Mobility

The next stop in our World Mobility Tour is to the city of Zurich, a city often acknowledged as having a very high quality of life for its inhabitants.
Our discussion with Anna Schindler, the Director of the Office for Urban Development of the City of Zurich, enables us to discover all the aspects and the strategy of this city regarding the mobility topic.

Today, 75% of European population is urban and should grow by 11% until 2050. 66% of the metropolitan population lives in the suburbs of Europe’s 99 major metropolitan areas. What are the trends and challenges in Europe of the Mobility in suburban areas?

That is the question we asked to Anne Aguiléra, Deputy Head of the Department of Planning, Mobility and Environment at the University Gustave Eiffel in France, and senior researcher at the City, Mobility and Transport Laboratory (LVMT).

The next stop in our World Mobility Tour is Oslo, often referred to as the EV capital of the world.

Our discussion with Sture Portvik, the Manager for Electro mobility of the City of Oslo, enables us to discover the strategy of this city regarding all aspects of mobility.

In the middle of an unprecedented revolution in the automotive industry, Michael Cole, President and CEO of Hyundai Motor Europe, explains to the Arval Mobility Observatory the strategic pillars upon which the company will evolve in the coming years.

Mobility requires infrastructure adaptations. Drop off zones, charging points, lockers and larger bike storages are examples of features our build environment has to offer to follow new mobility behaviors.
While digesting such advancements is not an easy task for builders, they also now have to embrace the additional impact from Covid-19 – such as new working schedules and remote-working lifestyles.
This video shares some analyses focused on these growing relationships between real estate and mobility.

In 2020, Covid-19 has disrupted a lot of areas of our lives: mobility, our lifestyles, our place of work and even our homes. Both corporate and private mobility have seen an acceleration in the adoption of new mobility solutions. Remote working has been accelerated and is pushing real estate developers to rethink what residential and commercial developments should look like to accommodate new transport and work habits.

Discover more in our latest publication and watch the webinar based on it.

The next stop in our World Mobility Tour is Antwerp, a historic city in the north of Belgium, the foremost petrochemical centre of Europe, the second largest port in Europe, and the global diamond trade hub. Our discussion with Koen Kennis, the Deputy Mayor responsible for mobility, tourism, finances, retail and decentralisation enables us to discover the strategy of this city regarding the mobility topic.