K6ET 2085 - Sustainable Urban Mobility

The necessity of accessing goods and services in cities has turned urban mobility into a major source of concern and of opportunity for multiple stakeholders and society at large. Over the last decades, the shaping of cities by and for motorized transport dramatically changed mobility patterns and have created numerous challenges as to how transport can be a part of the ecological transition.

This workshop aims to engage students with the topic of sustainable urban mobility in European cities, considering the need for reducing negative externalities and for increasing access for all. Most of all, it will allow students to experience ways of co-creating and defending sustainable mobility policies, with a focus on active mobility. Through readings, course contents and discussions, students will explore fundamental concepts and policy options for promoting sustainable and equitable mobility. During the sessions, they will work on concrete case studies of European cities dealing with mobility challenges, which they will attempt to address by taking the role of different stakeholders. For that purpose, they will need to remain aware of environmental challenges to be solved, and of the daily interactions that people have when walking, cycling and using transport systems.

Strong interest for urban mobility issues, from the perspective of governance, sustainability and equity.

3- 4 hour Workshops.

This workshop is valid 2 ECTS

Final grade:

*80% group work prepared and delivered during the workshop in the form of role-play (40% quality of the written material produced; 40% performance in delivering the role-play);

*20% short reflection note, to be submitted two weeks after the end of the workshop.

Students are expected to read the assigned readings, actively engage with the content of the course, work in small groups for the preparation of their role-play, and critically reflect on the work of their fellow students. Concretely, they will be asked to produce visual and/or written material to deliver their role-play, and a short reflection note on their takeaways from the workshop.