Motor vehicle traffic is a sector that, despite a wide variety of approaches, has so far made only a small contribution to reducing climate-damaging emissions. One reason for this is that the savings achieved through technical improvements to vehicles have always been made up. Relying solely on technical measures is therefore not enough. Rather, the everyday traffic behavior of citizens must also change. But how can this be achieved? The results of the research project 'Mobility Lab 2020' sponsored by the German Federal Environment Agency offer approaches to this question. The project explored the question of how individual mobility can be better established away from private cars with internal combustion engines. To achieve this, citizens must firstly be able to develop skills, and secondly, offers and infrastructures must be available that meet everyday requirements. This requires incentives and funding, well thought-out communication and advice, and not least legal changes. Political decision-makers and authorities at the local, state and federal levels should focus on incentives and instruments that can be used to motivate people to switch to a mix of environmental transport and sharing services.
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