Shared Mobility as Part of Modern Infrastructures and Societies

Although debates about sustainable mobility have increasingly attracted public attention, real change does not seem in sight. Most parts of these discussions deal with greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, these are only one external effect of transportation among many: land use, accidents, congestion or noise are further aspects that need to be taken into account. However, mobility is also a prerequisite for societies, has always been, and most probably will always be. With the negative consequences of transportation, i.e. the external effects, on the one hand, and the activity-enabling function on the other, the question emerges how mobility can look in a future society that integrates the enabling function as well as the external effects? This chapter describes how making use of shared services to provide mobility can help in decreasing negative external effects by illustrating this logic along Zukunftsgestalter who aim to achieve this.