Shared Mobility for Innovative and Inclusive Green Cities, 2017

Worldwide and in Norway, cities face challenges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, air and noise pollution, while increasing the accessibility and liveability of residential, work and living environments to all citizens. Car and bike sharing could provide solutions to these challenges, thanks to optimized use of vehicles, space, energy, financial and material resources, as well as potential benefits for social inclusion. However, while shared mobility is rapidly increasing and political support is shifting in its favour (in Norway and abroad), publically funded scientific research into this phenomenon is still in its infancy. It was the primary objective of this project to develop a comprehensive interdisciplinary understanding of the conditions that support the upscaling of shared urban mobility and define its environmental, social and economic sustainability. Hereto, first, from a user perspective this project analysed who uses car/bike sharing, why and how this affects their daily mobility patterns and subsequent CO2-emissions. Second, from a supplier perspective this project envisaged which organizations and business models could provide sustainable upscaling of shared mobility. And third, from a policy perspective this project examined policy change/innovation, and how to define a policy mix that best supports the sustainable upscaling of car and bike sharing.