Societal trends, mobility behaviour and sustainable transport in Europe and North America

• Main Authors: Georg Rudinger, Kieran Donaghy, Stefan Poppelreuter
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: TU Delft Open 2006-01-01
• Series: European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research
• Online Access: https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/ejtir/article/view/4323

This contribution describes the work of Focus Group three of the European Union network Sustainable Transport in Europe and Links and Liaisons to America (STELLA). It examines especially social and behavioural aspects of sustainable transport from a transatlantic perspective. Significant societal trends (e.g. the ageing of societies) are surveyed and their implications for mobility behaviour are drawn. The sustainability of this behaviour is considered along with constraints and drivers of this behaviour in Europe and North America. The contribution takes up relevant policy issues and concludes with a discussion of a transatlantic research agenda on social and behavioural aspects of sustainable transport.