal demand variations at the street, neighbourhood and city scale 
4. Co-design and evaluate the most effective context and intersectionally-sensitive measures and scenarios to facilitate a shift away from the private car 
5. Co-design, trial and monitor the impacts of virtual and real-world measures to reduce private car use 

Placing differences between user groups at its centre, SASMAP-15mC will produce systems analysis to inform policy recommendations on shared mobility governance; multi-scalar models and maps of current and projected peak modal demand, and potential reductions in private car demand/ increases in car sharing; co-designed models and visualisations of street layouts resulting from private car reductions; implement trials and evaluation of measures to increase/ integrate car sharing. The project generates significant strategic and applied research on inclusive and sustainable proximity policies for a wide range of beneficiaries. 

Participating countries

Austria

Sweden

United Kingdom

Funded project partners

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, CoMoUK Trust, Lunds universitet, Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd., Prime Mobility & Consulting GmbH, Trivector Traffic AB

Other project partners

Bristol City Council, Helsingborgs kommun, Stadt Graz

Contact

Justin Spinney

justin.spinney@uwe.ac.uk

Ernst Gebetsroither

ernst.Gebetsroither@ait.ac.at

Till Koglin

till.koglin@keg.lu.se

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