Funded by: EIT Stedelijke Mobiliteit
In collaboration with: Autoritat Metropolitana del Transport (Barcelona)
Jaar: 2026
The Mobility Impact Module is a tool that enables cities and transport authorities to evaluate the health impact of mobility projects and quantify their economic benefits. The module will be integrated into the existing Healthy Cities Generator and will quantify how urban mobility transformations, such as new infrastructure for active mobility or the promotion of public transport, directly affect the physical, mental, environmental and social wellbeing of city residents.
Benadering
In collaboration with Barcelona’s Metropolitan Transport Authority, we will develop an evidence-based tool to support health-centred mobility planning. To do so, we will:
- Establish a knowledge base that connects urban mobility determinants of health to health outcomes.
- Adapt our tested methodology to measure the impact of core actions on physical, mental and environmental health indicators, including life expectancy, avoided deaths, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs).
- Estimate the potential direct and indirect health-related cost savings and the expected return on investment derived from mobility planning actions.
Resultaten
As a result, the module will provide transport authorities and mobility planners with detailed recommendations for adopting evidence-based mobility planning, prioritising active and sustainable mobility to achieve measurable health, economic, social and environmental returns.
Applied in collaboration with ATM, MIM will guide investments in healthier mobility systems across the Barcelona province, by testing the module in two real use cases.
The new Mobility Impact Module will support European metropolitan areas to ultimately transform how cities understand and communicate the health and economic value of sustainable mobility.
