MobiQ 2

The MobiQ project investigates how citizens and local stakeholders can work together to organize mobility sustainably in three different locations. The aim is to transform everyday mobility and strengthen social participation. This collaborative approach promotes awareness of innovative mobility solutions and alternative uses of public space. The project is being carried out by the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, the Nürtingen-Geislingen University, and the Öko-Institut e.V.

In the second phase of the project, MobiQ is focussing on the following research questions:

• How can participatory mobility solutions be successfully perpetuated, expanded and transferred to comparable areas?
• What strategies can be used to get even more people interested in climate-friendly mobility and what potential does this offer for the use and design of public spaces?
• How can stakeholder structures be permanently consolidated in order to operate, adapt and further develop mobility solutions independently?
• To what extent can the findings of the first MobiQ project phase be verified, falsified and expanded?

The guiding principle of the MobiQ real-world laboratory has already proven itself in the first phase of the project: If citizens work together with other stakeholders from science and practice to develop mobility solutions close to their real, everyday needs, constraints and opportunities, sustainability in transport can succeed.

Following this basic idea, active social networks from civil society, science, business and politics have been established in Stuttgart-Rot, Geislingen and Waldburg since March 2021. Innovative, climate-friendly mobility projects have been jointly developed, implemented and evaluated. It became clear how strongly the transport, social and spatial conditions in a large city, a medium-sized town and in rural areas affect the implementation of mobility projects and the transfer of ideas.

The process provided valuable insights into how the transport transition in Baden-Württemberg and beyond can succeed in cooperation with citizens. These findings were recorded in the book ‘Mobilität gemeinsam gestalten – In 10 Schritten’. The focus is primarily on the people and initiatives that are committed to sustainable mobility in their immediate environment. The book serves as a ‘toolbox’ and guides you through the process of jointly developing sustainable mobility projects.

The aim of the second project phase is to review, adapt and expand the recommendations for action from the first phase on a stronger empirical basis.

New findings and content from the book ‘Mobilität gemeinsam gestalten – In 10 Schritten’ will be translated into target group-specific formats in a transdisciplinary manner in order to maximise the benefits for civil society and motivate others to follow suit. Building on this, the follow-up project aims to supplement and deepen the ongoing MobiQ pilot projects and products.