Mistra SAMS
Transdisciplinary research on digitally supported services for sustainable mobility at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyPRESENTING THE toolS
Area of socio-ecological sustainability transformations
Sustainable mobility through creating sub-urban co-working spaces
TOOLS for Knowledge co-production between scientists and practitioners
Living lab social experiments
Project publications
Sjöman, M., Ringenson, T., Kramers, A. (2020) "Exploring everyday mobility in a living lab based on economic interventions". European Transport Research Review, 2020, 12:5
Abstract
New mobility solutions, such as Mobility as a Service, have been suggested to have the potential to reduce car ownership and be part of a transition towards a more sustainable transportation system. However, research
suggests that governance measures such as taxation and policies will be needed to ensure sustainability aspects.
This paper explores everyday mobility by use of interventions in people’s everyday lives. The focus is on identifying underlying factors that may motivate or hinder changes that are positive from a sustainability perspective. This is then put in the perspective of new mobility services and policy making. Our findings support the view that privately owned cars are hard to replace with new mobility services that contribute to sustainability and are not based on individual cars. Economic interventions for increased sustainability will likely have limited effects, since the alternatives do not offer what car owners value most. Also, limited understanding of the car’s full costs may make the new services appear comparatively more expensive. Furthermore, urban planning to reduce the need for travel, and the capacity of the physical public transport infrastructure will continue to be important. Long vacation trips and “medium sized flows” are identified as opportunities for further research and for new solutions to support
sustainable mobility transitions.
Environmental impacts of co-working. Presentation at the RemoteCon conference
Project website
Mistra SAMS (Sustainable Accessibility and Mobility Services)
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