TRACK 3: MOBILITY

Inclusive, accessible, sustainable, resilient, and innovative forms of urban mobility systems.

Chairs:

• Ela Babalık, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara
• Simon De Boeck, University of Antwerp
• Enrica Papa, University of Westminster

Track 3 at the AESOP 2025 Congress will address how urban mobility systems can be reimagined to promote inclusive, accessible, sustainable, and resilient practices. This aligns with the congress theme, “Planning as a Transformative Action in an Age of Planetary Crisis,” recognizing mobility as vital to sustainable urban futures amid climate challenges, rising inequality, and growth pressures. Participants will explore ways to reduce environmental impact while ensuring accessibility for all, particularly vulnerable communities, in adopting new mobility technologies and policies.

This track will bring together planners, engineers, policymakers, and community stakeholders, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue on developing just, sustainable, and safe urban mobility systems. Contributions are encouraged that examine mobility transitions globally, from theoretical, conceptual, and empirical perspectives. Key topics include:

• Urban Mobility and Land Use Policies: Examining models like the 15-minute city, low-traffic neighborhoods, Superblocks, and car-free zones for their contributions and limitations in equitable, sustainable mobility.
• Care and Commoning in Transport: Investigating how care principles and community-led initiatives shape inclusive, resilient mobility systems.
• Car as an option: Addressing shifts in car ownership, cycling, pedestrianisation, and the impact of emerging technologies like electrification, autonomous vehicles, and shared mobility.
• Degrowth in Transport: Exploring how degrowth principles affect equity and accessibility in the transport sector.
• Governance and New Actors: Considering the influence of emerging mobility-as-a-service companies and grassroots movements on sustainable mobility policies
• Theoretical and Methodological Expansion: Integrating insights from gender studies, postcolonial studies, and Global South perspectives to challenge traditional mobility planning and enhance transport justice research.

Keywords: transport modes, mobility policies, urban models, care, degrowth, community-led initiatives, social justice, critical studies.