Belief-driven and socio-spatially effective? Transition pathways from car-oriented to car-reduced planning on the neighborhood scale

The ILS researcher Annika Schröder has published an article in the International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, co-authored by Sina Steele from Goethe University Frankfurt. The development of mobility concepts for newly built urban districts encounters structures and patterns of thinking that are oriented towards automobility. These pose significant challenges for innovative planning strategies. Using neighborhood developments in Darmstadt, Bielefeld, and Cologne as case studies, the authors examine the transformation process from car-oriented to car-reduced planning. Based on a complex interplay of belief patterns and socio-spatial factors (material, institutional, and cultural), they identify different pathways of a planning transition from car-oriented to car-reduced. They also show that, in practice, it appears promising to justify planning visions in a context-specific manner, to combine experimentation with institutionalization, and to disseminate planning experiences. https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2025.2598440. Weitere aktuelle Fachpublikationen finden Sie hier.