The climate crisis, technological developments and the individualization of society are driving the comprehensive transformation of the mobility sector. The planning practice of mobility offers is faced with new possibilities, but also with changed framework conditions and requirements. Leisure mobility for local recreation in particular is characterized by a progressive mixing of leisure and everyday culture. Taking into account factors such as the changed leisure activities of groups of people, more flexible working hours, home office models and the variety of potential leisure destinations, the need to change classic transport planning becomes clear.
Taking into account the limited financial resources for large-scale offerings, an evidence-based planning basis is required. This is not just about gaps in the supply of sustainable leisure mobility, but also about a classification of which measures can achieve the greatest possible effect for sustainable mobility solutions (active transport, public transport and sharing offers).
This is not just about gaps in the supply of sustainable leisure mobility, but also about a classification of which measures can achieve the greatest possible effect for sustainable mobility solutions (active transport, public transport and sharing offers).
The SINA project is concerned with the creation of a simulation tool that quantifies the effects of planning measures on the proportion of sustainably implemented leisure and local recreation mobility of different user groups.
The main goal of the project is to create for the first time a data- and model-driven approach to the evidence-supported, accurate and effective expansion of sustainable mobility offers and corresponding infrastructures for leisure and local recreational mobility. The SINA project is dedicated, on the one hand, to the elimination of usage barriers and obstacles in climate-neutral leisure and local recreation mobility and, on the other hand, to the target group-specific factors that favour or hinder climate-neutral leisure and local recreation mobility. The following question sets the tone for the research project: How can existing mobility offers be made more attractive/ be adapted or existing usage barriers be reduced?
As part of the research project, a GIS-supported empirical survey of leisure movements (PPGIS survey) is carried out, which determines personal motivations and influencing factors. The data collected from the surveys are then placed in relation to the personal motivations and the influencing factors (including: socio-demographic factors, driving license/vehicle ownership, public transport options, accessibility of local recreation destinations).
Based on the real usage ratio determined in this way and the relationships to the influencing factors, a calibrated, target group-specific, common good-oriented, equal opportunity and gender-appropriate model for sustainable leisure mobility is developed. This will be tested in case study regions and will subsequently be applicable to all cities in Austria.
1.04.2024 - 30.11.2026
This project is funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) as part of the "Mobility System, Mobility 2023: Urban Mobility and Vehicle Technologies program".