What is it about?
The focus of this test phase is the everyday mobility of Munich residents. With a free Mobility Bundle participants get to know and test new forms of mobility Shared-Mobility-Offers in their daily lives as a supplement to S-Bahn, U-Bahn, bus, and tram.
This is how it should be investigated whether Mobility bundles facilitate access to sustainable transportation and Supporting people in traveling more flexibly without their own car. With their experiences and feedback, participants help to specifically tailor mobility offerings in Munich to further develop and better adapt to the needs of the citizens.
Let's rethink mobility together and make it more sustainable!
Traveling multimodally
in everyday life
In a growing city like Munich, simple, flexible, and sustainable mobility is becoming increasingly important. More traffic, limited urban space, and climate goals require solutions that enable reliable transportation even without owning a car.
Multimodal mobility services focus precisely on this: they link different modes of transport together. Depending on the route, occasion, or need, public transport, for example, SharedMobility Offerings or the bicycle can be flexibly combined.
Mobility bundles should support this approach by offering different packages bundle. Package deals can often be cheaper than many individual bookings.
The project examines whether such bundles reduce existing barriers to using sustainable transport and actually make people's daily lives easier. Furthermore, it analyzes the medium- and long-term effects on traffic volume, emissions, and quality of life in the city.
The testing phase will begin in summer 2026 and will last for several months. During this period, participants will receive a free mobility bundle for three months, which they can use flexibly in their daily lives. The mobility bundle consists of two parts, which will be provided separately from each other during the testing phase for technical reasons.
In return, you agree to have your mobility behavior recorded anonymously with the TUM Mobility App over a period of four months and to participate in four short online surveys. You can find corresponding explanatory videos about the app in the FAQ. The data collection is completely anonymized and does not allow for any conclusions to be drawn about individuals. This ensures that participants' personal data remain protected while valuable insights for mobility research can be gained.
In principle, all persons aged 18 and over who live in Munich and are also present in Munich during the test phase can participate.
Participants will be selected by TUM through a random draw from the register. This ensures that a random sample is created.
Use-Case-Specific Q&A
Your Questions &
our answers
General questions about mobility bundles
Various means of transport, such as buses, trains, and e-scooters, are combined into a package for a fixed price.
Mobility bundles are usually cheaper than buying individual products as part of a package deal. They make multimodal mobility simpler and clearer, encourage the use of sustainable transportation, and can help relieve traffic in cities. During the test phase, the mobility bundles will be provided to test users free of charge.
Multimodal mobility means combining different modes of transport for a trip or journey, depending on what is most practical at the time. Instead of just using your own car, you might use the subway one day and a bicycle or a car-sharing vehicle another day. The modes of transport can also be combined within a single trip. For example, you might travel part of the way by subway and then switch to a bike-sharing bicycle for the rest of the journey.
Participation and Process of the Test Phase
The MobiPioneer Mobility Bundle consists of a Germany ticket and a minuteContingent with an e-scooter provider.
You can use the following mobility services with it:
For the test users, the Mobility Bundle free during the trial period.
The mobility bundle will be provided to test users via personalized email. The bundle can then be redeemed in the mobility providers' apps. The free minutes will be provided monthly. If the free minutes are not used within a month, they will expire at the end of the month. Test users will receive detailed information materials and instructions on how to use the at the start of the test phase. Mobility bundles from us.
Yes, participation in the testing phase is free for participants. The costs for the bundle are covered by the research project.
You were contacted to participate in the pilot phase because you belong to the target group of MobiPionier. The target group comprises randomly selected citizens from all over Munich. The target group was defined in collaboration with the Technical University of Munich and adapted to the research purposes. The selection of participants is exclusively for research purposes. Your participation helps us to better understand how mobility bundles are used in everyday life and how they can be further improved.
All individuals who can participate in the test phase are those who
Due to limited project funds, there is unfortunately no guarantee of being selected as a test user for the testing phase after applying. The selection of participants will be carried out by TUM using scientific methods.
Yes, participation in the study is completely voluntary. You decide whether or not you want to participate in the testing phase.
Even after you have agreed to participate, you can decide to withdraw at any time without giving a reason. Withdrawing from participation will have no disadvantages for you.
The first test phase will be conducted in the summer of 2026. Pre-tracking is expected to start in June and July 2026. The test phase will last a total of four months. For example, if you start in July, the entire test phase will end at the end of October.
The test phase consists of two parts: pre-tracking and the bundle phase. The test phase begins with one month of pre-tracking. For this, please install the TUM Mobility App on your smartphone. This app will automatically and anonymously record the routes you travel.
After that, the bundling phase begins. Here we set up Mobility Bundle available to you. You can test this for three months according to your individual needs. Your journeys will also be recorded with the TUM Mobility App during this time. The trial period therefore lasts a total of four months.
The test phase will take place in the Munich urban area. However, you will test the mobility bundle entirely according to your individual needs in your everyday life. You do not need to appear in person at the Technical University of Munich to participate in the test phase. However, we will offer a voluntary information event at the beginning of the test phase.
You should own a functional smartphone with internet access and be proficient in its use. For the testing phase, you must download the TUM Mobility app to your smartphone and keep it installed for the entire duration of the test phase. You book transportation services as usual directly through the apps of the respective mobility providers. You can find an explanatory video on how to use the TUM Mobility app for Android here. Explanatory videos in English and German on how to use the TUM Mobility app for Android and iOS can be found at FAQ Section at the end of the page.
It would be ideal if you are in Munich for the majority of the testing phase, as the research focus is on your everyday mobility. However, since the testing phase falls during summer holidays and vacation time, you can also participate if you are not in Munich for some time. It would be preferable, however, if you do not spend more than four weeks outside of Munich during the testing phase.
You will be informed by email at least 5 days before the start of the test phase whether you can participate.
The protection of participants' personal data is our highest priority. All data collected will be anonymized and used exclusively for research purposes. Data protection regulations will be strictly adhered to. It will not be possible to draw conclusions about individuals. Further information on data protection can be found in the FAQ Section.
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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?
