Neighborhood as a testbed for sustainable mobility
We researched urban mobility in neighborhoods against the backdrop of growing urban challenges, such as continuous population growth and the climate crisis.
To achieve this, street spaces in two Munich neighborhoods were temporarily redesigned to promote more sustainable mobility, social interaction, and greenery. Together with the residents, the project explored what future neighborhoods in Munich could look like.
Empirically, the real-world laboratory was supplemented by simulations and modeling, as well as the co-creative development of future scenarios.
Co-creative urban development
tested
Our priority was to think about solutions together with citizens, test them, discuss them, and thus learn something about change processes. We used various methods for this: surveys, dialogue formats, and workshops with residents, simulations to analyze traffic performance and patterns, and modeling of a mobility hub network.
We developed transformative teaching formats and, in cooperation with the TrEx project and together with citizens, future scenarios.
The time-limited implementation of solution approaches in the two Munich project areas „Südliche Au“ and „Walchenseeplatz,“ the so-called real-world laboratories, was central to this.
In the summer of 2023, new temporary spaces were created in both neighborhoods on public traffic areas, inviting people to linger, garden, or play, for example. These redesigns were supplemented by mobility hubs, which offered alternatives to private car ownership.
Challenges and
Motivation
Munich is growing, there are more hot days in the summer, and extreme weather events are increasing, and changes in mobility behavior necessitate a redistribution of public space. There is no single solution to meet these challenges.
We can only figure out together how to transform cities into climate-friendly and socially just cities. This requires testing new approaches – new forms of cooperation between science, administration, business, and society.
Our real-world lab locations
in Munich
From the park license areas within the Mittlerer Ring, we selected two project areas typical of Munich – the Südliche Au with Kolumbusstraße and smaller neighborhood squares, as well as Landlstraße in Obergiesing near Walchenseeplatz.
The mesoscopic modeling referred to the Munich city area, while the microscopic simulations referred to the two project areas.
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What if fewer cars were normal in the city?
Fewer cars, more life - is that possible? The aqt project has transformed Munich's streets into vibrant living spaces in 2023. The majority of residents say: yes, it works!
With this in mind, we invited our 14 projects to report on their goals, challenges and successes in a series of interviews.
Here we provide insights into our research and results.
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?
