Share4Equity
Shared mobility services towards equitable and sustainable mobilities
- Category
- Project
- Call
- DUT Call 2023
- Duration
- –
- Project coordinator
- ILS Research
How can shared mobility services contribute to equitable and sustainable transport solutions within the 15-minute City concept?
This is the core question of the Share4Equity project: it begins with the observation that shared mobility services—in their many forms—are increasingly integrated into urban transport systems worldwide and are commonly seen as key enablers of the 15-minute City.
These services hold significant potential to promote sustainability and inclusion. They can do so, especially by addressing mobility needs currently not met by conventional transport, particularly in relation to transport poverty. However, in practices, shared mobility systems are not always designed or implemented according to principles of equity. While they may have the potential to reinforce transport justice, they can also inadvertently undermine it.
Share4Equity aims to explore these issues from a justice-oriented perspective, examining how shared mobility can effectively contribute to fairer and more sustainable urban transport solutions.
Share4Equity proposes a transnational, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach to assess how shared mobility contributes to equitable and sustainable transport.
First, it develops a methodology to analyse service supply structures against socio-spatial characteristics, examining how regulatory frameworks and business models influence transport justice.
Second, it investigates how individuals perceive accessibility to various transport options and how these perceptions shape mobility behaviours, considering spatial, social, cultural, and personal factors.
Third, the project evaluates whether and for whom collaborative, community-led shared mobility services can offer alternative, more inclusive provision models.
Finally, it develops tools to assess local mobility policies through a social justice lens, identifying obstacles to fair shared mobility and outlining key governance principles that support local travel and help overcome inequalities within the 15-minute city context.
The Share4Equity consortium will generate new empirical knowledge and insights into the relationship between supply and demand for various forms of shared mobility services, and explores collaboration-based models. Share4Equity will examine the factors that motivate or hinder users to adopt different types of shared services, particularly in socio-spatially disadvantaged areas. The project will produce transferable knowledge to support the integration of shared mobility into fair, sustainable, and multi-optional transport systems. This includes the development of theoretical frameworks, analytical toolkits, and direct engagement with citizens, providers, and stakeholders.
Selected solutions will be co-created and tested in real-world case studies including testbeds to ensure practical relevance and applicability. The justice-oriented toolkit will be assessed with regard to transferability, to prove valuable theoretical and empirical insights for researchers, policymakers, planning professionals, mobility service providers, and users in the transition towards less car-dependent, while pursuing more equitable and sustainable mobility systems.
Canada
Germany
Italy
Poland
Sweden
Adam Mickiewicz University, EGTC Polytechnique Montréal, Interregional Alliance For The Rhine-Alpine Corridor, McGill University, Politecnico di Milano, Region Uppsala, University of Gävle
BIXI-Montreal, Bolt Services Pl, Communauto, Connected Mobility Düsseldorf GmbH, Coride Sweden AB, Genova Car Sharing Srl, LocoMotion, Metropolia GZM, Metropolia Poznań, Municipality of Genoa, Municipality of Montreal, Nextbike Polska S.A., Uppsalahem AB, Vulog
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