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SASMAP-15MC

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

Selected for funding
CoMoUK - People loading the boot of a shared car

© 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

How does a street move? How are the mobility patterns of households shaped by factors such as caring responsibilities, health and job types and working hours? What role might increased car sharing play in meeting the mobility needs of households? In partnership with the municipalities of Bristol (UK); Graz (Austria); Helsingborg (Sweden), and a range of commercial and non-profit organisations, this ground-breaking project combines social science and advanced modelling techniques to enhance our understandings of neighbourhood mobility as a complex system. 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. Through case study living labs (two streets and surrounding neighbourhoods) in each city, the project builds an evidence-base identifying potential and pathways for increasing the provision of car (and related forms of) sharing in the 15mC.  

The project has four inter-connected goals:  
1. Identify household, street, and neighbourhood demand for different transport modes, and assess the role increased shared mobility could play in meeting this demand. 
2. Produce systems modelling of governance networks with policy recommendations for more effective ways of working 
3. Model and visualise modal demand variations for different users and households at a range of scales.  
4. Work with residents to co-design and evaluate the most effective measures and scenarios to facilitate increased shared mobility. 

Placing the importance of mobility as care, and the differences between individuals, households, and contexts 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 increases in car sharing (and other forms of sharing); co-designed models and visualisations of street layouts resulting from increases in shared mobility; 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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