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Journal article authored by the MyFairShare partners from the London School of Economics and Political Science published in the Journal of City Climate Policy and EconomyVolume 2 Issue 1, June 2023, pp. 37-54.
Author: Philipp Rode
Abstract
The “MyFairShare” project develops fair CO2 mobility budgets for individuals. Here, “fairness” mainly depends on the people’s location as everyone should be able to access all destinations necessary to perform everyday tasks. Therefore, a basic understanding about the accessibility of facilities to visit within an area is needed, regarding all activities that must be performed. Given this, the amount of emitted CO2 is computed, assuming the use of sustainable modes while regarding reasonable ranges, i.e. a travel time of 15 min. In order to achieve this, a software system for computing this metric has been developed. It is based on open source applications and uses data that—besides public transport data in GTFS format—is freely available throughout Europe. This paper describes the method and presents the results of applying it to the project’s five Living Labs Berlin, Jelgava, London, Sarpsborg, and Vienna. The results show that besides population density, the possibility to use sustainable modes of transport highly depend on the land use mix, i.e. the allocation of facilities daily activities may be performed at in the vicinity of places of inhabitancy.
Extended abstract “Individual Mobility Budgets for supporting behaviour change in a Living Lab in Vienna” authored by MyFairShare consortium members together with the MyFairShare partners for the Vienna Living Lab from the aspern mobil lab at University of Technology, Vienna.
The paper was presented at the 2024 IATBR conference in Vienna during the session “Intervention and Behaviour Change”.
Extended abstract “Only a focus on fair accessibility will ensure sustainable, inclusive and healthy transport systems” authored by MyFairShare consortium members Alexandra Millonig (AIT – Austrian Institute of Technology) and Florian Lorenz.
The work was presented at the International Transport Forum’s 2024 Summit during the session “Spotlight on Research: Shaping Cities for Sustainable and Inclusive Accessibility”.
Journal article authored by the MyFairShare partners from the German Aerospace Center / Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. as well as AIT – Austrian Institute of Technology published in the journal European Transport Research Review (2024) 16:16.
Authors: Daniel Krajzewicz, Christian Rudloff, Markus Straub and Alexandra Millonig
Abstract
The “MyFairShare” project develops fair CO2 mobility budgets for individuals. Here, “fairness” mainly depends on the people’s location as everyone should be able to access all destinations necessary to perform everyday tasks. Therefore, a basic understanding about the accessibility of facilities to visit within an area is needed, regarding all activities that must be performed. Given this, the amount of emitted CO2 is computed, assuming the use of sustainable modes while regarding reasonable ranges, i.e. a travel time of 15 min. In order to achieve this, a software system for computing this metric has been developed. It is based on open source applications and uses data that—besides public transport data in GTFS format—is freely available throughout Europe. This paper describes the method and presents the results of applying it to the project’s five Living Labs Berlin, Jelgava, London, Sarpsborg, and Vienna. The results show that besides population density, the possibility to use sustainable modes of transport highly depend on the land use mix, i.e. the allocation of facilities daily activities may be performed at in the vicinity of places of inhabitancy.
Conference papers authored by the MyFairShare partners from Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies as well as University of Latvia published in the Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Finance, Economics, Management and IT Business – FEMIB.
Authors: Irina Arhipova, Liga Paura, Nikolajs Bumanis, Gatis Vitols, Vladimirs Salajevs, Aldis Erglis, Gundars Berzins and Evija Ansonska
Abstract
The goal of this article is to develop a support methodology for Driving Urban Transition (DUT) partnership to ensure that the knowledge gathered from ERA-NET Urban Accessibility and Connectivity (EN-UAC, 2023) projects, to repeatedly identify the requirements of programme entities and define specific topics for future calls. Fifteen projects under the Horizon 2020 ERA-NET initiative have been analysed to detect similarity between projects, uniqueness of the projects, project compliance with DUT and SRIA, and gap between projects and DUT, SRIA methodology. A particular focus in the analysis was on the project “Individual Mobility Budgets as a Foundation for Social and Ethical Carbon Reduction” (MyFairShare). Text mining methods were used for documents analysis. The similarity between the documents detected by the cluster algorithm and they were compared using words, as a result, the documents were combined into three clusters: “Strategy implementation and network infrastructure”; “Tr ansport accessibility and policy” and “Urban city mobility”. The identification of unique terms shown the terms energy, ecosystem and climate are unique for DUT&SRIA and are not found in 15 EN-UAC project applications and the next specific topics for future calls can be within the subject of energy, climate and ecosystem.
Journal article authored by the MyFairShare partners Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, University of Latvia a well as AIT – Austrian Institute of Technology published in the journal Rural Sustainability Research Volume 50 (2023): Issue 345 (December 2023).
