Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI
Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI

Project

Car-goNE City

With funding from the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
With funding from the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space

Cargo Bikes and Neighbourhood Engagement in the 15-Minute City: Resident-Based Participatory Approaches to Implementing Effective Shared Bike Mobility for Increasing Accessibility and Reducing Car Use

The main objective of Car-goNE-City is to accelerate the transition of urban mobility towards active and shared modes of transport within the 15-minute city and to thoroughly examine the role of shared cargo bike mobility. The 15-minute city strategy focuses on the temporal proximity of functions and services that a city provides to its residents. It promotes active mobility by reducing motorized individual transport in favor of a livable city for all and thus relies on sufficiency strategies. Shared cargo bike mobility offers a potential building block as a socio-technical innovation to make people's everyday mobility more sustainable. The project takes an inter- and transdisciplinary approach from social sciences, economics, gamification, and participation, and involves cooperation with partners from four European countries - Sweden, Norway, Hungary, and Germany.

 

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The project investigates to what extent the shared use of cargo bikes in various European cities and their suburbs can simultaneously

  • Improve the accessibility of essential urban functions with active modes of transport,
  • Reduce transport costs, and
  • Decrease car usage and car ownership.

With a focus on cargo bikes for the sustainable design of everyday mobility in the local environment, Car-goNE City supports pilot applications in the cities of Gothenburg, Oslo, Budapest, Constance, and Karlsruhe.

To this end, Car-goNE City employs a range of participatory approaches that directly involve citizens in the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of shared cargo bike mobility. The simulation tool MobileCity (www.isi.fraunhofer.de/mobilecitygame) is being further developed within the context of the project and prepared for real-world use in the model municipalities. The following extensions are planned:

  • Transfer of the demonstrator for Karlsruhe to the metropolitan regions of Gothenburg and Oslo,
  • Integration of private and shared cargo bikes as modes of transport,
  • Provision of a user feedback and survey function,
  • Enable monitoring and evaluation of individual projects.

The results will be placed in the context of comprehensive mobility strategies and assessed for their transferability to other European municipalities. Insights from transition theory will be combined with experiences regarding drivers and barriers of the mobility transition.

Using the simulation tool MobileCity, adapted for the model municipalities of Gothenburg and Oslo, workshops will be organized with representatives from the cities, the business sector, and civil society as part of a model-based stakeholder engagement.
 

 

  • Conference Contribution TRA, April 2024, Dublin by Dr. Dorien Duffner-Korbee, Dr. Konstantin Krauß and Dr. Claus Doll
  • Car-goNE-City-Workshop at Conference „UrbanismNext“, October 2024, Amsterdam
  • Student project on the use of shared cargo bikes in cooperation with Darmstadt Unversity of Applied Sciences and Prof. Dr Daniel Hanss (April 2024 to March 2025)

 

Duration

January 2024 till December 2026

Clients

Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space and European Commission (Driving Urban Transitions)

Coordination: Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg