Guidelines for City Mobility

The World Economic Forum's 'Guidelines for City Mobility' provides a blueprint for public-private collaboration to modernize urban transport. It argues for a systems-level perspective that integrates passenger and freight mobility, moving away from car-centric planning toward shared, zero-emission, and multi-modal solutions. The framework emphasizes data sharing, the equitable use of public space, and the inclusion of marginalized communities to ensure mobility justice.

• The document advocates for a systems-level approach to urban mobility where the movement of people and goods are addressed as a single, integrated system to improve safety, sustainability, and efficiency.
• Cities are encouraged to shift away from urban development centered on cars and trucks, instead repurposing public parking and curbside space for sustainable modes, greenspace, and mobility hubs.
• A critical component of the collaboration is the sharing of aggregated and anonymized trip data between mobility partners and cities to optimize network planning, monitor infrastructure needs, and identify gaps in public transport.
• To achieve mobility justice, the guidelines emphasize providing affordable and accessible services to marginalized communities and 'mobility deserts' to ensure equitable economic growth.
• The framework calls for a transition to zero-emission public and private fleets in alignment with the Paris Agreement and the UN 2030 Agenda, suggesting the use of emissions-based road pricing to disincentivize single-occupant fossil-fuel vehicles.
• The guidelines promote the development of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) solutions that integrate various public and private modes of transport through unified ticketing, payment, and scheduling to reduce reliance on private vehicles.
• Collaboration should extend to ensuring fair working conditions for transport workers, including proper classification under local employment laws and opportunities for reskilling.

APA

World Economic Forum (2020). Guidelines for City Mobility. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Guidelines_for_City_Mobility_2020.pdf

Chicago

World Economic Forum. Guidelines for City Mobility. 2020. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Guidelines_for_City_Mobility_2020.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2020guidelines, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{Guidelines for City Mobility}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2020}, month = mar, url = {http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Guidelines_for_City_Mobility_2020.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }