TY  - UNPD
A1  - Deffner, Jutta
A1  - Hefter, Tomas
T1  - Sustainable mobility cultures and the role of cycling planning professionals
T2  - ISOE Policy Brief No. 3/2015
N2  - Increasing bike traffic in many European countries is a sign of a shift in planning paradigms towards more sustainable mobility cultures. It is also the result of 20 to 30 years of evolution and refinement in the training of urban and transport planners. Capacity development is therefore key when it comes to changing mobility cultures. Nevertheless, the day-to-day work of transport planners still focuses mostly on motorised traffic and the tasks of creating a smooth traffic flow, improving accessibility, and maintaining infrastructure. Cycling plays only a minor role, with efforts often still concentrated on the building of cycle lanes. The broader strategic goal of how to make urban mobility culture more sustainable – and within this the need to focus on cycling as an everyday mode of transport – is often neglected. Direct regulation is not possible when it comes to mobility cultures. Instead they represent a community-wide (communication) process that calls for a new planning paradigm: Besides the political will to establish a sustainable urban mobility culture, emphasis must also be placed on skills and training for urban and transport planners.
T3  - ISOE Policy Brief - 3 
KW  - sustainable mobility culture
KW  - bicycle policy
KW  - bicycle planning
KW  - capacity development
Y1  - 2015
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/38133
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-381334
UR  - http://www.isoe.de/fileadmin/redaktion/Downloads/Mobilitaet/policy-brief-isoe-2015-3.pdf
SN  - 2365-1148
SP  - 1
EP  - 5
PB  - Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung ISOE GmbH
CY  - Frankfurt am Main
ER  -