Foresight on Demand

European urban mobility 2050: A horizon scanning project

FOD EEA Urban Mobility

FOD I Completed
Client
EEA
Lead organisation
ISINNOVA
Year
2020
Start date
2020-12-11
Duration
3 months

Project summary

The aim of the project was to scan the horizon for emerging issues that may affect what urban mobility might look like in Europe in 2050. Furthermore, implications of these possible developments for air quality, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, noise, land use, and in turn for the health and well-being of the inhabitants of European cities were explored. The emerging issues identified contributed to some of the key questions that were identified as part of the EEA’s urban Sustainability Conceptual Framework, such as how cities can look past the personal car era and reimagine their streets as pathway for recovery, built around walking, biking, and public transit. The outcomes of the project included six factsheets on emerging issues related to urban mobility and their impact on health and the environment, including trends, uncertainties and impacts for environment, health and related policy making, including sources of evidence, as well as three possible narratives with visuals on urban mobility in 2050, where two or more of the emerging issues are combined in different but meaningful ways, and a final short report describing the methodology and references used.

Resources

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Project focus

Topics

Mobility & TransportEnvironmentHealthClimate Change

Foresight methods

Horizon ScanningTrend AnalysisWeak Signal DetectionScenario Development

Policy objectives

Green TransitionSustainabilityHuman-Centric InnovationEvidence-informed Policymaking

Outputs

ScenariosPolicy BriefFramework

Project type

Strategic Foresight