Rethinking everyday mobility

Results and lessons learned from the CIVITA S-ELAN project

This monograph presents the conceptual reflections on possible

alternatives within the Civitas Elan project, its successful concrete

solutions, as well as obstacles to the introduction of changes. The project

is a consortium of five cities (Brno, Ghent, Ljubljana, Porto, and Zagreb)

that includes 39 partners from seven European countries.

A part of our reflections and solutions is presented in this monograph. The

first part of the book includes texts dealing with the social circumstances

of changing urban mobility and consequently with changing urban traffic

systems and traffic policies. The second part presents some of the most

successful methodological solutions that were used to analyze the changing

and ever new forms of mobility. In the more extensive third part the

articles present new techniques, technologies, solutions, approaches and

products, which contribute to more efficient and environmentally friendlier

city traffic. The monograph concludes with the reflections of the project’s

scientific coordinator about the cooperation in the RTD part of the project.

It contains proposals which we hope will contribute to a better

understanding of the project’s achievements and stimulate further

discussions on the objectives of the Civitas Initiative.