Why we should learn to celebrate construction sites - and finally shape mobility based on facts and together
A look at best practice examples from the entire DACH region shows that there is another way.
Our film evening on April 29, 2025 in the packed Munich Urban Colab was a complete success: over 150 people attended the screening of The automobile man - the wrong paths of a society and possible ways outthe latest documentary film by spatial planner and director Reinhard Seiß.
In it, Seiß takes a razor-sharp look at our mobility behavior - and debunks the myths surrounding public transport, cycling infrastructure and our fixation on cars. Whether it's land consumption, particulate matter or resource conservation: according to Seiß, the reality is uncomfortable - and the necessary change is complex.
Together with the "Inspiration & Talk" series of the Munich Urban Colab and our MCube Speaker Series "Future of Mobility", we not only showed the film - but also discussed it in an exciting panel afterwards:
A big thank you to Isabel Strehle from the Mobility Department of the City of Munich for her passionate plea to celebrate construction sites and change as places of positive progress - and to Dr. Julia Kinigadner (Science Head MCube) for her valuable input on the transferability of good examples from all over Germany.
We would also like to thank Sabine Hansky and Oliver May-Beckmann for the moderation and the successful evening.
Special thanks go to our partners at ZUKUNFT NAHVERKEHR - and of course to Knalle Popkornditorei for the delicious accompaniment to the film.
What remains is a clear message:
The mobility turnaround will not succeed through new technologies alone - but through new thinking, courageous planning and joint action.
And the movie? It moved us. In our heads - and hopefully soon on the street too.
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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?
