New Mobility/World Transport? Start Here

"There is great disorder under heaven. The situation is excellent". The Little Red Book

Unconstrained by bureaucracy, economic interests or schedules, the New Mobility Agenda was launched in 1988 (initially under the name "Cities without Cars" and later in 1993 with the more positive ACCESS). The goal? To provide an open international platform for critical discussions, exchanges of materials and views, and diverse forms of cross-border collaboration on the difficult subject of "sustainable transportation". After more than a decade of work and accomplishment, today's revised and extended program now offers a whole new range of electronic group work tools, materials and interfaces to support transport thinking, policy and practice at the leading edge of our challenging field.

The Agenda is organized into an evolving constellation of semi-self-contained partnership projects, each of which can be usefully consulted in parallel with the more general flow of information and materials that are being developed within this New Mobility Agenda site itself. More than a dozen collaborative programs have thus far been developed. To access them refer to the menu to your left. If you have ideas for yet other concepts that can make good use of this approach, this is the place to turn with your suggestions.

  1. In brief . . .
    A quick overview of our approach and the values that we feel are part of the solution.
    • Navigation aids
      You will need to consult these only if you are not a confirmed user of the web.

  2. Sustainable Mobility News
    Start your sustainabile morning with a good cup of coffee and today's Sustainable Mobility News on your screen. This newsfeed calls up items from the world print press which will tell you what has gone on in our sector over the last 24 hours (and month). Try it. youi will come back for more.

  3. World New Mobility @Forum
    This is our central library and communications center, offering a free, public, shared central repository of information, experience and counsel for people and groups who feel that the idea of some creative reshuffling our attitudes and use of cars might be in order.

  4. Message Center/Discussion Forum
    At a rate of about one per day, the four hundred members of this carefully moderated forum, including many of the world's leading operators and sources of expertise, swap announcements of new projects or events, information and leads.

  5. New Mobility Cafe
    Welcome to our New Mobility Café -- the wide-open informal discussion area of the New Mobility Agenda, offering a free, public, flexible repository discussion space for people and groups who feel that our transport systems need to be, and can be made to be, more sustainable and more just -- and who wish to freely exchange ideas and information about it.

  6. Other Discussion, Lists and News Groups
    Selected direct links to a handful of international discussion groups which serve specific interest groups exchanging ideas and information in areas closely related to the concerns of this program

  7. World Sustainability Resources 1001 links to carefully culled web sites and programs that are making their own contributions in countries and cities around the world. Hard to think of a better place to start your search.

  8. The Journal of World Transport Policy & Practice
    The first practically-oriented journal dealing consistently and with full independence with the major issues of sustainable mobility. Get your free copy of this great New Mobility resource here.

  9. Coming Events
    Advance information on forthcoming events, demonstrations and other activities relating to carsharing that may be of interest and use to the members of our expanding group. (Make sure you keep us all informed of your planned events.)

  10. The importance of using technology
    Without using it and using it well, you have to believe me: you will not be able to get there from here.

  11. International Peer Support Actions
    We have three sets of assets that allow us to get together to support outstanding project initiatives: (a) a lot of committed people who know a great deal about our topic, (b) a shared interest not only in improving physical movements but also in the sustainability and social justice agendas, and (c) an effective networking and communications medium. Read on.

  12. Join the New Mobility/World Transport
    This is all you need to do to sign up for the World Forum (and the NewMob Cafe) and have access to their features.

  13. Searching the site and beyond
    A series of windows that can help you find a wide variety of information on your topic. This is a quite vast site and there is much in here that may not necessarily jump out at you. But you can Search for it. Check it out!

  14. Contacting us
    Just in case.

  15. Preparing your visit
    If you come to Paris, we want you to have a good stay here. Here you have a few leads which may help you do just that.

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