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4th Newsletter TrEx (Aug. 23)

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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A new study by MCube Consulting on behalf of Zukunft Nahverkehr (ZNV) shows: Local public transport generates three times as much revenue for the German economy as it costs.

A new study by MCube Consulting on behalf of Zukunft Nahverkehr (ZNV) shows: Local public transport generates three times as much revenue for the German economy as it costs.

Mobility is at the heart of Germany's economic and innovative strength, the key to climate neutrality and the core of everyday life.

Mobility is at the heart of Germany's economic and innovative strength, the key to climate neutrality and the core of everyday life.

Major award for a strong team: MCube Consulting receives the Innovation Award of the City of Munich - for a solution that reduces administrative workload, improves security and shows how research enables real change.

Major award for a strong team: MCube Consulting receives the Innovation Award of the City of Munich - for a solution that reduces administrative workload, improves security and shows how research enables real change.

If Munich bids for the Olympics again, it will not do so arbitrarily - but with vision, attitude and a clear plan.

If Munich bids for the Olympics again, it will not do so arbitrarily - but with vision, attitude and a clear plan.

MCube had its own stand at the trade fair and brought together over 100 mobility pioneers at the "Bridging City Innovation Ecosystems" event above the rooftops of Barcelona.

MCube had its own stand at the trade fair and brought together over 100 mobility pioneers at the "Bridging City Innovation Ecosystems" event above the rooftops of Barcelona.

What does the bus of tomorrow need to look like to convince as many people as possible to change buses voluntarily?

What does the bus of tomorrow need to look like to convince as many people as possible to change buses voluntarily?

Our experts gave keynote speeches on why we need fair, inclusive mobility that is suitable for everyday use for everyone.

Our experts gave keynote speeches on why we need fair, inclusive mobility that is suitable for everyday use for everyone.

The city council of Landsberg am Lech has unanimously approved the new traffic development plan (VEP).

The city council of Landsberg am Lech has unanimously approved the new traffic development plan (VEP).

Innovation pioneers meet in Jülich to share transfer strategies, forge alliances and shape the future.

Innovation pioneers meet in Jülich to share transfer strategies, forge alliances and shape the future.

Why we should learn to celebrate construction sites - and finally shape mobility based on facts and together.

Why we should learn to celebrate construction sites - and finally shape mobility based on facts and together.

Easy language

What is MOSAIQ?
Imagine something: There is more space for people. The streets have more trees and plants. Everyone can get around better. That's how your Schwabing-West district could be in the future. How would you like your district to be? We want to talk to you about it!

The project is called MOSAIQ. MOSAIQ is a research∙project. MOSAIQ means: Mobility and urban climate in the future city∙part. The Technical University of Munich is leading the project.

What is MOSAIQ about?
MOSAIQ wants to make the streets in the city∙part more beautiful. People should feel comfortable there. There should be more space. For meetings and plants, for example. You can help decide what is tried out in the Stadt∙teil. The ideas come from you. Some ideas will be tried out on the streets for a certain period of time.
The aim of MOSAIQ is to make urban districts good places to live.
At the same time, the climate in the city should improve. And people should be able to move around the city easily. 

What is happening in the district?

  • In the year 2025:
    The people in the district can participate. They can express their ideas. There are discussions, surveys and meetings. Researchers are also starting their work.
  • In the year 2026:
    Some ideas are tried out.
    They are moved around the streets for a certain period of time.
  • In the year 2027:
    The results are evaluated.
    Consideration is given to how things can continue∙.