Virtual Reality in Mobility Design: Experimental Research on the Application of VR Simulations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 4
3. Introduction
4. Mobility Design: Research on the Design of Climate-Friendly and Sustainable Mobility 7
5. Designing and Researching Intermodal Mobility 18
6. Mobility Design
7. Mobilities Design: Affordances, Atmospheres, Embodiments 23
8. The Offenbach Model: Human- Centered Mobility Design 32
9. Shaping Mobility through Design? A Transdisciplinary Mobility Research Perspective 50
10. Mobility Design Guide: Making Future Mobility Tangible and Experienceable 58
11. Connective Mobility
12. Changes in Mobility Behavior through Changes in the Sociocultural and Physical Environment: A Psychological Perspective 71
13. Mobility as a Key to the Livable City 82
14. Long-Term Focus Groups as a Mobility Research Method 98
15. Practice-Led Design Research (I): Configuring Transit Settings in Public Transportation 108
16. Practice-Led Design Research (II): The Rickshaw Principle—Integrating Innovative Microvehicles into Existing Mobility Systems 120
17. Active Mobility
18. Healthy Blue Spaces: The Frankfurt Riverfront from a Perspective of Urban Design and Health 129
19. Cycling and Bicycle Planning in Frankfurt am Main and Washington, DC 140
20. Restorative Streets: A Conceptual Framework for Capturing—and Measuring— the Impact of Urban Streetscapes on Walkability and Mental Health 150
21. Cycle Streets: Encouraging Cycling through Design 162
22. Practice-Led Design Research (III): Reconfiguring Bicycle Mobility and Integrating It into the Transport System 172
23. Road Closure as an Experimental Urban Design Tool Fostering Active Mobility: A Case of Frankfurt Mainkai Riverfront 178
24. Augmented Mobility
25. Reinventing Public Transport: Autonomous Fleets in Place of Public Buses 187
26. Virtual Reality in Mobility Design: Experimental Research on the Application of VR Simulations 198
27. Serious Games and Gamification to Support Environmentally Friendly Mobility Behavior 216
28. Playful Incentives for Sustainable Intermodal Mobility in the Mobile, User-Centered Application FlowMo 224
29. Visionary Mobility
30. Designing the Data Environment: Mobility and the Future of Cities 233
31. Perspectives on the Design of Expanded Mobility 244
32. Transportation in Transition: Theses on the Future of Urban Mobility and the Role of Mobility Design 254
33. Imprint 264