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|   | <u>'''EcoMobility'''<ref>[http://www.ecomobility.org/fileadmin/template/project_templates/ecomobility/files/Publications/What_is_EcoMobility.pdf Global Alliance for EcoMobility: Fact sheet 1.1 - What Is EcoMobility?] (retrieved 26.06.2012)</ref>:</u>  |   | <u>'''EcoMobility'''<ref>[http://www.ecomobility.org/fileadmin/template/project_templates/ecomobility/files/Publications/What_is_EcoMobility.pdf Global Alliance for EcoMobility: Fact sheet 1.1 - What Is EcoMobility?] (retrieved 26.06.2012)</ref>:</u>  | 
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|   | <u>Four main actors involved in the mobility sector have been identified<ref>[http://www.ecomobility.org/fileadmin/template/project_templates/ecomobility/files/Publications/Actors_in_EcoMobility.pdf Global Alliance for EcoMobility: Fact sheet 1.2 - Main Actors on the EcoMobility Scene] (retrieved 26.06.2012)</ref>:</u>  |   | <u>Four main actors involved in the mobility sector have been identified<ref>[http://www.ecomobility.org/fileadmin/template/project_templates/ecomobility/files/Publications/Actors_in_EcoMobility.pdf Global Alliance for EcoMobility: Fact sheet 1.2 - Main Actors on the EcoMobility Scene] (retrieved 26.06.2012)</ref>:</u>  | 
|   | #'''Governmental organizations and political institutions''' since they set the ground rules and incentives for other stakeholders.  |   | #'''Governmental organizations and political institutions''' since they set the ground rules and incentives for other stakeholders.  | 
| − | #'''Businesses and public or private operators''' who provide technological solutions and transport services.  | + | #'''[[EcoMobility_Benefits_Business|Businesses]] and public or private operators''' who provide technological solutions and transport services.  | 
|   | #'''Experts’ organizations and academic institutions''' influence other involved actors, like governments, by raising attention for certain topics.  |   | #'''Experts’ organizations and academic institutions''' influence other involved actors, like governments, by raising attention for certain topics.  | 
|   | #'''Users''' or “consumers” of mobility are crucial since they determine the success of decisions and programs by choosing how to move.  |   | #'''Users''' or “consumers” of mobility are crucial since they determine the success of decisions and programs by choosing how to move.  | 
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		Latest revision as of 09:03, 19 November 2014
►Back to Mobility Portal
[edit]  Overview
 
EcoMobility is an environmentally friendly and socially inclusive way of transportation, including cycling, wheeling, walking and the use of public transportation, with special focus on intermodality.
[edit]  Characteristics of EcoMobility 
EcoMobility[1]:
- integrates environmentally sustainable forms of mobility.
 - combines non-motorized means of transport with the use of public transport.
 - allows everybody to move in their local environment.
 - reduces the use of privately owned motorized vehicles.
 
Non-motorized transport includes:
- walking
 - cycling
 - wheeling (wheelchairs, non-motorized scooters, walking aids, skates, push scooters, trailer, hand carts, shopping carts/ trolleys, carrying aids)
 
Public transport includes:
- buses
 - trams
 - subways
 - light rail
 - trains
 - ferries
 - collective taxis
 - taxis (if low-emission)
 
[edit]  Stakeholders 
Four main actors involved in the mobility sector have been identified[2]:
- Governmental organizations and political institutions since they set the ground rules and incentives for other stakeholders.
 - Businesses and public or private operators who provide technological solutions and transport services.
 - Experts’ organizations and academic institutions influence other involved actors, like governments, by raising attention for certain topics.
 - Users or “consumers” of mobility are crucial since they determine the success of decisions and programs by choosing how to move.
 
[edit]  Mutual Relationship Between Mobility and Socio-Economics 
The relationship between mobility and social-economic conditions is a mutual one. On the one hand, the transport infrastructure influences the social-economic development of a region or state. For example, the lack of a proper transportation ways will slow down economic growth. On the other hand, the socio-economic characteristics of a territory or household also influences transport choices and mobility behavior. The main variables affecting mobility choices are gender, age, marital status and household composition, income and profession[3].
[edit]  Further Information 
[edit]  References 
- ↑ Global Alliance for EcoMobility: Fact sheet 1.1 - What Is EcoMobility? (retrieved 26.06.2012)
 
- ↑ Global Alliance for EcoMobility: Fact sheet 1.2 - Main Actors on the EcoMobility Scene (retrieved 26.06.2012)
 
- ↑ Global Alliance for EcoMobility: Fact sheet 1.3 - The Socio-Economics of EcoMobility (retrieved 26.06.2012)