Introduction

Sustainable mobility options should be accessible to everyone. We will support a people focused and rights-based approach in the delivery of this Policy to enable access to education, health care, work, and cultural and public life. Universally accessible, affordable and reliable sustainable mobility can make a big difference to quality of life, and public transport in particular can play a big part in reducing social isolation and enabling people to go about their daily lives.

Under this Policy, we will continue to progressively make our walking, cycling and public transport systems more accessible for people with disabilities, people with reduced mobility and older people, using an integrated universal design approach. If we focus on the needs of our most vulnerable users, we can improve sustainable mobility options for everyone. An equality focus will be applied to the planning, design and operation of sustainable mobility projects to address issues such as safety, access, reliability, convenience and comfort.

Three high-level goals have been developed to help us deliver this principle.

People Focused Mobility

Goals

6. Take a whole of journey approach to mobility, promoting inclusive access for all.

7. Design infrastructure according to Universal Design Principles and the

Hierarchy of Road Users model.

Achieving the necessary shift to sustainable mobility will require both individual and collective effort. Public and stakeholder engagement is vital to achieve the principles and goals of this Policy. We will increase our engagement with the public around sustainable mobility and continue to work collaboratively with stakeholders at national, regional and local levels as the Policy is implemented.

8. Promote sustainable mobility through research and citizen engagement.

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National Sustainable Mobility Policy | Principle 2: People Focused Mobility

International perspective | People focused mobility

The OECD Transport Strategies for Net-Zero Systems by Design report recommends a shift in transport policy to reverse car dependency and reduce emissions while improving wellbeing. This involves moving (i) from a focus on mobility towards accessibility; and (ii) from improving vehicles’ performance in cardependent systems towards transforming the systems’ functioning (i.e. a systemic mind-set) so that people can access places with ease without the need to travel long distances for every daily need.

people move daily. The report considers that the current design of city streets, with excessive and increasing road space granted to cars, fosters car dependency.

MSpatial planning aimed at increasing

the proximity of people to places to reverse urban sprawl. The report highlights the potential of the 15-minute city concept to guide and coordinate planning decisions so that people no longer need to travel long distances to meet their everyday needs and can get to many places by walking and cycling in less than 15 minutes.

It identifies the following policies with the potential to reverse car dependency:

MPolicies to mainstream shared

mobility to accelerate the development of sustainable transport networks. The report considers that strengthening public transport networks is key to avoid the oftenobserved public transport low-cost, lowrevenue, low-quality trap. In parallel, the report identifies that support to mainstream shared bicycles and micro-mobility, and the expansion of on-demand micro-transit services is key to make these modes convenient options for daily trips.

MStreet redesign and improved

management of public space to reverse the trend of induced demand (i.e. increased vehicle ownership and use) by reallocating public space and investment to low carbon and space efficient modes, and balancing space use between transport and other uses. This can result in ‘disappearing traffic’ and make sustainable modes central to how

National Sustainable Mobility Policy | Principle 2: People Focused Mobility