Mobility Benefit Districts - New tools for accelerating transitions in the 15min city

Purpose and goal:

The aim of the project is to investigate whether Mobility Benefit Districts (MBD) can contribute to a transition towards sustainable mobility and liveable cities. MBD is a concept where revenues from car parking charges are used to finance mobility services locally. Furthermore, residents living locally are involved in selecting the mobility services that are financed.

Expected results and effects:

The project will build knowledge on how MBD can be a tool in creating better cities, with particular focus on how MBD (i) contribute to reduced car ownership and car use as well as to improved liveability in urban areas, (ii) increase acceptability for (on-street) parking charges, and (iii) if there are any governance challenges to implement the MBD and how they can be solved.

Approach and implementation:

The project use a case study approach. The project starts with learning and information-sharing activities, followed by Living Labs (in Vienna and Darmstadt) and a Transfer Lab (in Sundbyberg). These labs are used as case studies for the subsequent WPs (WP 4-6).

The question of Liveability (WP 4), Acceptability (WP 5) and Governance challenges and solutions (WP 6) will be assessed in one lab in each country, and the living lab structure ensures that these assessments are in line with the local planning context and culture in each lab.