Cycling in Switzerland! A lever for the ecological and social transformation of mobility

Principal investigators: Patrick Rérat (FGSE), Véronique Boillet (FDCA), Virginie Lurkin (HEC), Fabien Ohl (SSP), Julie Pollard (SSP), with the collaboration of Bengst Kayser (FBM/SSP)

The aim of this project is to understand the conditions, mechanisms and obstacles to the social and ecological transformation of mobility in Switzerland. It will study this question focusing on cycling, seen as a lever for change. It looks at this from 3 main points of view and taking into account the diversity of population groups and territories:

(1) individuals,

(2) mobility and

(3) the implementation of public action

It aims to identify strategies for transforming mobility practices at both individual (aspirations, lifestyles) and structural (policies, planning, social norms) levels. The project involves numerous collaborations with mobility players at municipal, cantonal and federal levels, in the public, private and associative sectors.