Sustainable urban mobility – good practices

Abstract

The pandemic and the threat of a dangerous virus have changed working and living styles and have undoubtedly influenced people’s travel choices in cities and reduced their daily mobility needs. Many people travel more frequently by bicycle or other micro-mobility and many use private cars or walk. The necessity to change lifestyles creates new opportunities and problems to be solved, it also allows people to take a fresh look at the challenges faced by cities. Changes in urban mobility is a multi-faceted process that consists of a whole range of activities, experiences and solutions worth replicating due to their positive impact on traffic conditions and broadly understood traffic safety and urban mobility. This article aims to explain the term of sustainable urban mobility, indicate its place in the European Union’s policy, discuss alternative forms of transport to the car in cities and provide examples of good practices that are beneficial and useful, although their disadvantage is usually the fact that they are rarely implemented at a mass-scale or only with a long delay. The article ends with a summary.