Mobility Management. An effective strategy for reduced car use in cities?
Overview
Background & policy context:
The concept of mobility management has been known and practiced in many European countries for several years. Traffic demand management has been a political issue also in Norway. However, there has been only limited implementation of restrictive - and therefore also controversial - measures. To some degree, decision-makers in several Norwegian cities had expected that the toll rings implemented would have had the desired impact on car use.
Objectives:
Mobility Management implies a 'soft' approach, which was not well known in Norway. The Ministry of Transport and Communications wanted a study which would describe the concept of Mobility Management, evaluate whether it should be introduced to Norwegian cities and also define how that best could be done.
Methodology:
The study was based on recent literature and interviews with people working with mobility management in several countries. A national seminar with representatives from the larger cities was arranged in Oslo in order to identify the interest and focus for further efforts based on this concept.
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