Mobility Design : Shaping Future Mobility: Research

Climate change and increasing resource scarcity together with rising traffic volumes force us to develop new environmentally friendly and people-oriented mobility options. New forms of smart mobility are becoming possible thanks to the expansion of digital information systems, and we will soon be able to reconfigure different modes of climate-friendly transport depending on our needs. These developments represent a significant challenge for the design of a wide range of different mobility spaces. While Volume 1 of this series focused on practical aspects, Volume 2 collects research methods and findings from the fields of design, architecture, urban planning, geography, social sciences, traffic planning, psychology, and communication technologies. The book’s consideration of the possibilities and prospects of user-centred mobility design offers an important contribution to the ongoing debate around the mobility revolution.

Kai Vöckler is an urbanist and professor of urban design at the HfG Offenbach University of Art and Design. His research focuses on mobility design, post-conflict city development, product language, spatial design, and ecology and design.

Peter Eckart is a product designer, professor of integrative design at HfG Offenbach University of Art and Design, and a partner at the design studio unit-design with offices in Frankfurt and Berne. His research interests are mobility design, system-oriented design, the mobility revolution, design and complexity, public design, and sustainability.

Martin Knöll is an architect and professor of urban design and planning at Technical University Darmstadt. His research focuses on urban transformation processes, inclusive and health-focused city planning, and space syntax.

Martin Lanzendorf is professor of mobility research at the Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main. His research areas are mobility in metropolitan areas, changes in travel behaviour, spatial aspects of transport development, the mobility revolution, mobility cultures, municipal transport policies, and public acceptance of transport policies.