Together with young adolescents aged 11 to 15, i-MOBYL explores their visions of mobility, how they want to access everyday opportunities, provides insight into their mobility patterns, and develops and tests solutions for more active, independent, and inclusive mobility and participation.
In collaboration with young people aged between 11 and 15, the i-MOBYL project is exploring their ideas about mobility and the destinations they would like to reach independently. Their mobility patterns are being analysed, and solutions for more active, independent and inclusive mobility and participation are being developed and tested.
This is important because young adolescents have often been overlooked in mobility planning to date. At the same time, there is a lack of reliable data on their mobility needs, their daily activity and mobility patterns, and their transport behaviour. Furthermore, there are currently very few interventions specifically tailored to this age group that have been properly validated.
Europe-wide cooperation
The project is being carried out in five major European cities (Eindhoven, Salzburg, Paris, Guildford and Basel) and is being implemented jointly by partners from academia and the professional sector. The aim of the project is to gain a better understanding of young adolescent’s mobility, to establish an evidence-based foundation, and to co-work with young adolescents to develop and evaluate effective measures to promote active and sustainable mobility.
Approach
The FHNW is responsible for collecting and analysing mobility patterns, as well as for developing and evaluating interventions. As part of the data collection process, a mobility survey will be conducted among young adolescents in five European countries to systematically record their activity and mobility patterns. Based on the young adolescent’s visions and their observed behaviour, existing gaps will be identified, and suitable interventions will be developed in collaboration with young adolescents during workshops.
i-MOBYL is funded under the Driving Urban Transition (DUT) programme. DUT supports projects across Europe that develop innovative solutions for sustainable, liveable and future-proof cities.
Project details
- Type
- Research project
- Research areas
- Innovative market offers and consumption
- University
- FHNW School of Applied Psychology / Institute for Innovation, Transformation and Sustainability
- Partner
- Eindhoven University of Technology (URL: Eindhoven Uni-versity of Technology),
University of Surrey (URL: University of Surrey),
Tranquil City (URL: Home - Tranquil City),
Télécom Paris (URL: Télécom Paris, training, imagining, undertaking in digital technology),
University of Salzburg (URL: Universität Salzburg – studie-ren, arbeiten, forschen in Österreich),
Punkt vor Strich GmbH (POINT&) (URL: Innovative Mobili-tät, die alle bewegt. | POINT&),
Ursula Witzmann-Müller (UWM.Mobilität) (URL: UWM . Mo-bilität),
City of Salzburg (URL: Willkommen in der Mozartstadt!),
Paris Council of Architecture, Urbanism and Environment (CAUE) (URL: CAUE de Paris)
Guildford Borough Council Community Wellbeing Team (URL: Meet our community wellbeing team - Guildford Bor-ough Council),
Young Mobility Network (YMN) (URL: Young Mobility Net-work),
Learning Partners Academy Trust - Kings College Guildford (Secondary school) (URL: Learning Partners Academy Trust - Kings College Guildford) - Funding
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF)
Driving Urban Transition (DUT) (URL: i-MOBYL | dut) - Running time
- February 2026 bis April 2029
- Management
- Prof. Dr. Dorothea Schaffner, Dr. Michael von Eggermond
- Collaboration
- Jessica Zengaffinen
Contact
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