4th Newsletter TrEx

Newsletter from August 2023

Transformative mobility experiments (TrEx)

The MCube lighthouse project Transformative Mobility Experiments sees experiments and crisis experiences as key to the mobility transition. We are looking at three types of experiments:

Test fields for technical innovations

We investigate the role of technology-oriented real-world laboratory processes in various innovation spaces of mobility, from public space to corporate processes.

Highlights from the first year:

• Three skills workshops in collaboration with the mobility department and the MCube integration project ReMGo (Responsibility Mobility Governance and Innovation) for the responsible design of mobility experiments
• Completion of initial social science analyses of innovation processes in test fields based on expert surveys and accompanying research

We are bundling the newly emerging knowledge and competence networks in a concept for the Competence Center for Responsible Mobility Experiments, which will serve as a contact point for questions about real-world laboratory processes in Munich and elsewhere.

Natural experiments & crisis experiences

We are investigating how crisis experiences affect the mobility transition. The focus is on the question of how cities have reacted to crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic and to what extent crisis management has influenced urban mobility policy in the long term.

Highlights from the first year:

• Comparative study of the impact of the corona pandemic on the mobility strategies of eight major European cities (Barcelona, Brussels, Dublin, Copenhagen, Lisbon, Madrid, Munich, Paris) and publication of a policy brief

Based on our findings, we are developing principles for a crisis-resilient mobility transition, which will form the basis for the Munich Resilience Lab.

Everyday (social) experiments

Based on the crisis experiences of recent years, we are researching what Munich residents imagine for the future of mobility and how such crises expand or restrict common horizons of imagination. These findings will be incorporated into the Munich Resilience Lab.

Highlights from the first year:

• Development of future scenarios with the help of focus groups on resilient future mobility and citizen participation
• Munich-wide survey on (future) mobility together with the MCube projects aqt and STEAM

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