Authors: Irina Arhipova, Nikolajs Bumanis, Liga Paura, Gundars Berzins, Aldis Erglis, Christian Rudloff, Gatis Vitols, Evija Ansonska, Vladimirs Salajevs and Juris Binde
Abstract
A series of initiatives have been adopted in the European Union to address greenhouse gas emissions and establish a society that is resilient to climate change. In response to these initiatives, the implementation of mobility budgets offers a more precise strategy for addressing carbon footprints associated with travel. Prioritizing localized carbon footprint control, mobility budgets are calculated and customized according to distinct regions, goals, and target demographics. When prioritizing the mobility budget as the central objective in municipal transport route planning, the focus should encompass principles of fairness and equity in travel. This entails considering factors such as accessibility, variety of mobility choices, inclusivity of transportation modes, and social justice. Therefore, this article aims to formulate an enhanced activity modelling methodology that would aid data-driven decision-making in municipal transport route planning, while upholding the principles of travel fairness and equity. Тhe results obtained from scrutinizing data related to public bus services and mobile networks are presented. The evaluation of Jelgava’s city transportation network to facilitate mobility budget reduction is undertaken, and this assessment is based on an analysis of data derived from a survey on public transport use coupled with an examination of the city’s mobility budget. The research presents the communication challenges that municipalities will face in planning and implementing changes that are needed to meet the greenhouse gas emission targets and outlines the possible use of visualization tools for modelling, explanation and communication of scenarios.
The MyFairShare Minimum Budget Viewer allows to visualize various input variables for an individual mobility budget for five cities where MyFairShare is conducting Living Labs – Vienna, Berlin, Jelgava, London, and Sarpsborg.
Read more about the MyFairShare Basic Concepts of a Minimum Mobility Standard and the Individual Mobility Budget.
Conference Paper written by the MyFairShare partners from Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies and University of Latvia published in the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Finance, Economics, Management and IT Business (FEMIB 2023), pages 38-47.
Authors: Irina Arhipova, Nikolajs Bumanis, Liga Paura, Gundars Berzins, Aldis Erglis, Gatis Vitols, Evija Ansonska, Vladimirs Salajevs and Juris Binde
Abstract
Mobility budgets dictate the limit of CO2 per capita, which is calculated based on the mode of travel and distance. Mobility budgets are one of the final goals of the optimisation of transportation network, when the aspects of fairness and equity are considered. The main problem arises when we focus on multiple criteria of fairness and equity. In addition, it was observed that any drastic change in behaviour leads to inadequate initial parametrisation, especially under the effects of COVID-19. This can also mean that optimising transportation network according to class-to-be is most likely to cause behaviour changes in relation to the use of public transport. The aim of this article is to define the structure of optimisation task, based on mobility budget provided on a monthly basis. This research was based on public transportation data and mobile activity data. The former was used to determine the usage of public transport during 2017 and 2022, while the latter provided enough information to determine exactly how COVID-19 affected the behaviour of city districts and provide concrete information regarding necessary re-planning measures for public transportation station locations. In result, the optimisation solution was proposed by defining case-specific objective functions and constraints.
MyFairShare Discussion Paper Towards understanding potential rebounds and problem-shifts for MyFairShare
Authors: Barbara Plank, Willi Haas, Dominik Wiedenhofer; University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna – BOKU
Rationale
Understanding potential rebounds and problem-shifts due to the various measures tested in the LivingLabs (LL) and the modelling requires clear definitions of system boundaries and activities/processes investigated. Herein, we provide several short conceptual summaries on key concepts, a generalized systems definition and a structure for the LivingLabs and the modelling to define and locate their research scopes within that generalized definition.
MyFairShare Working Paper Enabling sufficiency: towards an actionable concept of fairness in mobility and accessibility
Author: Philipp Rode, LSE Cities, London School of Economics and Political Science
Abstract
This working paper presents the outcome of activities that were conducted as part of the MyFairShare Task 2.1 “Towards an actionable concept of fairness in mobility and accessibility”. It introduces a rationale for focusing on and assigning budgets for transport-related carbon emissions, establishes the boundaries of a justice domain for mobility budgets, and touches on some initial aspects of the required information base and data requirements. Its main contribution is a conceptual framework for fairness in the context of mobility and accessibility. Finally, the paper also addresses one aspect of Task 2.5 “Development of context-specific pilots” by introducing a decision approach for defining the general approach for each of the MyFairShare Living Labs.
MyFairShare Discussion paper Defining a minimum standard for mobility
Author: Alexandra Millonig, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Scope
This concept for miminum mobility standards is the state of discussions regarding lower limits of car-bon budgets for mobility as part of the JPI Urban Europe project “MyFairShare”.
Journal article Fair mobility budgets: A concept for achieving climate neutrality and transport equity published in Transportation Research Part D 103 (2022).
Authors: Alexandra Millonig, Christian Rudloff, Gerald Richter, Florian Lorenz, Stefanie Peer
Abstract
Transport justice has two essential dimensions: (1) compensating for inequalities in access to mobility, and (2) mitigating the disproportionately burdensome negative consequences of transport. In light of the urgently needed action regarding climate change especially in the transport sector, measures reducing carbon emissions to mitigate the impact are inevitable. However, policy measures for reaching climate targets should avoid increasing unequal mobility chances. Therefore, there is a need for concepts striving to mitigate both climate impacts and transport injustice. The paper addresses the potential of introducing individual mobility budgets to achieve transport-related climate goals while reducing inequalities in mobility. The concept proposed in this contribution is based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative impact assessment methods including a stakeholder involvement process and transport modelling based on different data sources. The results provide policy recommendations as well as further research requirements, which are already partly addressed iin follow-up projects.
