How can we integrate inclusion in the transition to sustainable transportation?

<b> Halpern Charlotte, FNSP tenured researcher at Sciences Po Paris’ Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics </b>

Today, this is a major issue, and there are two dimensions to a fair transition:

A social dimension based on income. It concerns the right to mobility for a certain number of people who live far from any public transport alternative and depend on their car. We also need to think about those who can’t afford to own one. So we need to know how to reach these particular social groups.
A dimension of spatial inequality that is linked to where we live. Many investments and tools have been deployed in cities to stimulate innovation there, ignoring their peripheries or rural and peri-urban areas. This is an issue that the EU, but also the Member States, have only recently begun to consider. We need to think about potential alternatives in these areas, where public transport may not be an option.

Today, this is a major issue, and there are two dimensions to a fair transition:

A social dimension based on income. It concerns the right to mobility for a certain number of people who live far from any public transport alternative and depend on their car. We also need to think about those who can’t afford to own one. So we need to know how to reach these particular social groups.
A dimension of spatial inequality that is linked to where we live. Many investments and tools have been deployed in cities to stimulate innovation there, ignoring their peripheries or rural and peri-urban areas. This is an issue that the EU, but also the Member States, have only recently begun to consider. We need to think about potential alternatives in these areas, where public transport may not be an option.

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