Pooling expertise and sharing know-how for sustainable cities and municipalities
Transforming mobility requires collaboration between cities, companies and science – even though they often follow different operational logics. The decisive factors in this interaction are governance strategies and experimental spaces.
Governance refers to structures, rules and processes that allow stakeholders to make joint decisions and address societal challenges. Our research supports cities and municipalities within the MCube cluster to design mobility systems that are socially just, environmentally sound and economically viable. In doing so, we specifically take into account the characteristics of urban and rural regions.
Experimental spaces are places where new technologies are tested under real conditions. ReMIX investigates such real-world laboratories in MCube to find out under what conditions they work, where difficulties arise and how successful approaches can be implemented on a broad scale. We accompany these experiments methodically and develop practical recommendations on how cities and municipalities can organize such real-world laboratories responsibly and sustainably.
We use an integrated approach that combines scientific knowledge, practical tools and hands-on experience:
We are developing a practice-oriented guide for integrated mobility planning and data governance in municipalities and metropolitan regions. This guide is based on experience and specific case studies from the MCube Cluster and offers municipalities support in implementing mobility solutions.
The Atlas of Mobility Experiments documents innovative mobility practices and living lab experiences from Munich and across Europe. It serves as a resource for cities planning and implementing their own experiments, offering insights into tried-and-tested approaches, methods and outcomes.
We regularly organize events such as the Policy Breakfast and the ReMIX Dialogue to foster direct exchange between science, policy, business and local administration. These formats aim to identify and discuss shared challenges in mobility policy and to develop practice-oriented recommendations together.
We offer a coaching program for mobility projects and living labs to support them in conducting their experiments. This involves the responsible planning and implementation of new technologies and concepts as well as the systematic consideration of ethical, social and ecological aspects.
We analyze good practice examples from various metropolitan regions across Europe. These case studies illustrate which mobility strategies and governance models have been successfully implemented and what other municipalities can learn from them.
We develop practical recommendations for the responsible use of mobility data. These guidelines help municipalities ensure transparency, data protection and efficient data handling in urban and mobility planning.
Our work provides municipalities with scientifically sound findings and practical tools to implement responsible and innovative mobility solutions.
ReMIX is a joint social science integration project of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech). On the TUM side, the Chair of Innovation Research and the Chair of Environmental and Climate Policy are particularly involved, while acatech contributes its extensive expertise in governance practice and policy advice. Together, we cooperate closely with municipal administrations, companies and civil society actors in the MCube Cluster to develop practical solutions for sustainable mobility.
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