Healthy mobility transition:
Facilitating active mobility in cities
In the AMBER project, we are using citizen science studies and an interdisciplinary mix of methods to investigate which measures will make it easier to switch from cars to active mobility. The team is also investigating how the health-promoting effects of cycling, walking etc. can be sustainably improved.
Why active mobility?
We want to understand how healthy, active and climate-friendly mobility in cities can become more attractive – and how weather changes due to climate change need to be taken into account. Here we present our project and explain, among other things, why bus and train travel is also part of active mobility.
Practical research
Researchers from the fields of health and environmental psychology, public health, meteorology, and sustainability management work closely with practice partners such as the ADFC and Changing Cities. An international scientific advisory board regularly exchanges ideas with the researchers.
Impulses for a healthy mobility transition
How healthy is active mobility in the city? When are cycling and walking perceived as pleasant? How can new mobility routines be established in daily life – and what can companies and civil society contribute to this? We provide some initial insights into these questions here.
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Healthy mobility for all: Citizen Science Study “Be Mobile in Your Own Way” in Berlin
On foot, by bike, with a walking frame or pram, in a wheelchair, by car or public transport: a city's mobility is as diverse as its inhabitants. How can the city of Berlin better meet these different needs? A citizen science study will be launched in April 2025. The Freie Universität Berlin and the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) are inviting people to take part in the study under the motto “Be Mobile in Your Own Way”. The aim is to find out what barriers exist for people who want to move around the city in a healthy way. Registration for the study is open until the 1st of April 2025.
Pre-registration starts: Citizen science study in Berlin
Whether on foot, by bike, wheelchair, skateboard or rollator: people who move a lot live healthier lives. That's why active mobility should be accessible to everyone.
The “Mobil auf Deine Weise” study will be launched in Berlin in April 2025. We want to make perspectives visible that have received too little attention so far. Together we will find out how everyone in Berlin can be better and healthier mobile.
More information and pre-registration ...
Exchange of expertise: inspiration from other citizen science studies
Mobility is everyone's business. That is why it is important to include a wide range of perspectives. AMBER wants to address as diverse a target group as possible with a low-barrier citizen science study in 2025 and 2026. How do you achieve this? The team gathered ideas at a digital expert discussion on October 30.
Among those present were expert Prof. Dr. Melanie Jaeger-Erben and the following projects: COMPAIR deals with air quality, SMIRA with safe cycling, SMOVE with exercise in everyday school life. Connected Women aims to strengthen the participation of newly immigrated women, WEXICOM wants to improve weather warnings and Emotional City investigates stress and well-being in cities.
