TRANSPORT-Transport 2025

ITEM maps out electric mobility (EM) transitions issues from a perspective of social inclusion. The research is based on an empirical investigation and comparison of ongoing transition processes in Oslo, Utrecht, Bristol and Poznan. The project has conducted document studies of EM related planning processes and stakeholder interviews in Oslo, Bristol, Utrecht and Poznan to find out the extent to which existing and prospective EM policy measures take into account social justice. Questions regarding who benefits (distribution), whose needs are considered (recognition), and who gets to decide and how (procedure) will be posed. ITEM has mapped out sosial and geographic distribution of electric vehicle ownership in greater Oslo, and will further analyse how people practice and experience EM and how decision-making on EM effects just outcomes. ITEM will advance inclusive EM transitions on the urban scale through a dual perspective on households and urban policy. It will examine inequalities in households? EM-related needs, capabilities, decision-making, accessibility and everyday mobility. The project will co-produce understandings of how planning regarding sustainability and accessibility can be strengthened through inclusive EM transition processes. In close collaboration with policymakers and mobility service providers, the project will consider shared and owned/leased electric cars, E-bikes and E-scooters. Ultimately, ITEM aims to bring about a shift in how EM policies and services at the urban scale are developed, implemented and delivered, so that urban EM transition pathways are not only accelerated but also become as inclusive as possible. The project uses a combined quantitative-qualitative assessment by linking spatial locations, travel behaviour, preferences, urban agreements and policy-packaging. An assessment of acceptable and effective measures, by identifying different groups and their opportunities to adopt EM, will inform the recommendation stage. This part will also address the process of adopting such measures in city-networks. In sum, this project will assess the following: - EM practises and experiences, - Effectiveness of measures from a policy perspective, - Potential impact across different groups in light of citizens? needs, attitudes and political processes.

European cities’ attempts to accelerate the electric mobility (EM) transition are generating environmental benefits and enhancing economic viability. Unclear is how socially just these attempts and their outcomes are in terms of who benefits (distribution), whose needs are considered (recognition), and who gets to decide and how (participation). The proposed research will advance inclusive EM transitions on the urban scale through a dual perspective on households and urban policy. It will examine inequalities in households’ EM-related needs, capabilities, decision-making, accessibility and everyday mobility. It will also analyse how and to what extent EM policies take the aforementioned distribution, procedure (participation) and recognition dimensions into account. It will finally co-produce understandings of how urban and transport planning goals regarding sustainability and accessibility can be strengthened through inclusive EM transition processes. In close collaboration with policymakers and mobility service providers, the project will consider shared and owned/leased electric cars, E-bikes and E-scooters, comparing transition processes in Oslo, Utrecht, Bristol and Poznan. Ultimately, the project aims to bring about a shift in how EM policies and services at the urban scale are developed, implemented and delivered, so that urban EM transition pathways are not only accelerated but also become as inclusive as possible.