Double Victory for Sustainable Mobility

The Albertus Magnus Gymnasium from Stuttgart developed the concept for an app called “Go 4 Green”, which rewards decisions that users make that promote sustainable mobility. The Carl Benz Gymnasium from Ladenburg developed a transportation concept called “Urban Paradise – Fahrrad, Leben, Stadt” (Urban Paradise – Bicycle, Life, City). The team argued that a systemic shift towards more bicycle transportation can only be achieved through the combined implementation of push and pull factors. Therefore, their solution contains both. They proposed the implementation of a sector system in city centres as a push factor. This would minimise search and through traffic in downtown streets, since moving between different sectors by car would only be permitted via a bypass road. Their proposed pull factor is a bicycle promotion programme that would include building more car parks, designating more streets for bicycle traffic and facilitating a higher density of rental bikes and repair stations.