DREAMS
Driving Equitable and Accessible 15-Minute Neighborhood Transformations
General Discription:
The 15-minute city is a concept that aims to provide the population with enhanced accessibility to all essential services and daily needs by using active travel modes (such as cycling and walking). Moreover, it is believed that improved accessibility would positively impact sustainability, livability, and overall public health. However, there are substantial knowledge gaps in finding successful pathways to implement the 15-minute concept outside of densely built city centers, especially in urban outskirts and suburban areas with low- and mid-density neighborhoods. This uncertainty is due to the urban structure of these areas, which usually have lower levels of demand for shared mobility services and low accessibility to amenities, destinations, and opportunities. Besides, people’s perceptions regarding access to services vary according to a region, culture, economic and social background.
Considering the existing knowledge gap, the DREAMS project aims to address these challenges related to implementing the 15-minute city neighborhoods in urban outskirts. Therefore, its main objective is to examine how co-created and user-centric mobility services, mobility, and flexible activity hubs can contribute to accessible, sustainable, and inclusive 15-minute city neighborhoods in urban outskirts in European cities and regions. DREAMS will conduct research in six living labs across Europe: Budapest, Brussels, Munich, Paris, Utrecht, and Vienna.
The project is a transdisciplinary consortium of 28 partners, composed of researchers and stakeholders from universities, municipalities, and regional governments, mobility providers (including micro-mobility, car sharing, ride-sharing, and public transport), NGOs, local activity pop-up facilitators, business funding agencies and other public and private partners.
Objectives:
Initially, DREAMS aims to provide a comprehensive and comparative analysis of 15-minute city lifestyles in various low- to mid-density suburban and urban outskirts in the six living labs. Later, the project will develop and test new business models and governance frameworks for new shared mobility services and flexible activity hubs in low/medium-density areas. Thirdly, DREAMS will develop and apply a decision support tool for the co-creation and impact assessment of mobility services, mobility hubs, and flexible activity hubs in the living labs. Fourthly, it will examine the mobility, accessibility, and societal impacts of the proposals. Lastly, the project intends to give policy recommendations on creating sustainable and inclusive urban mobility in 15-minute city neighborhoods in the outskirts.
Contractor:
DRIVING URBAN TRANSITIONS PARTNERSHIP (DUT)
Project coordinator:
University of Twente (UT)
Partners:
| Scientific partners: | Other partners: |
| University of Twente (NL) | L'Institut Paris Region (FR) |
| Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (AT) | Mobyome (AT) |
| Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE) | Mpact (BE) |
| Université Gustave Eiffel (FR) | KTI (HU) |
| Technische Universität München (GER) | Rakosmente (HU) |
| Budapest University of Technology and Economics (HU) | EIT Urban Mobility (GER) |
| Technische Universität Wien (AT) | stadtland (AT) |
| University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (NL) | TIER Mobility (NL) |
| Gemeente Utrecht (NL) | |
| Fietsersbond (NL) | |
| Cambio (BE) | |
| Brussels Mobility (BE) | |
| BKK (HU) | |
| MO.Point (AT) | |
| Munich Public Transport Association – MVV (GER) | |
| Sixt Share (GER) | |
| Morgenjungs (AT) | |
| Conseil départemental de l’Essonne (FR) | |
| Region Ile de France (FR) | |
| Wirtschaftsagentur Wien (AT) |
Duration:
January 2024 – December 2026
Contact:
Technical University of Munich:
M.Sc. Ana Clara Caixeta Szymanski Nogueira
Learn more:
https://dutpartnership.eu/funding-opportunities/dut_call_2022/funded-projects/15mc-projects/