Research paperTowards indicators outlining prospects to reduce car use with an application to European cities

- A procedure for creating indicators of sustainable urban mobility is proposed.
- The indicators are labelled as Spatial, Socio-economic, Supply, Satisfaction, Strive.
- The indicators are converted into set of variables.
- The data are extracted from various types of sources.
- Utilization of indicators is demonstrated through a cross-city comparison.

The paper brings together the diverse aspects which affect the sustainable urban mobility transition. They are labelled as Spatial, Socio-economic, Supply, Satisfaction and Strive dimension and summed up as 5S. We come up with a systematic procedure for creating indicators under each dimension. The proposed indicators reconcile the need for wide-scope coverage with operability and as such they provide a platform for international comparisons. Apart from that, we have covered some relevant aspects which are in the course of the development yet. These are walking facilities and institutional capacity. To illustrate the operationalization of our conceptual framework, we have provided the data for ten European cities and conducted a pilot study using multivariate graphical technique, Co-plot. This kind of data visualization enables preliminary analysis of performance without weighting decisions.